Toward safer autonomous vehicles: Occlusion-aware trajectory planning to minimize risky behavior

R Trauth, K Moller, J Betz - IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous vehicles face numerous challenges to ensure safe operation in unpredictable
and hazardous conditions. The autonomous driving environment is characterized by high …

Occlusion-aware risk assessment for autonomous driving in urban environments

MY Yu, R Vasudevan… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Navigating safely in urban environments remains a challenging problem for autonomous
vehicles. Occlusion and limited sensor range can pose significant challenges to safely …

Overcoming the fear of the dark: Occlusion-aware model-predictive planning for automated vehicles using risk fields

C van der Ploeg, T Nyberg, JMG Sánchez… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
As vehicle automation advances, motion planning algorithms face escalating challenges in
achieving safe and efficient navigation. Existing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems …

Maximum acceptable risk as criterion for decision-making in autonomous vehicle trajectory planning

M Geisslinger, R Trauth, G Kaljavesi… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous vehicles are being developed to make road traffic safer in the future. The time
when autonomous vehicles are actually safe enough to be used in real traffic is a current …

Risk-aware motion planning for autonomous vehicles with safety specifications

T Nyberg, C Pek, L Dal Col, C Norén… - 2021 ieee intelligent …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles (AV s) in uncertain traffic scenarios is a major
challenge. In this paper, we address the problem of computing the risk that AV s violate a …

Generating efficient behaviour with predictive visibility risk for scenarios with occlusions

L Wang, CF Lopez, C Stiller - 2020 IEEE 23rd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Safety is one of the most significant challenges for autonomous driving. However,
autonomous vehicles need also to be as efficient as possible while ensuring safety. In this …

Safety-assured speculative planning with adaptive prediction

X Liu, R Jiao, Y Wang, Y Han… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently significant progress has been made in vehicle prediction and planning algorithms
for autonomous driving. However, it remains quite challenging for an autonomous vehicle to …

Trajectory planning with comfort and safety in dynamic traffic scenarios for autonomous driving

J Zhang, Z Jian, J Fu, Z Nan, J Xin… - 2021 IEEE Intelligent …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trajectory planning is one of the most important modules of the Autonomous Driving
Systems (ADSs), which aims to achieve a safe and comfortable interaction between the …

Overcoming Fear of the Unknown: Occlusion-Aware Model-Predictive Planning for Automated Vehicles Using Risk Fields

C van der Ploeg, T Nyberg… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As vehicle automation advances, motion planning algorithms face escalating challenges in
achieving safe and efficient navigation. Existing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems …

Occlusion-aware motion planning for autonomous driving

D Wang, W Fu, J Zhou, Q Song - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion planning for autonomous vehicles remains a challenge in urban road environments
with occlusions. In this study, we present a motion planning framework that prioritizes safety …