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As the demands of autonomous mobile robots are increasing in recent years, the requirement of the path planning/navigation algorithm should not be content with the ability to reach the target without any collisions, but also should try to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Jian Zhang

This paper addresses non-prehensile rearrangement planning problems where a robot is tasked to rearrange objects among obstacles on a planar surface. We present an efficient planning algorithm that is designed to impose few assumptions on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Joshua A. Haustein , Isac Arnekvist , Johannes Stork , Kaiyu Hang , Danica Kragic

In this paper, we propose a novel Deep Reinforcement Learning approach to address the mapless navigation problem, in which the locomotion actions of a humanoid robot are taken online based on the knowledge encoded in learned models.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Andre Brandenburger , Diego Rodriguez , Sven Behnke

Designing missiles' autopilot controllers has been a complex task, given the extensive flight envelope and the nonlinear flight dynamics. A solution that can excel both in nominal performance and in robustness to uncertainties is still to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Bernardo Cortez

In this paper, we describe a robust multi-drone planning framework for high-speed trajectories in large scenes. It uses a free-space-oriented map to free the optimization from cumbersome environment data. A capsule-like safety constraint is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Zhepei Wang , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Floating-base multi-link robots can change their shape during flight, making them well-suited for applications in confined environments such as autonomous inspection and search and rescue. However, trajectory planning for such systems…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Yicheng Chen , Jinjie Li , Haokun Liu , Zicheng Luo , Kotaro Kaneko , Moju Zhao

This paper proposes a fast and accurate trajectory planning algorithm for autonomous parking. Nominally, an optimal control problem should be formulated to describe this scheme, but the dimensionality of the optimal control problem is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Bai Li , Tankut Acarman , Qi Kong , Youmin Zhang

SANDO is a safe trajectory planner for 3D dynamic unknown environments, where obstacle locations and motions are unknown a priori and a collision-free plan can become unsafe at any moment, requiring fast replanning. Existing soft-constraint…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Kota Kondo , Jesús Tordesillas , Jonathan P. How

Reinforcement learning (RL) involves sequential decision making in uncertain environments. The aim of the decision-making agent is to maximize the benefit of acting in its environment over an extended period of time. Finding an optimal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Istvan Szita , Balint Takacs , Andras Lorincz

This paper introduces a new algorithm for trajectory optimization, Decoupled Reduced-space and Adaptive Feasibility-repair Trajectory Optimization (DRAFTO). It first constructs a constrained objective that accounts for smoothness, safety,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Yichang Feng , Xiao Liang , Minghui Zheng

In this paper, we present a learning approach to goal assignment and trajectory planning for unlabeled robots operating in 2D, obstacle-filled workspaces. More specifically, we tackle the unlabeled multi-robot motion planning problem with…

With the development of robotics, ground robots are no longer limited to planar motion. Passive height variation due to complex terrain and active height control provided by special structures on robots require a more general navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Jingping Wang , Long Xu , Haoran Fu , Zehui Meng , Chao Xu , Yanjun Cao , Ximin Lyu , Fei Gao

Development of navigation algorithms is essential for the successful deployment of robots in rapidly changing hazardous environments for which prior knowledge of configuration is often limited or unavailable. Use of traditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-11 Paul Blum , Peter Crowley , George Lykotrafitis

Reinforcement learning suffers from limitations in real practices primarily due to the number of required interactions with virtual environments. It results in a challenging problem because we are implausible to obtain a local optimal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Qizhen Wu , Kexin Liu , Lei Chen

Agile flight in complex environments poses significant challenges to current motion planning methods, as they often fail to fully leverage the quadrotor dynamic potential, leading to performance failures and reduced efficiency during…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Zhaohong Liu , Wenxuan Gao , Yinshuai Sun , Peng Dong

Robots must make and break contact with the environment to perform useful tasks, but planning and control through contact remains a formidable challenge. In this work, we achieve real-time contact-implicit model predictive control with a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Vince Kurtz , Alejandro Castro , Aykut Özgün Önol , Hai Lin

Path Planning methods for autonomous control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms are on the rise because of all the advantages they bring. There are more and more scenarios where autonomous control of multiple UAVs is required. Most of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Daniel Rivero , Eurico Pedrosa , Artur Pereira , Nuno Lau , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco

In this study, we applied reinforcement learning based on the proximal policy optimization algorithm to perform motion planning for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in an open space with static obstacles. The application of reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Sanghyun Kim , Jongmin Park , Jae-Kwan Yun , Jiwon Seo

Online generation of collision free trajectories is of prime importance for autonomous navigation. Dynamic environments, robot motion and sensing uncertainties adds further challenges to collision avoidance systems. This paper presents an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Antony Thomas , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni , Marco Baglietto

Several model-based and model-free methods have been proposed for the robot trajectory learning task. Both approaches have their benefits and drawbacks. They can usually complement each other. Many research works are trying to integrate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-24 Shidi Li