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Predicting the future trajectories of on-road vehicles is critical for autonomous driving. In this paper, we introduce a novel prediction framework called PRIME, which stands for Prediction with Model-based Planning. Unlike recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Haoran Song , Di Luan , Wenchao Ding , Michael Yu Wang , Qifeng Chen

Modern autonomous vehicles (AVs) often rely on vision, LIDAR, and even radar-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) frameworks for precise localization and navigation. However, modern SLAM frameworks often lead to unacceptably…

Autonomous drone navigation in dynamic environments remains a critical challenge, especially when dealing with unpredictable scenarios including fast-moving objects with rapidly changing goal positions. While traditional planners and…

This paper presents a novel two-level control architecture for a fully autonomous vehicle in a deterministic environment, which can handle traffic rules as specifications and low-level vehicle control with real-time performance. At the top…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Erfan Aasi , Cristian Ioan Vasile , Calin Belta

This work introduces SAM-LLM, a novel hybrid architecture that bridges the gap between the contextual reasoning of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the physical precision of kinematic lane change models for autonomous driving. The system is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Zhuo Cao , Yunxiao Shi , Min Xu

Motion forecasting is a core task in autonomous driving systems, aiming to accurately predict the future trajectories of surrounding agents to ensure driving safety. Existing methods typically process discrete driving scenes independently,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Quanhao Ren , Yicheng Li , Nan Song

Feedback motion planning over cell decompositions provides a robust method for generating collision-free robot motion with formal guarantees. However, existing algorithms often produce paths with unnecessary bending, leading to slower…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Aref Amiri , Steven M. LaValle

In this paper, we present an Efficient Planning System for automated vehicles In highLy interactive envirONments (EPSILON). EPSILON is an efficient interaction-aware planning system for automated driving, and is extensively validated in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Wenchao Ding , Lu Zhang , Jing Chen , Shaojie Shen

Motion simulation, prediction and planning are foundational tasks in autonomous driving, each essential for modeling and reasoning about dynamic traffic scenarios. While often addressed in isolation due to their differing objectives, such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Nan Song , Junzhe Jiang , Jingyu Li , Xiatian Zhu , Li Zhang

ML-based motion planning is a promising approach to produce agents that exhibit complex behaviors, and automatically adapt to novel environments. In the context of autonomous driving, it is common to treat all available training data…

Predicting agents' behavior for vehicles and pedestrians is challenging due to a myriad of factors including the uncertainty attached to different intentions, inter-agent interactions, traffic (environment) rules, individual inclinations,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-29 David Isele , Piyush Gupta , Xinyi Liu , Sangjae Bae

The ability to accurately predict feasible multimodal future trajectories of surrounding traffic participants is crucial for behavior planning in autonomous vehicles. The Motion Transformer (MTR), a state-of-the-art motion prediction…

Autonomous vehicles should be able to predict the future states of its environment and respond appropriately. Specifically, predicting the behavior of surrounding human drivers is vital for such platforms to share the same road with humans.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Mohamed Hasan , Albert Solernou , Evangelos Paschalidis , He Wang , Gustav Markkula , Richard Romano

Autonomous vehicle navigation is a key challenge in artificial intelligence, requiring robust and accurate decision-making processes. This research introduces a new end-to-end method that exploits multimodal information from a single…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Fouad Makiyeh , Mark Bastourous , Anass Bairouk , Wei Xiao , Mirjana Maras , Tsun-Hsuan Wangb , Marc Blanchon , Ramin Hasani , Patrick Chareyre , Daniela Rus

3D multi-object tracking in LiDAR point clouds is a key ingredient for self-driving vehicles. Existing methods are predominantly based on the tracking-by-detection pipeline and inevitably require a heuristic matching step for the detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Chenxu Luo , Xiaodong Yang , Alan Yuille

To handle the two shortcomings of existing methods, (i)nearly all models rely on high-definition (HD) maps, yet the map information is not always available in real traffic scenes and HD map-building is expensive and time-consuming and (ii)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Junhong Xiang , Jingmin Zhang , Zhixiong Nan

Forecasting the future trajectories of surrounding agents is crucial for autonomous vehicles to ensure safe, efficient, and comfortable route planning. While model ensembling has improved prediction accuracy in various fields, its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Aron Distelzweig , Eitan Kosman , Andreas Look , Faris Janjoš , Denesh K. Manivannan , Abhinav Valada

Autonomous driving has made significant strides through data-driven techniques, achieving robust performance in standardized tasks. However, existing methods frequently overlook user-specific preferences, offering limited scope for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Chengkai Xu , Jiaqi Liu , Yicheng Guo , Yuhang Zhang , Peng Hang , Jian Sun

Planning safe trajectories for autonomous vehicles is essential for operational safety but remains extremely challenging due to the complex interactions among traffic participants. Recent autonomous driving frameworks have focused on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Tian Niu , Kaizhao Zhang , Zhongxue Gan , Wenchao Ding

With the development of autonomous driving technology, there are increasing demands for vehicle control, and MPC has become a widely researched topic in both industry and academia. Existing MPC control methods based on vehicle kinematics or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-19 Jiarui Zhang , Aijing Kong , Yu Tang , Zhichao Lv , Lulu Guo , Peng Hang