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hyperplane

American  
[hahy-per-pleyn, hahy-per-pleyn] / ˈhaɪ pərˌpleɪn, ˌhaɪ pərˈpleɪn /

noun

Mathematics.
  1. a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.


hyperplane British  
/ ˈhaɪpəˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. maths a higher dimensional analogue of a plane in three dimensions. It can be represented by one linear equation

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Etymology

Origin of hyperplane

First recorded in 1900–05; hyper- + plane 1

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Many safety check algorithms work by generating this hyperplane at a single point in time.

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Mathematically, this piece of paper is called a hyperplane.

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However, each time the robot moves, a new hyperplane needs to be recomputed to perform the safety check.

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Instead, this new technique generates a hyperplane function that moves with the robot, so it can prove that an entire trajectory is collision-free rather than working one hyperplane at a time.

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This function is an equation that describes where the hyperplane needs to be at each point in the planned trajectory so it remains collision-free.

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