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This paper presents a hybrid motion planning strategy that combines a deep generative network with a conventional motion planning method. Existing planning methods such as A* and Hybrid A* are widely used in path planning tasks because of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Dongchan Kim , Kunsoo Huh

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a long-standing problem in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in which one needs to find a set of collision-free paths for a group of mobile agents (robots) operating in the shared workspace. Due to its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Zain Alabedeen Ali , Konstantin Yakovlev

Automated driving in urban scenarios requires efficient planning algorithms able to handle complex situations in real-time. A popular approach is to use graph-based planning methods in order to obtain a rough trajectory which is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-17 Oliver Speidel , Jona Ruof , Klaus Dietmayer

Many exciting robotic applications require multiple robots with many degrees of freedom, such as manipulators, to coordinate their motion in a shared workspace. Discovering high-quality paths in such scenarios can be achieved, in principle,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Rahul Shome , Kiril Solovey , Andrew Dobson , Dan Halperin , Kostas E. Bekris

Parameter sharing, as an important technique in multi-agent systems, can effectively solve the scalability issue in large-scale agent problems. However, the effectiveness of parameter sharing largely depends on the environment setting. When…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Dapeng Li , Na Lou , Bin Zhang , Zhiwei Xu , Guoliang Fan

Path planning plays a crucial role in various autonomy applications, and RRT* is one of the leading solutions in this field. In this paper, we propose the utilization of vertex-based networks to enhance the sampling process of RRT*, leading…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Yuanhang Zhang , Jundong Liu

Fastest-path queries between two points in a very large road map is an increasingly important primitive in modern transportation and navigation systems, thus very efficient computation of these paths is critical for system performance and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Renjie Chen , Craig Gotsman

Reverse parking maneuvering of a vehicle with trailer system is a difficult task to complete for human drivers due to the multi-body nature of the system and the unintuitive controls required to orientate the trailer properly. The problem…

With the recent influx in demand for multi-robot systems throughout industry and academia, there is an increasing need for faster, robust, and generalizable path planning algorithms. Similarly, given the inherent connection between control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Hussein Ali Jaafar , Cheng-Hao Kao , Sajad Saeedi

This Paper will deal with a combination of Ant Colony and Genetic Programming Algorithm to optimize Travelling Salesmen problem (NP-Hard). However, the complexity of the algorithm requires considerable computational time and resources.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Rishita Kalyani

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a very popular metaheuristic for solving computationally hard combinatorial optimization problems. Runtime analysis of ACO with respect to various pseudo-boolean functions and different graph based…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-12-31 Ankit Pat , Ashish Ranjan Hota

In this paper, we tackle the problem of risk-averse route planning in a transportation network with time-dependent and stochastic costs. To solve this problem, we propose an adaptation of the A* algorithm that accommodates any risk measure…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-01-04 Dajian Li , Paul Weng , Orkun Karabasoglu

This paper presents a hierarchical planning algorithm for racing with multiple opponents. The two-stage approach consists of a high-level behavioral planning step and a low-level optimization step. By combining discrete and continuous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Georg Jank , Matthias Rowold , Boris Lohmann

Routing problems such as Hamiltonian Path Problem (HPP), seeks a path to visit all the vertices in a graph while minimizing the path cost. This paper studies a variant, HPP with Probabilistic Terminals (HPP-PT), where each vertex has a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Yunpeng Lyu , Chao Cao , Ji Zhang , Howie Choset , Zhongqiang Ren

Motion planning is the core problem to solve for developing any application involving an autonomous mobile robot. The fundamental motion planning problem involves generating a trajectory for a robot for point-to-point navigation while…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Danish Khalidi , Dhaval Gujarathi , Indranil Saha

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly used in marine research, military applications, and undersea exploration. However, their operational range is significantly affected by battery performance. In this paper, a framework…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-22 Zhengji Feng , Hengxiang Chen , Liqun Chen , Heyan Li , Xiaolin Mou

Many real-world applications need path planning algorithms to solve tasks in different areas, such as social applications, autonomous cars, and tracking activities. And most importantly motion planning. Although the use of path planning is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-04-13 Janderson Ferreira , Agostinho A. F. Júnior , Yves M. Galvão , Bruno J. T. Fernandes , Pablo Barros

Path planning algorithms, such as the search-based A*, are a critical component of autonomous mobile robotics, enabling robots to navigate from a starting point to a destination efficiently and safely. We investigated the resilience of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Adrian Szvoren , Jianwei Liu , Dimitrios Kanoulas , Nilufer Tuptuk

This paper proposes a new algorithm for an automatic variable selection procedure in High Dimensional Graphical Models. The algorithm selects the relevant variables for the node of interest on the basis of mutual information. Several…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-12-07 Luigi Riso , Maria G. Zoia , Consuelo R. Nava

Conventional multi-agent path planners typically compute an ensemble of paths while optimizing a single objective, such as path length. However, many applications may require multiple objectives, say fuel consumption and completion time, to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Howie Choset