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Autonomous driving vehicles aim to free the hands of vehicle operators, helping them to drive easier and faster, meanwhile, improving the safety of driving on the highway or in complex scenarios. Automated driving systems (ADS) are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Yucheng LI

We study the iterative refinement of path planning for multiple robots, known as multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF). Given a graph, agents, their initial locations, and destinations, a solution of MAPF is a set of paths without collisions.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Keisuke Okumura , Yasumasa Tamura , Xavier Defago

We present a novel framework for addressing the challenges of multi-Agent planning and formation control within intricate and dynamic environments. This framework transforms the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem into a Multi-Agent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Zong Chen , Songyuan Fa , Yiqun Li

The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are efficient tools for diverse tasks such as electronic reconnaissance, agricultural operations and disaster relief. In the complex three-dimensional (3D) environments, the path planning with obstacle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Junteng Mao , Ziye Jia , Hanzhi Gu , Chenyu Shi , Haomin Shi , Lijun He , Qihui Wu

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 proposes a framework for 3D obstacle avoidance in the presence of partial observability of environment obstacles. The method focuses on the utility of the Artificial Potential Function (APF) controller in a practical setting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Shakeeb Ahmad , Zachary N. Sunberg , J. Sean Humbert

A new path planning method for Mobile Robots (MR) has been developed and implemented. On the one hand, based on the shortest path from the start point to the goal point, this path planner can choose the best moving directions of the MR,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-09-08 Hoc Thai Nguyen , Hai Xuan Le

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a fundamental problem in robotics that asks us to compute collision-free paths for a team of agents, all moving across a shared map. Although many works appear on this topic, all current algorithms…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Zhe Chen , Daniel Harabor , Jiaoyang Li , Peter J. Stuckey

Autonomous robot navigation systems often rely on hierarchical planning, where global planners compute collision-free paths without considering dynamics, and local planners enforce dynamics constraints to produce executable commands. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yuanjie Lu , Mingyang Mao , Tong Xu , Linji Wang , Xiaomin Lin , Xuesu Xiao

Path planning is critical for autonomous vehicles (AVs) to determine the optimal route while considering constraints and objectives. The potential field (PF) approach has become prevalent in path planning due to its simple structure and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Pengfei Lin , Ehsan Javanmardi , Jin Nakazato , Manabu Tsukada

Motion planning is a key tool that allows robots to navigate through an environment without collisions. The problem of robot motion planning has been studied in great detail over the last several decades, with researchers initially focusing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Luka Petrović

This paper presents an integrated approach that combines trajectory optimization and Artificial Potential Field (APF) method for real-time optimal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) trajectory planning and dynamic collision avoidance. A…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-06 D. M. K. K. Venkateswara Rao , Hamed Habibi , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

Motion planning is a fundamental problem in autonomous robotics that requires finding a path to a specified goal that avoids obstacles and takes into account a robot's limitations and constraints. It is often desirable for this path to also…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-14 Jonathan D. Gammell , Marlin P. Strub

Increase in the number of space exploration missions has led to the accumulation of space debris, posing risk of collision with the operational satellites. Addressing this challenge is crucial for the sustainability of space operations. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Rakesh Kumar Sahoo , Paridhi Choudhary , Manoranjan Sinha

For rapid growth in technology and automation, human tasks are being taken over by robots as robots have proven to be better with both speed and precision. One of the major and widespread usages of these robots is in the industrial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari , Sandeep Varma Nadimpalli

Autonomous navigation in dynamic environment heavily depends on the environment and its topology. Prior knowledge of the environment is not usually accurate as the environment keeps evolving in time. Since robot is continuously evaluating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Xihan Ma , Honglin Sun , Enwei Xu , Song Cui , Boqun Yin , Mariam Faied

Artificial potential fields (APFs) and their variants have been a staple for collision avoidance of mobile robots and manipulators for almost 40 years. Its model-independent nature, ease of implementation, and real-time performance have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Andrew Singletary , Karl Klingebiel , Joseph Bourne , Andrew Browning , Phil Tokumaru , Aaron Ames

This paper proposes a unified decision making and local trajectory planning framework based on Time-Varying Artificial Potential Fields (TVAPFs). The TVAPF explicitly models the predicted motion via bounded uncertainty of dynamic obstacles…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-16 David Costa , Francesco Cerrito , Massimo Canale , Carlo Novara

Arbitrary Pattern Formation (APF) is a fundamental coordination problem in swarm robotics. It requires a set of autonomous robots (mobile computing units) to form an arbitrary pattern (given as input) starting from any initial pattern. This…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Avisek Sharma , Satakshi Ghosh , Pritam Goswami , Buddhadeb Sau

Autonomous driving has garnered significant attention for its potential to improve safety, traffic efficiency, and user convenience. However, the dynamic and complex nature of interactive driving poses significant challenges, including the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-22 Qinghao Li , Zhen Tian , Xiaodan Wang , Jinming Yang , Zhihao Lin