%0 Journal Article %T Improved dynamic window approach by using Lyapunov stability criteria %A H. Berti %A A. D. Sappa %A O. E. Agamennoni %J Latin American applied research %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X This paper presents improvements over the Dynamic Window Approach (I-DWA), used for computing in real time autonomous robot navigation. A novel objective function that includes Lyapunov stability criteria is proposed. It allows to guarantee a global and asymptotic convergence to the goal avoiding collisions and resulting in a more simple and self-contained approach. Experimental results with simulated and real environments are presented to validate the capability of the proposed approach. Additionally, comparisons with the original DWA are given. %K Autonomous Mobile Robot %K Lyapunov Stability %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-07932008000400001