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Promoting the levels of autonomy facilitates the vehicle in performing long-range operations with minimum supervision. The capability of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to fulfill the mission objectives is directly influenced by route…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Somaiyeh Mahmoud Zadeh , David M. W. Powers , AmirMehdi Yazdani

Recent advancements in self-driving car technologies have enabled them to navigate autonomously through various environments. However, one of the critical challenges in autonomous vehicle operation is trajectory planning, especially in…

Quadrotors hold significant promise for several applications such as agriculture, search and rescue, and infrastructure inspection. Achieving autonomous operation requires systems to navigate safely through complex and unfamiliar…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Jeffrey Mao , Raghuram Cauligi Srinivas , Steven Nogar , Giuseppe Loianno

Agile quadrotor flight relies on rapidly planning and accurately tracking time-optimal trajectories, a technology critical to their application in the wild. However, the computational burden of computing time-optimal trajectories based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-05 Ziyu Zhou , Gang Wang , Jian Sun , Jikai Wang , Jie Chen

For accomplishing a variety of missions in challenging environments, the capability of navigating with full autonomy while avoiding unexpected obstacles is the most crucial requirement for UAVs in real applications. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Han Chen , Peng Lu

This paper addresses the problem of trajectory optimization for an unmanned surface vehicle while considering direction-dependent ocean currents and flexible refueling constraints. This work is motivated by the rising interest in developing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Aaron Kandel , Chu Xu , David Cardona , Carey Whitehair

Despite the growing impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) across various industries, most of current available solutions lack for a robust autonomous navigation system to deal with the appearance of obstacles safely. This work presents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Jorge Bes , Juan Dendarieta , Luis Riazuelo , Luis Montano

Motion control of underwater robotic vehicles is a demanding task with great challenges imposed by external disturbances, model uncertainties and constraints of the operating workspace. Thus, robust motion control is still an open issue for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Shahab Heshmati-alamdari , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Automation of excavation tasks requires real-time trajectory planning satisfying various constraints. To guarantee both constraint feasibility and real-time trajectory re-plannability, we present an integrated framework for real-time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Dongjae Lee , Inkyu Jang , Jeonghyun Byun , Hoseong Seo , H. Jin Kim

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) play an essential role in modern ocean exploration, and their speed control systems are fundamental to their efficient operation. Like many other robotic systems, AUVs exhibit multivariable nonlinear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-14 Zhiliang Liu , Xin Zhao , Peng Cai , Bing Cong

While Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant traction across various fields, path planning in 3D environments remains a critical challenge, particularly under size, weight, and power (SWAP) constraints. Traditional modular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Yufei Jiang , Yuanzhu Zhan , Harsh Vardhan Gupta , Chinmay Borde , Junyi Geng

Platooning connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) provide significant benefits in terms of traffic efficiency and fuel economy. However, most existing platooning systems assume the availability of pre-determined plans, which is not…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-09 Xi Xiong , Maonan Wang , Dengfeng Sun , Li Jin

To realize autonomous shipping, autonomous berthing and unberthing are some of the technical challenges. In the past, numerous research have been done on the optimization of trajectory planning of berthing problems. However, these studies…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Yoshiki Miyauchi , Ryohei Sawada , Youhei Akimoto , Naoya Umeda , Atsuo Maki

This paper focuses on the trajectory optimization of an underwater suspended robotic system comprising an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and an uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) for autonomous litter collection. The key challenge lies in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Yuki Origane , Nicolas Hoischen , Tzu-Yuan Huang , Daisuke Kurabayashi , Stefan Sosnowski , Sandra Hirche

In this paper, we propose an efficient and accurate method for autonomous surface vehicles to generate a smooth and collision-free trajectory considering its dynamics constraints. We decouple the trajectory planning problem as a front-end…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Licheng Wen , Jiaqing Yan , Xuemeng Yang , Yong Liu , Yong Gu

In recent years, there is a noteworthy advancement in autonomous drone racing. However, the primary focus is on attaining execution times, while scant attention is given to the challenges of dynamic environments. The high-speed nature of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Qianhao Wang , Dong Wang , Chao Xu , Alan Gao , Fei Gao

Providing a higher level of decision autonomy and accompanying prompt changes of an uncertain environment is a true challenge of AUVs autonomous operations. The proceeding approach introduces a robust reactive structure that accommodates an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-17 Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh

Motion planning is an essential process for the navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where they need to adapt to obstacles and different structures of their operating environment to reach the goal. This paper presents an optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Duy-Nam Bui , Thu Hang Khuat , Manh Duong Phung , Thuan-Hoang Tran , Dong LT Tran

Autonomous systems, including robots and drones, face significant challenges when navigating through dynamic environments, particularly within urban settings where obstacles, fluctuating traffic, and pedestrian activity are constantly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Daniel Ajeleye

This paper designs a novel trajectory planning approach to resolve the computational efficiency and safety problems in uncoordinated methods by exploiting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology. The trajectory planning for connected and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Zhengqin Liu , Jinlong Lei , Peng Yi