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Diffusion-based models are recognized for their effectiveness in using real-world driving data to generate realistic and diverse traffic scenarios. These models employ guided sampling to incorporate specific traffic preferences and enhance…

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In this paper, we present a novel trajectory prediction model for autonomous driving, combining a Characterized Diffusion Module and a Spatial-Temporal Interaction Network to address the challenges posed by dynamic and heterogeneous traffic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Haoming Li

Generating safe, kinodynamically feasible, and optimal trajectories for complex robotic systems is a central challenge in robotics. This paper presents Safe Model Predictive Diffusion (Safe MPD), a training-free diffusion planner that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Taekyung Kim , Keyvan Majd , Hideki Okamoto , Bardh Hoxha , Dimitra Panagou , Georgios Fainekos

Recent advances in robotic manipulation have highlighted the effectiveness of learning from demonstration. However, while end-to-end policies excel in expressivity and flexibility, they struggle both in generalizing to novel object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Lyuxing He , Eric Cai , Shobhit Aggarwal , Jianjun Wang , David Held

High-fidelity 3D reconstruction of vehicle exteriors improves buyer confidence in online automotive marketplaces, but generating these models in cluttered dealership drive-throughs presents severe technical challenges. Unlike static-scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Nitin Kulkarni , Akhil Devarashetti , Charlie Cluss , Livio Forte , Philip Schneider , Chunming Qiao , Alina Vereshchaka

This paper studies Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO), a fundamental framework for enhancing the robustness and generalization of statistical learning and optimization. An effective ambiguity set for DRO must involve distributions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Jiaqi Wen , Jianyi Yang

Robots in the real world need to perceive and move to goals in complex environments without collisions. Avoiding collisions is especially difficult when relying on sensor perception and when goals are among clutter. Diffusion policies and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Mohit Sharma , Adam Fishman , Vikash Kumar , Chris Paxton , Oliver Kroemer

Learning-based 3D Scanning plays a crucial role in enabling efficient and accurate scanning of target objects. However, recent reinforcement learning-based methods often require large-scale training data and still struggle to generalize to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Itsuki Hirako , Ryo Hakoda , Yubin Liu , Matthew Hwang , Yoshihiro Sato , Takeshi Oishi

Practical autonomous driving systems face two crucial challenges: memory constraints and domain gap issues. In this paper, we present a novel approach to learn domain adaptive knowledge in models with limited memory, thus bestowing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Divya Kothandaraman , Athira Nambiar , Anurag Mittal

In hybrid traffic environments where human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) coexist, achieving safe and robust decision-making for AV platooning remains a complex challenge. Existing platooning systems often struggle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Chengkai Xu , Zihao Deng , Jiaqi Liu , Aijing Kong , Yu Tang , Chao Huang , Peng Hang

Existing unsupervised low-light image enhancement methods lack enough effectiveness and generalization in practical applications. We suppose this is because of the absence of explicit supervision and the inherent gap between real-world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Shuzhou Yang , Xuanyu Zhang , Yinhuai Wang , Jiwen Yu , Yuhan Wang , Jian Zhang

Diffusion models have demonstrated exceptional visual quality in video generation, making them promising for autonomous driving world modeling. However, existing video diffusion-based world models struggle with flexible-length, long-horizon…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Kaiwen Zhang , Zhenyu Tang , Xiaotao Hu , Xingang Pan , Xiaoyang Guo , Yuan Liu , Jingwei Huang , Li Yuan , Qian Zhang , Xiao-Xiao Long , Xun Cao , Wei Yin

Although deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) methods have lots of strengths that are favorable if applied to autonomous driving, real deep RL applications in autonomous driving have been slowed down by the modeling gap between the source…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Zhuo Xu , Chen Tang , Masayoshi Tomizuka

Trajectory prediction is a cornerstone in autonomous driving (AD), playing a critical role in enabling vehicles to navigate safely and efficiently in dynamic environments. To address this task, this paper presents a novel trajectory…

Generative models such as diffusion models, excel at capturing high-dimensional distributions with diverse input modalities, e.g. robot trajectories, but are less effective at multi-step constraint reasoning. Task and Motion Planning (TAMP)…

Autonomous parking fundamentally differs from on-road driving due to its frequent direction changes and complex maneuvering requirements. However, existing End-to-End (E2E) planning methods often simplify the parking task into a geometric…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Jishu Miao , Han Chen , Jiankun Zhai , Qi Liu , Tsubasa Hirakawa , Takayoshi Yamashita , Hironobu Fujiyoshi

World models have gained significant attention as a promising approach for autonomous driving. By emulating human-like perception and decision-making processes, these models can predict and adapt to dynamic environments. Existing methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Huiqian Li , Wei Pan , Haodong Zhang , Jin Huang , Zhihua Zhong

Enhancing 3D and Z-axis positioning accuracy is crucial for effective rescue in indoor emergencies, ensuring safety for emergency responders and at-risk individuals. Additionally, reducing the dependence of a positioning system on fixed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-15 Gaurav Duggal , R. Michael Buehrer , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey H. Reed

Rapid urbanization demands accurate and efficient monitoring of turbulent wind patterns to support air quality, climate resilience and infrastructure design. Traditional sparse reconstruction and sensor placement strategies face major…

Visual traversability estimation is critical for autonomous navigation, but existing VLM-based methods rely on hand-crafted prompts, generalize poorly across embodiments, and output only traversability maps, leaving trajectory generation to…