A new approach to smooth global path planning of mobile robots with kinematic constraints

B Song, Z Wang, L Zou, L Xu, FE Alsaadi - International Journal of Machine …, 2019 - Springer
This paper is concerned with the planning problem of smooth global path for mobile robots
with kinematic constraints. A new approach is proposed that is based on a modified particle …

Autonomous vehicle motion planning via recurrent spline optimization

W Xu, Q Wang, JM Dolan - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trajectory planning in dynamic environments can be decomposed into two sub-problems: 1)
planning a path to avoid static obstacles, 2) then planning a speed profile to avoid dynamic …

A physics-driven artificial agent for online time-optimal vehicle motion planning and control

M Piccinini, S Taddei, M Larcher, M Piazza… - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a hierarchical framework with novel analytical and neural physics-
driven models, to enable the online planning and tracking of minimum-time maneuvers, for a …

Search-based motion planning for performance autonomous driving

Z Ajanovic, E Regolin, G Stettinger, M Horn… - Advances in Dynamics …, 2020 - Springer
Driving on the limits of vehicle dynamics requires predictive planning of future vehicle states.
In this work, a search-based motion planning is used to generate suitable reference …

Optimisation based path planning for car parking in narrow environments

P Zips, M Böck, A Kugi - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last decades, a large variety of robot motion planners emerged. However,
manoeuvring in very narrow environments, eg, for common parking scenarios, cannot be …

Online trajectory planning with reinforcement learning for pedestrian avoidance

Á Fehér, S Aradi, T Bécsi - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Planning the optimal trajectory of emergency avoidance maneuvers for highly automated
vehicles is a complex task with many challenges. The algorithm needs to decrease accident …

Real-time optimal control of an autonomous RC car with minimum-time maneuvers and a novel kineto-dynamical model

E Pagot, M Piccinini, F Biral - 2020 IEEE/RSJ international …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a real-time non-linear model-predictive control (NMPC) framework
to perform minimum-time motion planning for autonomous racing cars. We introduce an …

Real-time optimal trajectory planning for autonomous driving with collision avoidance using convex optimization

G Li, X Zhang, H Guo, B Lenzo, N Guo - Automotive Innovation, 2023 - Springer
An online trajectory planning method for collision avoidance is proposed to improve vehicle
driving safety and comfort simultaneously. The collision-free trajectory for autonomous …

Local trajectory planning for autonomous vehicle with static and dynamic obstacles avoidance

A Said, R Talj, C Francis… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trajectory planning is one of the most complex tasks that should be accomplished in order to
ensure vehicle autonomous driving. Trajectory planning can be classified into local and …

Hierarchical path planner combining probabilistic roadmap and deep deterministic policy gradient for unmanned ground vehicles with non-holonomic constraints

J Fan, X Zhang, K Zheng, Y Zou, N Zhou - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2024 - Elsevier
Path planning plays a vital role in autonomous driving as it needs to guide the vehicle to
achieve the target position without collision while satisfying the vehicle's non-holonomic …