Socially acceptable sequential approaches to groups in dynamic environments

Abstract This paper introduces a novel strategy for mobile robot navigation, emphasizing sequential routing to maximize visits to people organized in groups within dynamic environments featuring both static obstacles and moving individuals. Our approach consists of three main phases: (i) processing approach points, (ii) path planning, and (iii) adaptive navigation with group-oriented approaching. In the first phase, a custom technique segments social zones and assigns rewards to potential approa