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In this paper, we propose a time-efficient approach to generate safe, smooth and dynamically feasible trajectories for quadrotors in obstacle-cluttered environment. By using the uniform B-spline to represent trajectories, we transform the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Lvbang Tang , Hesheng Wang , Peng Li , Yong Wang

Unlike squared (or alike) quadrotors, elongated bi-copters leverage natural superiority in crossing tight spaces. To date, extensive works have focused on the design, modeling, and control of bi-copters. Besides, a proper motion planner…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Xin Dong , Yangjie Cui , Jingwu Xiang , Daochun Li , Zhan Tu

Trajectory generation in dynamic environments presents a significant challenge for quadrotors, particularly due to the non-convexity in the spatial-temporal domain. Many existing methods either assume simplified static environments or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Songhao Huang , Yuwei Wu , Yuezhan Tao , Vijay Kumar

We present a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) algorithm to generate trajectories in real-time for multiple robots. We adopted the \textit{on-demand collision avoidance} method presented in previous work to efficiently compute…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-28 Carlos E. Luis , Marijan Vukosavljev , Angela P. Schoellig

There are many industrial, commercial and social applications for multi-agent planning for multirotors such as autonomous agriculture, infrastructure inspection and search and rescue. Thus, improving on the state-of-the-art of multi-agent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Charbel Toumieh

We consider the problem of generating a time-optimal quadrotor trajectory that attains a set of prescribed waypoints. This problem is challenging since the optimal trajectory is located on the boundary of the set of dynamically feasible…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-05 Gilhyun Ryou , Ezra Tal , Sertac Karaman

We describe a method for formation-change trajectory planning for large quadrotor teams in obstacle-rich environments. Our method decomposes the planning problem into two stages: a discrete planner operating on a graph representation of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-07-25 James A. Preiss , Wolfgang Hönig , Nora Ayanian , Gaurav S. Sukhatme

This paper presents MADER, a 3D decentralized and asynchronous trajectory planner for UAVs that generates collision-free trajectories in environments with static obstacles, dynamic obstacles, and other planning agents. Real-time collision…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-16 Jesus Tordesillas , Jonathan P. How

Recent advances in trajectory replanning have enabled quadrotor to navigate autonomously in unknown environments. However, high-speed navigation still remains a significant challenge. Given very limited time, existing methods have no strong…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Boyu Zhou , Jie Pan , Fei Gao , Shaojie Shen

In this article, a novel combined aerial cooperative tethered carrying and path planning framework is introduced with a special focus on applications in confined environments. The proposed work is aiming towards solving the path planning…

Path planning is a major problem in autonomous vehicles. In recent years, with the increase in applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), one of the main challenges is path planning, particularly in adversarial environments. In this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Mohammad Reza Ranjbar Divkoti , Mostafa Nouri-Baygi

Generating obstacle-free trajectories for robotic manipulators in unstructured and cluttered environments remains a significant challenge. Existing motion planning methods often require additional computational effort to generate the final…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Yongliang Wang , Hamidreza Kasaei

This paper presents a scalable online algorithm to generate safe and kinematically feasible trajectories for quadrotor swarms. Existing approaches rely on linearizing Euclidean distance-based collision constraints and on axis-wise…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Vivek K. Adajania , Siqi Zhou , Arun Kumar Singh , Angela P. Schoellig

In this paper, we propose a new method for multirotor planning in dynamic environments. The environment is represented as a temporal occupancy grid which gives the current as well as the future/predicted state of all the obstacles. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Charbel Toumieh , Alain Lambert

In this paper, we propose a novel optimization-based trajectory planner that utilizes spherical harmonics to estimate the collision-free solution space around an agent. The space is estimated using a constrained over-determined…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Steven Patrick , Efstathios Bakolas

The role of a motion planner is pivotal in quadrotor applications, yet existing methods often struggle to adapt to complex environments, limiting their ability to achieve fast, safe, and robust flight. In this letter, we introduce a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Jiaxin Qiu , Qingchen Liu , Jiahu Qin , Dewang Cheng , Yawei Tian , Qichao Ma

Adaptive autonomous navigation with no prior knowledge of extraneous disturbance is of great significance for quadrotors in a complex and unknown environment. The mainstream that considers external disturbance is to implement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Yuwei Wu , Ziming Ding , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Autonomous motion planning is challenging in multi-obstacle environments due to nonconvex collision avoidance constraints. Directly applying numerical solvers to these nonconvex formulations fails to exploit the constraint structures,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Ruihua Han , Shuai Wang , Shuaijun Wang , Zeqing Zhang , Qianru Zhang , Yonina C. Eldar , Qi Hao , Jia Pan

The flying speed of autonomous quadrotors has increased significantly over the past 5 years, particularly in the field of autonomous drone racing. However, most research primarily focuses on the aggressive flight of a single quadrotor,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Fangguo Zhao , Jiahao Mei , Jin Zhou , Yuanyi Chen , Jiming Chen , Shuo Li

This paper proposes trajectory planning strategies for online reconfiguration of a multi-agent formation on a Lissajous curve. In our earlier work, a multi-agent formation with constant parametric speed was proposed in order to address…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-13 Aseem V. Borkar , Swaroop Hangal , Hemendra Arya , Arpita Sinha , Leena Vachhani