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This paper proposes vehicle motion planning methods with obstacle avoidance in tight spaces by incorporating polygonal approximations of both the vehicle and obstacles into a model predictive control (MPC) framework. Representing these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Haruki Kojima , Kohei Honda , Hiroyuki Okuda , Tatsuya Suzuki

This paper addresses the problem of cooperative transportation of an object rigidly grasped by N robotic agents. We propose a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) scheme that guarantees the navigation of the object to a desired pose in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Christos K. Verginis , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper presents a novel Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) scheme for underwater robotic vehicles operating in a constrained workspace including static obstacles. The purpose of the controller is to guide the vehicle towards…

To be applicable to real world scenarios trajectory planning schemes for mobile autonomous systems must be able to efficiently deal with obstacles in the area of operation. In the context of optimization based trajectory planning and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Max Lutz , Thomas Meurer

Next generation Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) must reliably avoid moving obstacles. Existing dynamic collision avoidance methods are effective where obstacle trajectories are linear or known, but such restrictions are not accurate to many…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Vincent Kurtz , Hai Lin

In this article we propose a reactive constrained navigation scheme, with embedded obstacles avoidance for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), for enabling navigation in obstacle-dense environments. The proposed navigation architecture is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Björn Lindqvist , Sina Sharif Mansouri , Jakub Haluška , George Nikolakopoulos

Nonlinear Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) provides a very promising solution to the problem of automatic emergency maneuvering, which is capable of handling multiple possibly conflicting objectives of robustness and performance. Even…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Vivek Bithar , Punit Tulpule , Shawn Midlam-Mohler

Reference tracking and obstacle avoidance rank among the foremost challenging aspects of autonomous driving. This paper proposes control designs for solving reference tracking problems in autonomous driving tasks while considering static…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Maryam Nezami , Dimitrios S. Karachalios , Georg Schildbach , Hossam S. Abbas

This work extends our prior work on the distributed nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) for navigating a robot fleet following a certain flocking behavior in unknown obstructed environments with a more realistic local obstacle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Nuthasith Gerdpratoom , Kaoru Yamamoto

This research focuses on trajectory planning problems for autonomous vehicles utilizing numerical optimal control techniques. The study reformulates the constrained optimization problem into a nonlinear programming problem, incorporating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Jiayu Fan , Nikolce Murgovski , Jun Liang

This article addresses the obstacle avoidance problem for setpoint stabilization and path-following tasks in complex dynamic 2D environments that go beyond conventional scenes with isolated convex obstacles. A combined motion planner and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Albin Dahlin , Yiannis Karayiannidis

Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is a popular strategy for solving motion planning problems, including obstacle avoidance constraints, in autonomous driving applications. Non-smooth obstacle shapes, such as rectangles, introduce…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Rudolf Reiter , Katrin Baumgärtner , Rien Quirynen , Moritz Diehl

The collision avoidance constraints are prominent as non-convex, non-differentiable, and challenging when defined in optimization-based motion planning problems. To overcome these issues, this paper presents a novel non-conservative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Siavash Tavana , Sepideh Faghihi , Anton de Ruiter , Krishna Dev Kumar

With the rapid development of autonomous driving, the attention of academia has increasingly focused on the development of anti-collision systems in emergency scenarios, which have a crucial impact on driving safety. While numerous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Guoying Chen , Xinyu Wang , Min Hua , Wei Liu

This article proposes an approach for collision avoidance, path following, and anti-grounding of autonomous surface vessels under consideration of environmental forces based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC). Artificial Potential…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-29 Daniel Menges , Trym Tengesdal , Adil Rasheed

This article proposes a modular optimal control framework for local three-dimensional ellipsoidal obstacle avoidance, exemplarily applied to model predictive path-following control. Static as well as moving obstacles are considered. Central…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-31 David Leprich , Mario Rosenfelder , Markus Herrmann-Wicklmayr , Kathrin Flaßkamp , Peter Eberhard , Henrik Ebel

Online planning of collision-free trajectories is a fundamental task for robotics and self-driving car applications. This paper revisits collision avoidance between ellipsoidal objects using differentiable constraints. Two ellipsoids do not…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Yunfan Gao , Florian Messerer , Niels van Duijkeren , Boris Houska , Moritz Diehl

This paper presents an approach to mutual collision avoidance based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) with time-dependent Reciprocal Velocity Constraints (RVCs). Unlike most existing methods, the proposed approach relies solely…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Vit Kratky , Robert Penicka , Parakh M. Gupta , Ondrej Prochazka , Martin Saska

We propose a Model Predictive Control (MPC) for collision avoidance between an autonomous agent and dynamic obstacles with uncertain predictions. The collision avoidance constraints are imposed by enforcing positive distance between convex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Siddharth H. Nair , Eric H. Tseng , Francesco Borrelli

This article addresses obstacle avoidance motion planning for autonomous vehicles, specifically focusing on highway overtaking maneuvers. The control design challenge is handled by considering a mathematical vehicle model that captures both…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Gianni Cario , Valentino Carriuolo , Alessandro Casavola , Gianfranco Gagliardi , Marco Lupia , Franco Angelo Torchiaro