Multi-modal model predictive control through batch non-holonomic trajectory optimization: Application to highway driving

VK Adajania, A Sharma, A Gupta… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Standard Model Predictive Control (MPC) or trajectory optimization approaches perform only
a local search to solve a complex non-convex optimization problem. As a result, they cannot …

Pilot: Efficient planning by imitation learning and optimisation for safe autonomous driving

H Pulver, F Eiras, L Carozza, M Hawasly… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Achieving a proper balance between planning quality, safety and efficiency is a major
challenge for autonomous driving. Optimisation-based motion planners are capable of …

On the design of control invariant regions for feedback linearized car-like vehicles

C Tiriolo, W Lucia - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a novel procedure to design a control invariant region for feedback-
linearized car-like vehicles subject to linear and steering velocity constraints. To this end …

Learning-based MPC for Autonomous Motion Planning at Freeway Off-ramp Diverging

X Qi, L Zhang, P Wang, J Yang, T Zou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Off-ramp diverging road segment is the preparation area for vehicles driving away from the
freeway, while it causes more traffic conflicts making it a typical safety bottleneck. Focusing …

Flash: Fast and light motion prediction for autonomous driving with Bayesian inverse planning and learned motion profiles

M Antonello, M Dobre, SV Albrecht… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion prediction of road users in traffic scenes is critical for autonomous driving systems
that must take safe and robust decisions in complex dynamic environments. We present a …

Topology-Driven Parallel Trajectory Optimization in Dynamic Environments

O de Groot, L Ferranti, D Gavrila… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Ground robots navigating in complex, dynamic environments must compute collision-free
trajectories to avoid obstacles safely and efficiently. Nonconvex optimization is a popular …

Local Trajectory Planning for Obstacle Avoidance of Unmanned Tracked Vehicles Based on Artificial Potential Field Method

L Zhai, C Liu, X Zhang, C Wang - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A trajectory planning method for local obstacle avoidance based on an improved artificial
potential field (APF) method is proposed, which is aimed at the problem for dual motor …

A Set-Theoretic Control Approach to the Trajectory Tracking Problem for Input–Output Linearized Wheeled Mobile Robots

C Tiriolo, W Lucia - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a set-theoretic receding horizon control scheme to address the
trajectory tracking problem for input-constrained differential-drive robots. The proposed …

Chance-aware lane change with high-level model predictive control through curriculum reinforcement learning

Y Wang, Y Li, Z Peng, H Ghazzai, J Ma - arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.03723, 2023 - arxiv.org
Lane change in dense traffic typically requires the recognition of an appropriate opportunity
for maneuvers, which remains a challenging problem in self-driving. In this work, we …

Proactive Emergency Collision Avoidance for Automated Driving in Highway Scenarios

L Gharavi, A Dabiri, J Verkuijlen, B De Schutter… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Uncertainty in the behavior of other traffic participants is a crucial factor in collision
avoidance for automated driving; here, stochastic metrics should often be considered to …