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Navigating an arbitrary-shaped ground robot safely in cluttered environments remains a challenging problem. The existing trajectory planners that account for the robot's physical geometry severely suffer from the intractable runtime. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Yisheng Li , Longji Yin , Yixi Cai , Jianheng Liu , Fangcheng Zhu , Mingpu Ma , Siqi Liang , Haotian Li , Fu Zhang

In this paper, we introduce a hierarchical decision-making framework for emerging mobility systems. Despite numerous studies focusing on optimizing vehicle flow, practical feasibility has often been overlooked. To address this gap, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-23 Heeseung Bang , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

The paper presents a movement strategy for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) in a lane-free traffic environment with vehicle nudging by use of an optimal control approach. State-dependent constraints on control inputs are considered…

Fixed-wing small uncrewed aerial vehicles (sUAVs) possess the capability to remain airborne for extended durations and traverse vast distances. However, their operation is susceptible to wind conditions, particularly in regions of complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Yufei Duan , Florian Achermann , Jaeyoung Lim , Roland Siegwart

The autonomous driving industry is expected to grow by over 20 times in the coming decade and, thus, motivate researchers to delve into it. The primary focus of their research is to ensure safety, comfort, and efficiency. An autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Jilan Samiuddin , Benoit Boulet , Di Wu

Vehicle trajectory optimization is essential to ensure vehicles travel efficiently and safely. This paper presents an infrastructure assisted constrained connected automated vehicles (CAVs) trajectory optimization method on curved roads.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-18 Ran Yi , Yang Zhou , Xin Wang , Zhiyuan Liu , Xiaotian Li , Bin Ran

Planning trajectories for automated vehicles in urban environments requires methods with high generality, long planning horizons, and fast update rates. Using a path-velocity decomposition, we contribute a novel planning framework, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Jona Ruof , Max Bastian Mertens , Michael Buchholz , Klaus Dietmayer

In this paper, we present a novel approach to efficiently generate collision-free optimal trajectories for multiple non-holonomic mobile robots in obstacle-rich environments. Our approach first employs a graph-based multi-agent path planner…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Juncheng Li , Maopeng Ran , Lihua Xie

This paper proposes an SVM Enhanced Trajectory Planner for dynamic scenes, typically those encountered in on road settings. Frenet frame based trajectory generation is popular in the context of autonomous driving both in research and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Unni Krishnan R Nair , Nivedita Rufus , Vashist Madiraju , K Madhava Krishna

Reliable and efficient trajectory optimization methods are a fundamental need for autonomous dynamical systems, effectively enabling applications including rocket landing, hypersonic reentry, spacecraft rendezvous, and docking. Within such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Tommaso Guffanti , Daniele Gammelli , Simone D'Amico , Marco Pavone

This paper investigates an efficient algorithm for trajectory planning problem of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles which fly over three-dimensional terrains. The proposed algorithm combines convex optimization with disjunctive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Alireza Babaei , Amirhossein Karimi

Trajectory planning is crucial for the safe driving of autonomous vehicles in highway traffic flow. Currently, some advanced trajectory planning methods utilize spatio-temporal voxels to construct feasible regions and then convert…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Zhiqiang Jian , Songyi Zhang , Lingfeng Sun , Wei Zhan , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Nanning Zheng

The goal of this paper is to develop a continuous optimization-based refinement of the reference trajectory to 'push it out' of the obstacle-occupied space in the global phase for Multi-rotor Aerial Vehicles in unknown environments. Our…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Geesara Kulathunga , Hany Hamed , Dmitry Devitt , Alexandr Klimchik

Planning a safe and feasible trajectory for autonomous vehicles in real-time by fully utilizing perceptual information in complex urban environments is challenging. In this paper, we propose a spatio-temporal trajectory planning method…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Shan He , Yalong Ma , Tao Song , Yongzhi Jiang , Xinkai Wu

The development of driving functions for autonomous vehicles in urban environments is still a challenging task. In comparison with driving on motorways, a wide variety of moving road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists, but also the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-16 Andreas Folkers , Matthias Rick , Christof Büskens

Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are widely used in ocean exploration and environmental protection fields. To ensure that USV can successfully perform its mission, trajectory planning and motion tracking are the two most critical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Tao Huang , Zhenfeng Xue , Zhe Chen , Yong Liu

Trajectory planning at high velocities and at the handling limits is a challenging task. In order to cope with the requirements of a race scenario, we propose a far-sighted two step, multi-layered graph-based trajectory planner, capable to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Tim Stahl , Alexander Wischnewski , Johannes Betz , Markus Lienkamp

Achieving energy-efficient trajectory planning for autonomous driving remains a challenge due to the limitations of model-agnostic approaches. This study addresses this gap by introducing an online nonlinear programming trajectory…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Zhaofeng Tian , Lichen Xia , Weisong Shi

We consider the problem of an autonomous agent equipped with multiple sensors, each with different sensing precision and energy costs. The agent's goal is to explore the environment and gather information subject to its resource constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Joshua Ott , Edward Balaban , Mykel Kochenderfer

Despite extensive developments in motion planning of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs), existing frameworks faces the challenges of local minima and deadlock in complex dynamic environments, leading to increased collision risks. To address…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Junzhi Li , Teng Long , Jingliang Sun , Jianxin Zhong