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Reliable localization is an essential capability for marine robots navigating in GPS-denied environments. SLAM, commonly used to mitigate dead reckoning errors, still fails in feature-sparse environments or with limited-range sensors. Pose…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Ivana Collado-Gonzalez , John McConnell , Jinkun Wang , Paul Szenher , Brendan Englot

Crash prediction is a critical component of road safety analyses. A widely adopted approach to crash prediction is application of regression based techniques. The underlying calibration process is often time-consuming, requiring significant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-20 Guangyuan Pan , Liping Fu , Lalita Thakali , Matthew Muresan , Ming Yu

Planning collision-free paths for multi-robot systems (MRS) is a challenging problem because of the safety and efficiency constraints required for real-world solutions. Even though coupled path planning approaches provide optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Aditya Rathi , Rohith G , Madhu Vadali

We present a modular framework to benchmark new and existing methods for trajectory planning and control in high-acceleration maneuvers that push autonomous driving to the limits. Our framework includes time-optimal raceline generation,…

To reduce the human intervention in the preference measure process,this article proposes a preference collaborative measure framework based on an updated belief system,which is also capable of improving the accuracy and efficiency of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Hang Yu , Wei Wei , Zheng Tan , Jing-lei Liu

Decision-making for automated driving remains a challenging task. For their integration into real platforms, these algorithms must guarantee passenger safety and comfort while ensuring interpretability and an appropriate computational time.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Karim Essalmi , Fernando Garrido , Fawzi Nashashibi

In this paper, we introduce the increasing belief criterion in association rule mining. The criterion uses a recursive application of Bayes' theorem to compute a rule's belief. Extracted rules are required to have their belief increase with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Luis Ignacio Lopera González , Adrian Derungs , Oliver Amft

In multi-robot system (MRS) bounding overwatch, it is crucial to determine which point to choose for overwatch at each step and whether the robots' positions are trustworthy so that the overwatch can be performed effectively. In this paper,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-07 Huanfei Zheng , Jonathon M. Smereka , Dariusz Mikluski , Yue Wang

A core element in decision-making under uncertainty is the feedback on the quality of the performed actions. However, in many applications, such feedback is restricted. For example, in recommendation systems, repeatedly asking the user to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Yonathan Efroni , Nadav Merlis , Aadirupa Saha , Shie Mannor

A conceptual and computational framework is proposed for modelling of human sensorimotor control, and is exemplified for the sensorimotor task of steering a car. The framework emphasises control intermittency, and extends on existing models…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-10-31 Gustav Markkula , Erwin Boer , Richard Romano , Natasha Merat

Pedestrian trajectory prediction is a key technology in many applications such as video surveillance, social robot navigation, and autonomous driving, and significant progress has been made in this research topic. However, there remain two…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Hao Zhou , Dongchun Ren , Xu Yang , Mingyu Fan , Hai Huang

In this paper, we present a new trajectory optimization algorithm for stochastic linear systems which combines Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI) control with Constrained Covariance Steering (CSS) to achieve high performance with safety…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Isin M. Balci , Efstathios Bakolas , Bogdan Vlahov , Evangelos Theodorou

This paper explores the benefits of computing arborescent trajectories (trajectory-trees) instead of commonly used sequential trajectories for partially observable robotic planning problems. In such environments, a robot infers knowledge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Camille Phiquepal , Marc Toussaint

As Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) become more affordable and computing capabilities grow, they provide significant advantages for complex applications such as environmental monitoring, underwater inspections, or space exploration. However,…

This letter presents a novel coarse-to-fine motion planning framework for robotic manipulation in cluttered, unmodeled environments. The system integrates a dual-camera perception setup with a B-spline-based model predictive control (MPC)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Chen Cai , Ernesto Dickel Saraiva , Ya-jun Pan , Steven Liu

Convolutional neural networks (CNN) have become a ubiquitous algorithm with growing applications in mobile and edge settings. We describe a compute-in-memory (CIM) technique called FPIRM using Racetrack Memory (RM) to accelerate CNNs for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Sébastien Ollivier , Xinyi Zhang , Yue Tang , Chayanika Choudhuri , Jingtong Hu , Alex K. Jones

Inertial-aided systems require continuous motion excitation among other reasons to characterize the measurement biases that will enable accurate integration required for localization frameworks. This paper proposes the use of informative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Mitchell Usayiwevu , Fouad Sukkar , Chanyeol Yoo , Robert Fitch , Teresa Vidal-Calleja

Large-scale swarm robotic systems consisting of numerous cooperative agents show considerable promise for performing autonomous tasks across various sectors. Nonetheless, traditional motion planning approaches often face a trade-off between…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Yunze Hu , Xuru Yang , Kangjie Zhou , Qinghang Liu , Kang Ding , Han Gao , Pingping Zhu , Chang Liu

Target tracking has numerous significant civilian and military applications, and maintaining the visibility of the target plays a vital role in ensuring the success of the tracking task. Existing visibility-aware planners primarily focus on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Han Gao , Pengying Wu , Yao Su , Kangjie Zhou , Ji Ma , Hangxin Liu , Chang Liu

In this paper, a novel real-time acceleration-continuous path-constrained trajectory planning algorithm is proposed with an appealing built-in tradability mechanism between cruise motion and time-optimal motion. Different from existing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Peiyao Shen , Xuebo Zhang , Yongchun Fang