Prediction failure risk-aware decision-making for autonomous vehicles on signalized intersections

K Yang, B Li, W Shao, X Tang, X Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion prediction modules are crucial for autonomous vehicles to forecast the future
behavior of surrounding road users. Failures in prediction modules can mislead a …

Marc: Multipolicy and risk-aware contingency planning for autonomous driving

T Li, L Zhang, S Liu, S Shen - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Generating safe and non-conservative behaviors in dense, dynamic environments remains
challenging for automated vehicles due to the stochastic nature of traffic participants' …

Interaction-aware motion planning for autonomous vehicles with multi-modal obstacle uncertainty predictions

J Zhou, B Olofsson, E Frisk - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes an interaction and safety-aware motion-planning method for an
autonomous vehicle in uncertain multi-vehicle traffic environments. The method integrates …

Automated Lane Merging via Game Theory and Branch Model Predictive Control

L Zhang, S Han, S Grammatico - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an integrated behavior and motion planning framework for the lane-merging
problem. The behavior planner combines search-based planning with game theory to model …

Scenario-based model predictive control with probabilistic human predictions for human–robot coexistence

A Oleinikov, S Soltan, Z Balgabekova… - Control Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a real-time motion planning scheme for safe human–robot workspace
sharing relying on scenario-based nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC), a well-known …

Interaction and decision making-aware motion planning using branch model predictive control

R Oliveira, SH Nair, B Wahlberg - 2023 IEEE Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion planning for autonomous vehicles sharing the road with human drivers remains
challenging. The difficulty arises from three challenging aspects: human drivers are 1) multi …

Barrier-Enhanced Homotopic Parallel Trajectory Optimization for Safety-Critical Autonomous Driving

L Zheng, R Yang, MY Wang, J Ma - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.10441, 2024 - arxiv.org
Enforcing safety while preventing overly conservative behaviors is essential for autonomous
vehicles to achieve high task performance. In this paper, we propose a barrier-enhanced …

Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Making and Planning for Autonomous Forced Merging

J Zhou, Y Gao, B Olofsson, E Frisk - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20514, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we develop an uncertainty-aware decision-making and motion-planning
method for an autonomous ego vehicle in forced merging scenarios, considering the motion …

Equipping With Cognition: Interactive Motion Planning Using Metacognitive-Attribution Inspired Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicles

X Hou, M Gan, W Wu, Y Ji, S Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study introduces the Metacognitive-Attribution Inspired Reinforcement Learning
(MAIRL) approach, designed to address unprotected interactive left turns at intersections …

Barrier-Enhanced Parallel Homotopic Trajectory Optimization for Safety-Critical Autonomous Driving

L Zheng, R Yang, MY Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enforcing safety while preventing overly conservative behaviors is essential for autonomous
vehicles to achieve high task performance. In this paper, we propose a barrier-enhanced …