On the complexity of kinodynamic planning

The following problem, is considered: given a robot system find a minimal-time trajectory from a start position and velocity to a goal position and velocity, while avoiding obstacles and respecting dynamic constraints on velocity and acceleration. The simplified case of a point mass under Newtonian mechanics together with velocity and acceleration bounds is considered. The point must be flown from a start to a goal, amid 2-D or 3-D polyhedral obstacles. While exact solutions to this problem are not known, the first provably good approximation algorithm is given and shown to run in polynomial time.

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