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Coulombian Potential Field<br />

The <strong>potential</strong> <strong>field</strong> method is widely used <strong>for</strong> autonomous <strong>mobile</strong> <strong>robot</strong> <strong>path</strong> plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />

due to its elegant mathematical analysis and simplicity [3]. The coulombian<br />

electric <strong>field</strong> E(r) generated by a punctual charge <strong>in</strong> the vacuum is given by:<br />

E(r) =<br />

q<br />

4πε0r 2er.<br />

where ε0 is vacuum permittivity, r is the distance to charge q, and er a radial unit<br />

vector. A s<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>in</strong>tegration provides the coulombian <strong>potential</strong> from the electric<br />

<strong>field</strong> of a punctual charge:<br />

V (r) = q<br />

4πε0r .<br />

We can use two <strong>in</strong>tegration and more to set up the <strong>potential</strong> filed.<br />

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