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We present a mathematical model to predict pedestrian motion over a finite horizon, intended for use in collision avoidance algorithms for autonomous driving. The model is based on a road map structure, and assumes a rational pedestrian…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Ivo Batkovic , Mario Zanon , Nils Lubbe , Paolo Falcone

In the coordinated motion planning problem, we are given a graph together with the starting and destination vertices of $k$ robots. At each time step, any subset of robots may move, each traversing an edge of the graph, provided that no two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Iyad Kanj

Motion planning in uncertain environments like complex urban areas is a key challenge for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The aim of our research is to investigate how AVs can navigate crowded, unpredictable scenarios with multiple pedestrians…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Korbinian Moller , Truls Nyberg , Jana Tumova , Johannes Betz

This paper studies binary quadratic programs in which the objective is defined by a Euclidean distance matrix, subject to a general polyhedral constraint set. This class of nonconcave maximisation problems includes the capacitated,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Hoa T. Bui , Sandy Spiers , Ryan Loxton

We describe a novel approach for computing collision-free \emph{global} trajectories for $p$ agents with specified initial and final configurations, based on an improved version of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM).…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-11-19 Jose Bento , Nate Derbinsky , Javier Alonso-Mora , Jonathan Yedidia

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

In this paper, we address the problem of sampling-based motion planning under motion and measurement uncertainty with probabilistic guarantees. We generalize traditional sampling-based tree-based motion planning algorithms for deterministic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Qi Heng Ho , Zachary N. Sunberg , Morteza Lahijanian

This work considers a Motion Planning Problem with Dynamic Obstacles (MPDO) in 2D that requires finding a minimum-arrival-time collision-free trajectory for a point robot between its start and goal locations amid dynamic obstacles moving…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Howie Choset

We determine explicit formulas for geodesics (in the Euclidean metric) in the configuration space of ordered pairs (x,x') of points in R^n which satisfy d(x,x')>=epsilon. We interpret this as two or three (depending on the parity of n)…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Donald M Davis

We present a centralized algorithmic framework for solving multi-robot path planning problems in general, two-dimensional, continuous environments while minimizing globally the task completion time. The framework obtains high levels of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Jingjin Yu , Daniela Rus

Planning balanced and collision-free motion for humanoid robots is non-trivial, especially when they are operated in complex environments, such as reaching targets behind obstacles or through narrow passages. We propose a method that allows…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-08-01 Yiming Yang , Vladimir Ivan , Wolfgang Merkt , Sethu Vijayakumar

The recently proposed Broximal Point Method (BPM) [Gruntkowska et al., 2025] offers an idealized optimization framework based on iteratively minimizing the objective function over norm balls centered at the current iterate. It enjoys…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Kaja Gruntkowska , Peter Richtárik

We consider the problem of planning a collision-free path for a high-dimensional robot. Specifically, we suggest a planning framework where a motion-planning algorithm can obtain guidance from a user. In contrast to existing approaches that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Fahad Islam , Oren Salzman , Maxim Likhachev

During recent years, unmanned surface vehicles are extensively utilised in a variety of maritime applications such as the exploration of unknown areas, autonomous transportation, offshore patrol and others. In such maritime applications,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Jiawei Meng , Yuanchang Liu , Danail Stoyanov

This work proposes a kinodynamic motion planning technique for collaborative object transportation by multiple mobile manipulators in dynamic environments. A global path planner computes a linear piecewise path from start to goal. A novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Keshab Patra , Arpita Sinha , Anirban Guha

Among fundamental problems in the context of distributed computing by autonomous mobile entities, one of the most representative and well studied is {\sc Point Convergence}: given an arbitrary initial configuration of identical entities,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-28 David Kirkpatrick , Irina Kostitsyna , Alfredo Navarra , Giuseppe Prencipe , Nicola Santoro

Search-based planning with motion primitives is a powerful motion planning technique that can provide dynamic feasibility, optimality, and real-time computation times on size, weight, and power-constrained platforms in unstructured…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Laura Jarin-Lipschitz , James Paulos , Raymond Bjorkman , Vijay Kumar

In this paper, we propose a new method for path planning to a point for robot in environment with obstacles. The resulting algorithm is implemented as a simple variation of Dijkstra's algorithm. By adding a constraint to the shortest-path,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-10-16 Jalil Rasekhi

Consider a robot operating in an uncertain environment with stochastic, dynamic obstacles. Despite the clear benefits for trajectory optimization, it is often hard to keep track of each obstacle at every time step due to sensing and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-08 Michael Hibbard , Abraham P. Vinod , Jesse Quattrociocchi , Ufuk Topcu

Obstacle avoidance and path planning are essential for guiding unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) through environments that are densely populated with dynamic obstacles. This paper develops a novel approach that combines tangentbased path…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Okan Arif Guvenkaya , Selim Ahmet Iz , Mustafa Unel