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Underwater gliders (UGs) have emerged as highly effective unmanned vehicles for ocean exploration. However, their operation in dynamic and complex underwater environments necessitates robust path-planning strategies. Previous studies have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Hanzhi Yang , Nina Mahmoudian

We propose the Proxemic Floor Field Model as an extension of the Floor Field Model, which is one of the successful models describing the pedestrian dynamics. Proxemic Floor Field is the Floor Field which corresponds to the effect of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-07-16 Takahiro Ezaki , Daichi Yanagisawa , Kazumichi Ohtsuka , Katsuhiro Nishinari

The navigation of robots in dynamic urban environments, requires elaborated anticipative strategies for the robot to avoid collisions with dynamic objects, like bicycles or pedestrians, and to be human aware. We have developed and analyzed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Óscar Gil , Alberto Sanfeliu

Robotic manipulators operating in dynamic and uncertain environments require efficient motion planning to navigate obstacles while maintaining smooth trajectories. Velocity Potential Field (VPF) planners offer real-time adaptability but…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Ho Minh Quang Ngo , Dac Dang Khoa Nguyen , Dinh Tung Le , Gavin Paul

In this paper, we applied a dynamic model for manoeuvring targets in SIR particle filter algorithm for improving tracking accuracy of multiple manoeuvring targets. In our proposed approach, a color distribution model is used to detect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-04-14 Mohammad Javad Parseh , Saeid Pashazadeh

Estimating collision probabilities between robots and environmental obstacles or other moving agents is crucial to ensure safety during path planning. This is an important building block of modern planning algorithms in many application…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Felix Herrmann , Sebastian Zach , Jacopo Banfi , Jan Peters , Georgia Chalvatzaki , Davide Tateo

This paper studies the application of the DDPG algorithm in trajectory-tracking tasks and proposes a trajectorytracking control method combined with Frenet coordinate system. By converting the vehicle's position and velocity information…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Tongzhou Jiang , Lipeng Liu , Junyue Jiang , Tianyao Zheng , Yuhui Jin , Kunpeng Xu

Probabilistic sampling methods have become very popular to solve single-shot path planning problems. Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRTs) in particular have been shown to be efficient in solving high dimensional problems. Even though…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-12-02 Nicolas A. Barriga , Mauricio Araya-López

Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) has become one of the central modeling approaches in nonequilibrium soft matter physics. Recent years have seen the emergence of novel and interesting fields of application for DDFT. In…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-03-21 Michael te Vrugt , Raphael Wittkowski

Motion planning in an autonomous agent is responsible for providing smooth, safe and efficient navigation. Many solutions for dealing this problem have been offered, one of which is, Artificial Potential Fields (APF). APF is a simple and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Javad Amiryan , Mansour Jamzad

A discrete model of pedestrian motion is presented that is implemented in the Floor field- and Agentbased Simulation Tool (F.A.S.T.) which has already been applicated to a variety of real life scenarios.

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2008-08-19 Tobias Kretz , Michael Schreckenberg

Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP) is an efficient computational tool for solving nonlinear optimal control problems. It was originally designed as a single shooting method and thus is sensitive to the initial guess supplied. This work…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-29 He Li , Wenhao Yu , Tingnan Zhang , Patrick M. Wensing

We bring a control perspective to the problem of identifying paths of measures for sampling via dynamic measure transport (DMT). We highlight the fact that commonly used paths may be poor choices for DMT and connect existing methods for…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-07 Aimee Maurais , Bamdad Hosseini , Youssef Marzouk

Differential dynamic programming (DDP) is a direct single shooting method for trajectory optimization. Its efficiency derives from the exploitation of temporal structure (inherent to optimal control problems) and explicit…

Planning assessment of the urban walking infrastructure requires appropriate methodologies that can capture the time-dependent and unique microscopic characteristics of bidirectional pedestrian flow. In this paper, we develop a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Tanapon Lilasathapornkit , Meead Saberi

We introduce an enhanced model based on the generalized centrifugal force model. Furthermore, the desired direction of pedestrians is investigated. A new approach leaning on the well-known concept of static and dynamic floor-fields in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-07-06 Mohcine Chraibi , Martina Freialdenhoven , Andreas Schadschneider , Armin Seyfried

Trajectory planning is a critical component in ensuring the safety, stability, and efficiency of autonomous vehicles. While existing trajectory planning methods have achieved progress, they often suffer from high computational costs,…

In modern computer vision, the optimal representation of 3D shape continues to be task-dependent. One fundamental operation applied to such representations is differentiable rendering, as it enables inverse graphics approaches in learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Tristan Aumentado-Armstrong , Stavros Tsogkas , Sven Dickinson , Allan Jepson

In this paper we address the problem of path planning in an unknown environment with an aerial robot. The main goal is to safely follow the planned trajectory by avoiding obstacles. The proposed approach is suitable for aerial vehicles…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Ana Batinovic , Jurica Goricanec , Lovro Markovic , Stjepan Bogdan

Traditional one-step preview planning algorithms for bipedal locomotion struggle to generate viable gaits when walking across terrains with restricted footholds, such as stepping stones. To overcome such limitations, this paper introduces a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Zhaoyang Xiang , Victor Paredes , Guillermo A. Castillo , Ayonga Hereid