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The urban environment is amongst the most difficult domains for autonomous vehicles. The vehicle must be able to plan a safe route on challenging road layouts, in the presence of various dynamic traffic participants such as vehicles,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-06 Robin Smit , Chris van der Ploeg , Arjan Teerhuis , Emilia Silvas

In autonomous navigation, trajectory replanning, refinement, and control command generation are essential for effective motion planning. This paper presents a resilient approach to trajectory replanning addressing scenarios where the…

We present an evaluation of several representative sampling-based and optimization-based motion planners, and then introduce an integrated motion planning system which incorporates recent advances in trajectory optimization into a sparse…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-07 Siyu Dai , Matthew Orton , Shawn Schaffert , Andreas Hofmann , Brian Williams

There are many challenges for robot navigation in densely populated dynamic environments. This paper presents a survey of the path planning methods for robot navigation in dense environments. Particularly, the path planning in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Kuanqi Cai , Chaoqun Wang , Jiyu Cheng , Clarence W De Silva , Max Q. -H. Meng

High-dimensional robot dynamic trajectory planning poses many challenges for traditional planning algorithms. Existing planning methods suffer from issues such as long computation times, limited capacity to address intricate obstacle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Lihao Xu , Xiaogang Xiong , Bai Yang , Yunjiang Lou

Abstract: we present a framework for robust autonomous driving motion planning system in urban environments which includes trajectory refinement, trajectory interpolation, avoidance of static and dynamic obstacles, and trajectory tracking.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-11 Yuncheng Jiang , Xiaofeng Jin , Yanfei Xiong , Zhaoyong Liu

As a core part of autonomous driving systems, motion planning has received extensive attention from academia and industry. However, real-time trajectory planning capable of spatial-temporal joint optimization is challenged by nonholonomic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Zhichao Han , Yuwei Wu , Tong Li , Lu Zhang , Liuao Pei , Long Xu , Chengyang Li , Changjia Ma , Chao Xu , Shaojie Shen , Fei Gao

Local navigation is one of the fundamental problems in robot navigation, and numerous approaches have been proposed over the years, including methods such as the Dynamic Window Approach, Model Predictive Control, and more recently, Control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Scott Fredriksson , Akshit Saradagi , George Nikolakopoulos

Ground robots navigating in complex, dynamic environments must compute collision-free trajectories to avoid obstacles safely and efficiently. Nonconvex optimization is a popular method to compute a trajectory in real-time. However, these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Oscar de Groot , Laura Ferranti , Dariu M. Gavrila , Javier Alonso-Mora

The goal of this paper is to develop a continuous optimization-based refinement of the reference trajectory to 'push it out' of the obstacle-occupied space in the global phase for Multi-rotor Aerial Vehicles in unknown environments. Our…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Geesara Kulathunga , Hany Hamed , Dmitry Devitt , Alexandr Klimchik

In this paper we present a simulation framework for the evaluation of the navigation and localization metrological performances of a robotic platform. The simulator, based on ROS (Robot Operating System) Gazebo, is targeted to a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-18 Riccardo Giubilato , Andrea Masili , Sebastiano Chiodini , Marco Pertile , Stefano Debei

Collision-free mobile robot navigation is an important problem for many robotics applications, especially in cluttered environments. In such environments, obstacles can be static or dynamic. Dynamic obstacles can additionally be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Baskın Şenbaşlar , Gaurav S. Sukhatme

Human interaction introduces two main constraints: Safety and Comfort. Therefore service robot manipulator can't be controlled like industrial robotic manipulator where personnel is isolated from the robot's work envelope. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2009-05-07 Xavier Broquère , Daniel Sidobre , Ignacio Herrera-Aguilar

Real-time long-range local planning is a challenging task, especially in the presence of dynamics obstacles. We propose a complete system which is capable of performing the local replanning in real-time. Desired trajectory is needed in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-04 Geesara Kulathunga , Roman Fedorenko , Sergey Kopylov , Alexandr Klimchik

Motion planners for mobile robots in unknown environments face the challenge of simultaneously maintaining both robustness against unmodeled uncertainties and persistent feasibility of the trajectory-finding problem. That is, while dealing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-15 Inkyu Jang , Dongjae Lee , Seungjae Lee , H. Jin Kim

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

Despite the growing impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) across various industries, most of current available solutions lack for a robust autonomous navigation system to deal with the appearance of obstacles safely. This work presents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Jorge Bes , Juan Dendarieta , Luis Riazuelo , Luis Montano

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

This paper extends the family of gap-based local planners to unknown dynamic environments through generating provable collision-free properties for hierarchical navigation systems. Existing perception-informed local planners that operate in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Max Asselmeier , Dhruv Ahuja , Abdel Zaro , Ahmad Abuaish , Ye Zhao , Patricio A. Vela

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