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Long-term human motion prediction (LHMP) is important for the safe and efficient operation of autonomous robots and vehicles in environments shared with humans. Accurate predictions are important for applications including motion planning,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Yufei Zhu , Andrey Rudenko , Tomasz P. Kucner , Achim J. Lilienthal , Martin Magnusson

We present RoboArm-NMP, a learning and evaluation environment that allows simple and thorough evaluations of Neural Motion Planning (NMP) algorithms, focused on robotic manipulators. Our Python-based environment provides baseline…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Tom Jurgenson , Matan Sudry , Gal Avineri , Aviv Tamar

We propose a novel algorithm to solve multi-robot motion planning (MRMP) rapidly, called Simultaneous Sampling-and-Search Planning (SSSP). Conventional MRMP studies mostly take the form of two-phase planning that constructs roadmaps and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Keisuke Okumura , Xavier Défago

Path planning in dynamic environments is essential to high-risk applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles, self-driving cars, and autonomous underwater vehicles. In this paper, we generate collision-free trajectories for a robot within…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Sourav Dutta , Tuan Tran , Banafsheh Rekabdar , Chinwe Ekenna

Classical manipulator motion planners work across different robot embodiments. However they plan on a pre-specified static environment representation, and are not scalable to unseen dynamic environments. Neural Motion Planners (NMPs) are an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Prabin Kumar Rath , Nakul Gopalan

The motion planning problem requires finding a collision-free path between start and goal configurations in high-dimensional, cluttered spaces. Recent learning-based methods offer promising solutions, with self-supervised physics-informed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Ruiqi Ni , Yuchen Liu , Ahmed H. Qureshi

Collision checking is a computational bottleneck in motion planning, requiring lazy algorithms that explicitly reason about when to perform this computation. Optimism in the face of collision uncertainty minimizes the number of checks…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-23 Brian Hou , Sanjiban Choudhury , Gilwoo Lee , Aditya Mandalika , Siddhartha S. Srinivasa

We study an elementary problem of the topological robotics: collective motion of a set of $n$ distinct particles which one has to move from an initial configuration to a final configuration, with the requirement that no collisions occur in…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Farber , Sergey Yuzvinsky

Motion planning trajectories for a multi-limbed robot to climb up walls requires a unique combination of constraints on torque, contact force, and posture. This paper focuses on motion planning for one particular setup wherein a six-legged…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-16 Xuan Lin , Jingwen Zhang , Junjie Shen , Gabriel Fernandez , Dennis W Hong

Human-robot collaborative applications require scene representations that are kept up-to-date and facilitate safe motions in dynamic scenes. In this letter, we present an interactive distance field mapping and planning (IDMP) framework that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Usama Ali , Lan Wu , Adrian Mueller , Fouad Sukkar , Tobias Kaupp , Teresa Vidal-Calleja

We propose a hybrid physics-informed machine learning framework to approximate invariant manifolds (IMs) of discrete-time dynamical systems driven by exogenous autonomous dynamics (exosystems). Such systems appear in applications ranging…

Mixed-integer quadratic programs (MIQPs) are a versatile way of formulating vehicle decision making and motion planning problems, where the prediction model is a hybrid dynamical system that involves both discrete and continuous decision…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Rudolf Reiter , Rien Quirynen , Moritz Diehl , Stefano Di Cairano

Task And Motion Planning (TAMP) is the problem of finding a solution to an automated planning problem that includes discrete actions executable by low-level continuous motions. This field is gaining increasing interest within the robotics…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Elisa Tosello , Alessandro Valentini , Andrea Micheli

An open problem in industrial automation is to reliably perform tasks requiring in-contact movements with complex workpieces, as current solutions lack the ability to seamlessly adapt to the workpiece geometry. In this paper, we propose a…

Motion planning in high-dimensional space is a challenging task. In order to perform dexterous manipulation in an unstructured environment, a robot with many degrees of freedom is usually necessary, which also complicates its motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Chao Liu , Mark Yim

Multi-mobile robot systems show great advantages over one single robot in many applications. However, the robots are required to form desired task-specified formations, making feasible motions decrease significantly. Thus, it is challenging…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Wenhang Liu , Jiawei Hu , Heng Zhang , Michael Yu Wang , Zhenhua Xiong

Robots will increasingly operate near humans that introduce uncertainties in the motion planning problem due to their complex nature. Typically, chance constraints are introduced in the planner to optimize performance while guaranteeing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Oscar de Groot , Laura Ferranti , Dariu Gavrila , Javier Alonso-Mora

In practice, navigation of mobile robots in confined environments is often done using a spatially discrete cost-map to represent obstacles. Path following is a typical use case for model predictive control (MPC), but formulating constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Michael Schröder , Eric Schöneberg , Daniel Görges , Hans D. Schotten

This work proposes a model-reduction approach for the material point method on nonlinear manifolds. Our technique approximates the $\textit{kinematics}$ by approximating the deformation map using an implicit neural representation that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Peter Yichen Chen , Maurizio M. Chiaramonte , Eitan Grinspun , Kevin Carlberg

Learning from demonstration (LfD) is considered as an efficient way to transfer skills from humans to robots. Traditionally, LfD has been used to transfer Cartesian and joint positions and forces from human demonstrations. The traditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Fares J. Abu-Dakka , Matteo Saveriano , Ville Kyrki