Track based offline policy learning for overtaking maneuvers with autonomous racecars

J Bhargav, J Betz, H Zheng, R Mangharam - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
The rising popularity of driver-less cars has led to the research and development in the field
of autonomous racing, and overtaking in autonomous racing is a challenging task. Vehicles …

Towards Optimal Head-to-head Autonomous Racing with Curriculum Reinforcement Learning

D Kalaria, Q Lin, JM Dolan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.13491, 2023 - arxiv.org
Head-to-head autonomous racing is a challenging problem, as the vehicle needs to operate
at the friction or handling limits in order to achieve minimum lap times while also actively …

Gaussian process-based stochastic model predictive control for overtaking in autonomous racing

T Brüdigam, A Capone, S Hirche, D Wollherr… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
A fundamental aspect of racing is overtaking other race cars. Whereas previous research on
autonomous racing has majorly focused on lap-time optimization, here, we propose a …

Autonomous overtaking in gran turismo sport using curriculum reinforcement learning

Y Song, HC Lin, E Kaufmann, P Dürr… - … on robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Professional race-car drivers can execute extreme overtaking maneuvers. However, existing
algorithms for autonomous overtaking either rely on simplified assumptions about the …

Deriving spatial policies for overtaking maneuvers with autonomous vehicles

J Bhargav, J Betz, H Zehng… - 2022 14th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Planning an accurate and safe trajectory is a crucial element in autonomous driving. To
execute complex driving maneuvers like overtaking, motion planning requires an enhanced …

Formula rl: Deep reinforcement learning for autonomous racing using telemetry data

A Remonda, S Krebs, E Veas, G Luzhnica… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
This paper explores the use of reinforcement learning (RL) models for autonomous racing.
In contrast to passenger cars, where safety is the top priority, a racing car aims to minimize …

Overtaking maneuvers in simulated highway driving using deep reinforcement learning

M Kaushik, V Prasad, KM Krishna… - 2018 IEEE intelligent …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most methods that attempt to tackle the problem of Autonomous Driving and overtaking
usually try to either directly minimize an objective function or iteratively in a Reinforcement …

Game-theoretic model predictive control with data-driven identification of vehicle model for head-to-head autonomous racing

C Jung, S Lee, H Seong, A Finazzi, DH Shim - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Resolving edge-cases in autonomous driving, head-to-head autonomous racing is getting a
lot of attention from the industry and academia. In this study, we propose a game-theoretic …

An autonomous system for head-to-head race: Design, implementation and analysis; team kaist at the indy autonomous challenge

C Jung, A Finazzi, H Seong, D Lee, S Lee… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
While the majority of autonomous driving research has concentrated on everyday driving
scenarios, further safety and performance improvements of autonomous vehicles require a …

Residual policy learning for vehicle control of autonomous racing cars

R Trumpp, D Hoornaert… - 2023 IEEE Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of vehicle controllers for autonomous racing is challenging because
racing cars operate at their physical driving limit. Prompted by the demand for improved …