Interpretable self-aware neural networks for robust trajectory prediction

M Itkina, M Kochenderfer - Conference on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Although neural networks have seen tremendous success as predictive models in a variety
of domains, they can be overly confident in their predictions on out-of-distribution (OOD) …

How do we fail? stress testing perception in autonomous vehicles

H Delecki, M Itkina, B Lange… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) rely on environment perception and behavior prediction to
reason about agents in their surroundings. These perception systems must be robust to …

Occlusion-aware crowd navigation using people as sensors

YJ Mun, M Itkina, S Liu… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous navigation in crowded spaces poses a challenge for mobile robots due to the
highly dynamic, partially observable environment. Occlusions are highly prevalent in such …

Dynamics-aware spatiotemporal occupancy prediction in urban environments

M Toyungyernsub, E Yel, J Li… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Detection and segmentation of moving obstacles, along with prediction of the future
occupancy states of the local environment, are essential for autonomous vehicles to …

SCOPE: Stochastic Cartographic Occupancy Prediction Engine for Uncertainty-Aware Dynamic Navigation

Z Xie, P Dames - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.00144, 2024 - arxiv.org
This article presents a family of Stochastic Cartographic Occupancy Prediction Engines
(SCOPEs) that enable mobile robots to predict the future states of complex dynamic …

Self-supervised Multi-future Occupancy Forecasting for Autonomous Driving

B Lange, M Itkina, J Li, MJ Kochenderfer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.21126, 2024 - arxiv.org
Environment prediction frameworks are critical for the safe navigation of autonomous
vehicles (AVs) in dynamic settings. LiDAR-generated occupancy grid maps (L-OGMs) offer a …

Vehicle motion forecasting using prior information and semantic-assisted occupancy grid maps

R Asghar, M Diaz-Zapata… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion prediction is a challenging task for autonomous vehicles due to uncertainty in the
sensor data, the non-deterministic nature of future, and complex behavior of agents. In this …

Neural world models for computer vision

A Hu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.09179, 2023 - arxiv.org
Humans navigate in their environment by learning a mental model of the world through
passive observation and active interaction. Their world model allows them to anticipate what …

Lopr: Latent occupancy prediction using generative models

B Lange, M Itkina, MJ Kochenderfer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.01249, 2022 - arxiv.org
Environment prediction frameworks are integral for autonomous vehicles, enabling safe
navigation in dynamic environments. LiDAR generated occupancy grid maps (L-OGMs) offer …

Transitional Grid Maps: Joint Modeling of Static and Dynamic Occupancy

JMG SÁNCHEZ, L Bruns, J Tumova… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous agents rely on sensor data to construct representations of their environments,
essential for predicting future events and planning their actions. However, sensor …