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This paper presents a noval method that generates optimal trajectories for autonomous vehicles for in-lane driving scenarios. The method computes a trajectory using a two-phase optimization procedure. In the first phase, the optimization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Yajia Zhang , Hongyi Sun , Jinyun Zhou , Jiangtao Hu , Jinghao Miao

In unstructured environments, obstacles are diverse and lack lane markings, making trajectory planning for intelligent vehicles a challenging task. Traditional trajectory planning methods typically involve multiple stages, including path…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Sumin Zhang , Kuo Li , Rui He , Zhiwei Meng , Yupeng Chang , Xiaosong Jin , Ri Bai

Reinforcement learning has demonstrated significant potential in the field of autonomous driving. However, it suffers from defects such as training instability and unsafe action outputs when faced with autonomous racing environments…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Bo Leng , Weiqi Zhang , Zhuoren Li , Lu Xiong , Guizhe Jin , Ran Yu , Chen Lv

Traffic congestion has lead to an increasing emphasis on management measures for a more efficient utilization of existing infrastructure. In this context, this paper proposes a novel framework that integrates real-time optimization of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Samarth Gupta , Ravi Seshadri , Bilge Atasoy , A. Arun Prakash , Francisco Pereira , Gary Tan , Moshe Ben-Akiva

Predicting vehicle trajectories, angle and speed is important for safe and comfortable driving. We demonstrate the best predicted angle, speed, and best performance overall winning the top three places of the ICCV 2019 Learning to Drive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Michael Diodato , Yu Li , Antonia Lovjer , Minsu Yeom , Albert Song , Yiyang Zeng , Abhay Khosla , Benedikt Schifferer , Manik Goyal , Iddo Drori

In the automation of many kinds of processes, the observable outcome can often be described as the combined effect of an entire sequence of actions, or controls, applied throughout its execution. In these cases, strategies to optimise…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-05 Rafael Oliveira , Fernando H. M. Rocha , Lionel Ott , Vitor Guizilini , Fabio Ramos , Valdir Grassi

Generating overtaking trajectories in autonomous racing is a challenging task, as the trajectory must satisfy the vehicle's dynamics and ensure safety and real-time performance running on resource-constrained hardware. This work proposes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Cheng Hu , Jihao Huang , Wule Mao , Yonghao Fu , Xuemin Chi , Haotong Qin , Nicolas Baumann , Zhitao Liu , Michele Magno , Lei Xie

Iterative learning control has been successfully used for several decades to improve the performance of control systems that perform a single repeated task. Using information from prior control executions, learning controllers gradually…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Nitin R. Kapania , J. Christian Gerdes

We present an approach for safe trajectory planning, where a strategic task related to autonomous racing is learned sample-efficient within a simulation environment. A high-level policy, represented as a neural network, outputs a reward…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Rudolf Reiter , Jasper Hoffmann , Joschka Boedecker , Moritz Diehl

Real-world physics can only be analytically modeled with a certain level of precision for modern intricate robotic systems. As a result, tracking aggressive trajectories accurately could be challenging due to the existence of residual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Kexin Guo , Zihan Yang , Yuhang Liu , Jindou Jia , Xiang Yu

Autonomous driving has a natural bi-level structure. The goal of the upper behavioural layer is to provide appropriate lane change, speeding up, and braking decisions to optimize a given driving task. However, this layer can only indirectly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Arun Kumar Singh , Jatan Shrestha , Nicola Albarella

This article examines a symbolic numerical approach to optimize a vehicle's track for autonomous driving and collision avoidance. The new approach uses the classical cost function definition incorporating the essential aspects of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Hazem Fahmy , Mohamed A. Abd El Ghany , Gerd Baumann

This paper presents a modeling and optimization framework to compute the minimum-lap-time spatial trajectory and powertrain operation of racing cars in a computationally efficient fashion. Specifically, we first derive a quasi-steady-state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Erik van den Eshof , Wytze de Vries , Jorn van Kampen , Mauro Salazar

This paper presents the perception, mapping, and planning pipeline implemented on an autonomous race car. It was developed by the 2019 AMZ driverless team for the Formula Student Germany (FSG) 2019 driverless competition, where it won 1st…

Accumulating substantial volumes of real-world driving data proves pivotal in the realm of trajectory forecasting for autonomous driving. Given the heavy reliance of current trajectory forecasting models on data-driven methodologies, we aim…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Yiheng Li , Seth Z. Zhao , Chenfeng Xu , Chen Tang , Chenran Li , Mingyu Ding , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Wei Zhan

Quantifying and encoding occupants' preferences as an objective function for the tactical decision making of autonomous vehicles is a challenging task. This paper presents a low-complexity approach for lane-change initiation and planning to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Salar Arbabi , Shilp Dixit , Ziyao Zheng , David Oxtoby , Alexandros Mouzakitis , Saber Fallah

Autonomous car racing is a challenging task, as it requires precise applications of control while the vehicle is operating at cornering speeds. Traditional autonomous pipelines require accurate pre-mapping, localization, and planning which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Dvij Kalaria , Qin Lin , John M. Dolan

The paper addresses the problem of providing suitable reference trajectories in motion planning problems for autonomous vehicles. Among the various approaches to compute a reference trajectory, our aim is to find those trajectories which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-24 Matthias Gerdts , Björn Martens

Trajectory and intention prediction of traffic participants is an important task in automated driving and crucial for safe interaction with the environment. In this paper, we present a new approach to vehicle trajectory prediction based on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Jannik Quehl , Haohao Hu , Sascha Wirges , Martin Lauer

Motion planning for autonomous vehicles requires spatio-temporal motion plans (i.e. state trajectories) to account for dynamic obstacles. This requires a trajectory tracking control process which faithfully tracks planned trajectories. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Peng Liu , Brian Paden , Umit Ozguner