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Path-following algorithms are frequently used in composite optimization problems where a series of subproblems, with varying regularization hyperparameters, are solved sequentially. By reusing the previous solutions as initialization,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Eugene Ndiaye , Ichiro Takeuchi

The paper represents an algorithm for planning safe and optimal routes for transport facilities with unrestricted movement direction that travel within areas with obstacles. Paper explains the algorithm using a ship as an example of such a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Ivan Yanchin , Oleg Petrov

Path planning is an important problem with the the applications in many aspects, such as video games, robotics etc. This paper proposes a novel method to address the problem of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based path planning for a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Hao Liu , Yi Shen , Shuangjiang Yu , Zijun Gao , Tong Wu

We present a hierarchical skeleton-guided motion planning algorithm to guide mobile robots. A good skeleton maps the connectivity of the subspace of c-space containing significant degrees of freedom and is able to guide the planner to find…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-27 Diane Uwacu , Ananya Yammanuru , Marco Morales , Nancy M. Amato

Proper path planning is the first step of robust and efficient autonomous navigation for mobile robots. Meanwhile, it is still challenging for robots to work in a complex environment without complete prior information. This paper presents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Wenjian Hao , Rongyao Wang , Alexander Krolicki , Yiqiang Han

As the trend of moving away from high-precision maps gradually emerges in the autonomous driving industry,traditional planning algorithms are gradually exposing some problems. To address the high real-time, high precision, and high…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Yuxuan Zhao

To control how a robot moves, motion planning algorithms must compute paths in high-dimensional state spaces while accounting for physical constraints related to motors and joints, generating smooth and stable motions, avoiding obstacles,…

Mobile robots are often tasked with repeatedly navigating through an environment whose traversability changes over time. These changes may exhibit some hidden structure, which can be learned. Many studies consider reactive algorithms for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Florence Tsang , Tristan Walker , Ryan A. MacDonald , Armin Sadeghi , Stephen L. Smith

This thesis explores the benefits machine learning algorithms can bring to online planning and scheduling for autonomous vehicles in off-road situations. Mainly, we focus on typical problems of interest which include computing itineraries…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Kevin Osanlou

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

The problem of navigating a bipedal robot to a desired destination in various environments is very important. However, it is very difficult to solve the navigation problem in real time because the computation time is very long due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-11 Joon-Ha Kim

Motion Planning is necessary for robots to complete different tasks. Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) and its variants have been widely used in robot motion planning due to their fast search in state space. However, they perform not well…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Zhirui Sun , Jiankun Wang , Max Q. -H. Meng

The research and development of intelligent automation solutions is a ground-breaking point for the factory of the future. A promising and challenging mission is the use of autonomous robot systems to automate tasks in the field of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Christian Friedrich , Akos Csiszar , Armin Lechler , Alexander Verl

Path Planning methods for autonomously controlling swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining momentum due to their operational advantages. An increasing number of scenarios now require autonomous control of multiple UAVs, as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco , Daniel Rivero

With the incremental development of robotic platforms to automate the manual processes, path planning has become a critical domain with or without the knowledge of the indoor and outdoor environment. The algorithms can be intelligent or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-22 R. N. Somarathna

Achieving persistent tracking of multiple dynamic targets over a large spatial area poses significant challenges for a single-robot system with constrained sensing capabilities. As the robot moves to track different targets, the ones…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Junbin Yuan , Brady Moon , Muqing Cao , Sebastian Scherer

Automatic parameter tuning methods for planning algorithms, which integrate pipeline approaches with learning-based techniques, are regarded as promising due to their stability and capability to handle highly constrained environments. While…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Lu Wangtao , Wei Yufei , Xu Jiadong , Jia Wenhao , Li Liang , Xiong Rong , Wang Yue

In real-world environments, robots need to be resilient to damages and robust to unforeseen scenarios. Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms have been successfully used to make robots adapt to damages in seconds by leveraging a diverse set of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Maxime Allard , Simón C. Smith , Konstantinos Chatzilygeroudis , Bryan Lim , Antoine Cully

This paper studies a class of multi-robot coordination problems where a team of robots aim to reach their goal regions with minimum time and avoid collisions with obstacles and other robots. A novel numerical algorithm is proposed to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Guoxiang Zhao , Minghui Zhu

Robot path planning plays a pivotal role in enabling autonomous systems to navigate safely and efficiently in complex and uncertain environments. Despite extensive research on classical graph-based methods and sampling-based planners,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Siyuan Wang , Shuyi Zhang , Zhen Tian , Yuheng Yao , Gongsen Wang , Yu Zhao