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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

This paper proposes a novel framework for humanoid robots to execute inspection tasks with high efficiency and millimeter-level precision. The approach combines hierarchical planning, time-optimal standing position generation, and…

Motion planning in an autonomous agent is responsible for providing smooth, safe and efficient navigation. Many solutions for dealing this problem have been offered, one of which is, Artificial Potential Fields (APF). APF is a simple and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Javad Amiryan , Mansour Jamzad

Robots executing iterative tasks in complex, uncertain environments require control strategies that balance robustness, safety, and high performance. This paper introduces a safe information-theoretic learning model predictive control…

As autonomous driving continues to advance, automated parking is becoming increasingly essential. However, significant challenges arise when implementing path velocity decomposition (PVD) trajectory planning for automated parking. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Zhouheng Li , Lei Xie , Cheng Hu , Hongye Su

Multi-UAV cooperative path planning (MUCPP) is a fundamental problem in multi-agent systems, aiming to generate collision-free trajectories for a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to complete distributed tasks efficiently. A key…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Hongzong Li , Luwei Liao , Xiangguang Dai , Yuming Feng , Rong Feng , Shiqin Tang

Safety remains a central challenge in control of dynamical systems, particularly when the boundaries of unsafe sets are complex (e.g., nonconvex, nonsmooth) or unknown. This paper proposes a learning-enabled framework for safety-critical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Shuo Liu , Zhe Huang , Jun Zeng , Koushil Sreenath , Calin A. Belta

Safe motion planning is essential for autonomous vessel operations, especially in challenging spaces such as narrow inland waterways. However, conventional motion planning approaches are often computationally intensive or overly…

In this paper, we address the problem of real-time motion planning for multiple robotic manipulators that operate in close proximity. We build upon the concept of dynamic fabrics and extend them to multi-robot systems, referred to as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Saray Bakker , Luzia Knoedler , Max Spahn , Wendelin Böhmer , Javier Alonso-Mora

In this paper, we present a receding-horizon, sampling-based planner capable of reasoning over multimodal policy distributions. By using the cross-entropy method to optimize a multimodal policy under a common cost function, our approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Mark Gonzales , Ethan Oh , Joseph Moore

The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm is a crucial component of LiDAR-based SLAM algorithms. However, its performance can be negatively affected in unstructured environments that lack features and geometric structures, leading to low…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Haosong Yue , Qingyuan Xu , Fei Chen , Jia Pan , Weihai Chen

Decentralized collision avoidance remains challenging, particularly when agents do not communicate any information related to planned trajectories. Most existing approaches either rely on conservative coordination mechanisms or provide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Max Studt , Georg Schildbach

Real-time and collision-free motion planning remains challenging for robotic manipulation in unknown environments due to continuous perception updates and the need for frequent online replanning. To address these challenges, we propose a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Xuewei Zhang , Bailing Tian , Kai Zheng , Yulin Hui , Junjie Lu , Zhiyu Li

This article presents a new optimal control-based interactive motion planning algorithm for an autonomous vehicle interacting with a human-driven vehicle. The ego vehicle solves a joint optimization problem for its motion planning involving…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-25 Viranjan Bhattacharyya , Ardalan Vahidi

Collision-free navigation in cluttered environments with static and dynamic obstacles is essential for many multi-robot tasks. Dynamic obstacles may also be interactive, i.e., their behavior varies based on the behavior of other entities.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Baskın Şenbaşlar , Gaurav S. Sukhatme

This letter presents a novel coarse-to-fine motion planning framework for robotic manipulation in cluttered, unmodeled environments. The system integrates a dual-camera perception setup with a B-spline-based model predictive control (MPC)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Chen Cai , Ernesto Dickel Saraiva , Ya-jun Pan , Steven Liu

Trajectory planning in robotics aims to generate collision-free pose sequences that can be reliably executed. Recently, vision-to-planning systems have gained increasing attention for their efficiency and ability to interpret and adapt to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Qihang Li , Zhuoqun Chen , Haoze Zheng , Haonan He , Zitong Zhan , Shaoshu Su , Junyi Geng , Chen Wang

Many high-level multi-agent planning problems, including multi-robot navigation and path planning, can be effectively modeled using deterministic actions and observations. In this work, we focus on such domains and introduce the class of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Yang You , Alex Schutz , Zhikun Li , Bruno Lacerda , Robert Skilton , Nick Hawes

Modern robotic systems are required to operate in challenging environments, which demand reliable localization under challenging conditions. LiDAR-based localization methods, such as the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm, can suffer…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Turcan Tuna , Julian Nubert , Yoshua Nava , Shehryar Khattak , Marco Hutter

Predictive planning is a key capability for robots to efficiently and safely navigate populated environments. Particularly in densely crowded scenes, with uncertain human motion predictions, predictive path planning, and control can become…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Till Hielscher , Lukas Heuer , Frederik Wulle , Luigi Palmieri