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We present a biologically inspired approach for path planning with dynamic obstacle avoidance. Path planning is performed in a condensed configuration space of a robot generated by self-organizing neural networks (SONN). The robot itself…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Lea Steffen , Tobias Weyer , Stefan Ulbrich , Arne Roennau , Rüdiger Dillmann

We present a novel approach to perform probabilistic collision detection between a high-DOF robot and high-DOF obstacles in dynamic, uncertain environments. In dynamic environments with a high-DOF robot and moving obstacles, our approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-07-19 Chonhyon Park , Jae Sung Park , Dinesh Manocha

This paper addresses the autonomous robot navigation problem in a priori unknown n-dimensional environments containing disjoint convex obstacles of arbitrary shapes and sizes, with pairwise distances strictly greater than the robot's…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Mayur Sawant , Ilia Polushin , Abdelhamid Tayebi

This paper presents a novel control algorithm for robotic manipulators in unstructured environments using proximity sensors partially distributed on the platform. The proposed approach exploits arrays of multi zone Time-of-Flight (ToF)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Simone Borelli , Francesco Giovinazzo , Francesco Grella , Giorgio Cannata

We approach the fundamental problem of obstacle avoidance for robotic systems via the lens of online learning. In contrast to prior work that either assumes worst-case realizations of uncertainty in the environment or a stationary…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-07 David Snyder , Meghan Booker , Nathaniel Simon , Wenhan Xia , Daniel Suo , Elad Hazan , Anirudha Majumdar

Dynamic obstacle avoidance is one crucial component for compliant navigation in crowded environments. In this paper we present a system for accurate and reliable detection and tracking of dynamic objects using noisy point cloud data…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Thomas Eppenberger , Gianluca Cesari , Marcin Dymczyk , Roland Siegwart , Renaud Dubé

Developing a safe, stable, and efficient obstacle avoidance policy in crowded and narrow scenarios for multiple robots is challenging. Most existing studies either use centralized control or need communication with other robots. In this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Jiafeng Ma , Guangda chen , Yingfeng Chen , Yujing Hu , Changjie Fan , Jianming Zhang

We revisit the Safety Velocity Cones (SVCs) obstacle avoidance approach for real-time autonomous navigation in an unknown $n$-dimensional environment. We propose a locally Lipschitz continuous implementation of the SVC controller using the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-14 Lyes Smaili , Soulaimane Berkane

Manipulating deformable objects arises in daily life and numerous applications. Despite phenomenal advances in industrial robotics, manipulation of deformable objects remains mostly a manual task. This is because of the high number of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Burak Aksoy , John Wen

Road obstacle detection is an important problem for vehicle driving safety. In this paper, we aim to obtain robust road obstacle detection based on spatio-temporal context modeling. Firstly, a data-driven spatial context model of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-20 Xiuen Wu , Tao Wang , Lingyu Liang , Zuoyong Li , Fum Yew Ching

We present an algorithm that produces a plan for relocating obstacles in order to grasp a target in clutter by a robotic manipulator without collisions. We consider configurations where objects are densely populated in a constrained and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Jinhwi Lee , Younggil Cho , Changjoo Nam , Jonghyeon Park , Changhwan Kim

Fast and reliable obstacle avoidance is an important task for mobile robots. In this work, we propose an efficient reactive system that provides high-quality obstacle avoidance while running at hundreds of hertz with minimal resource usage.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Victor Reijgwart , Michael Pantic , Roland Siegwart , Lionel Ott

Personal mobile robotic assistants are expected to find wide applications in industry and healthcare. For example, people with limited mobility can benefit from robots helping with daily tasks, or construction workers can have robots…

In the field of autonomous robots, reinforcement learning (RL) is an increasingly used method to solve the task of dynamic obstacle avoidance for mobile robots, autonomous ships, and drones. A common practice to train those agents is to use…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-09 Fabian Hart , Ostap Okhrin

This paper proposes an integrated approach for the safe and efficient control of mobile robots in dynamic and uncertain environments. The approach consists of two key steps: one-shot multimodal motion prediction to anticipate motions of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Ze Zhang , Georg Hess , Junjie Hu , Emmanuel Dean , Lennart Svensson , Knut Åkesson

Dynamic obstacle avoidance is a popular research topic for autonomous systems, such as micro aerial vehicles and service robots. Accurately evaluating the performance of dynamic obstacle avoidance methods necessitates the establishment of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Moji Shi , Gang Chen , Álvaro Serra Gómez , Siyuan Wu , Javier Alonso-Mora

Obstacle avoidance enables autonomous agents and robots to operate safely and efficiently in dynamic and complex environments, reducing the risk of collisions and damage. For a robot or autonomous system to successfully navigate through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Justin London

In recent years, the mobile robot has been considerable attention to researchers for its application in various environments. For a mobile robot navigating its way from starting point to a goal point while traversing through deterrents,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Anh-Tu Nguyen , Cong-Thanh Vu

Uncertain dynamic obstacles, such as pedestrians or vehicles, pose a major challenge for optimal robot navigation with safety guarantees. Previous work on motion planning has followed two main strategies to provide a safe bound on an…

The broad scope of obstacle avoidance has led to many kinds of computer vision-based approaches. Despite its popularity, it is not a solved problem. Traditional computer vision techniques using cameras and depth sensors often focus on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Celyn Walters , Simon Hadfield