Steven M. LaValle
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Steven M. LaValle is an American roboticist
and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
. He is best known for his work on RRT
's and his book Planning Algorithms, one of the most highly cited texts in the field.
Roboticist
A roboticist designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots. Since robotics is a highly interdisciplinary field, roboticists often have backgrounds in a number of disciplines including computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer engineering...
and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
. He is best known for his work on RRT
Rapidly-exploring random tree
A Rapidly-exploring random tree is a data structure and algorithm designed for efficiently searching nonconvex, high-dimensional search spaces. The tree is constructed in such a way that any sample in the space is added by connecting it to the closest sample already in the tree.RRTs, developed by...
's and his book Planning Algorithms, one of the most highly cited texts in the field.