Optimization-based automatic docking and berthing of ASVs using exteroceptive sensors: Theory and experiments

AB Martinsen, G Bitar, AM Lekkas, S Gros - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Docking of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) involves intricate maneuvering at low
speeds under the influence of unknown environmental forces, and is often a challenging …

Embodied footprints: A safety-guaranteed collision-avoidance model for numerical optimization-based trajectory planning

B Li, Y Zhang, T Zhang, T Acarman… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimization-based methods are commonly applied in autonomous driving trajectory
planners, which transform the continuous-time trajectory planning problem into a finite …

Computation of solution spaces for optimization-based trajectory planning

L Schäfer, S Manzinger, M Althoff - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The nonlinear vehicle dynamics and the non-convexity of collision avoidance constraints
pose major challenges for optimization-based trajectory planning of automated vehicles …

Proactive model predictive control with multi-modal human motion prediction in cluttered dynamic environments

L Heuer, L Palmieri, A Rudenko… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For robots navigating in dynamic environments, exploiting and understanding uncertain
human motion prediction is key to generate efficient, safe and legible actions. The robot may …

An optimization-based motion planner for autonomous maneuvering of marine vessels in complex environments

K Bergman, O Ljungqvist, J Linder… - 2020 59th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The task of maneuvering ships in confined environments is a difficult task for a human
operator. One major reason is due to the complex and slow dynamics of the ship which need …

Dynamic collision and deadlock avoidance for multiple robotic manipulators

N Gafur, G Kanagalingam, A Wagner… - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A flexible operation of multiple robotic manipulators operating in a dynamic environment
requires online trajectory planning to ensure collision-free trajectories. In this work, we …

Optimal model-based trajectory planning with static polygonal constraints

AB Martinsen, AM Lekkas, S Gros - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The main contribution of this article is a novel method for planning globally optimal
trajectories for dynamical systems subject to polygonal constraints. The proposed method is …

Dual collision detection in model predictive control including culling techniques

S Helling, T Meurer - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimization-based approach for collision avoidance of fully dimensional autonomous
vehicles in confined environments is considered. We discuss the dual re-formulations of …

Deep reinforcement learning based robot navigation in dynamic environments using occupancy values of motion primitives

NÜ Akmandor, H Li, G Lvov, E Dusel… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a Deep Reinforcement Learning based navigation approach in which
we define the occu-pancy observations as heuristic evaluations of motion primitives, rather …

On the dual implementation of collision-avoidance constraints in path-following MPC for underactuated surface vessels

S Helling, C Roduner, T Meurer - 2021 American Control …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A path-following collision-avoidance model predictive control (MPC) method is proposed
which approximates obstacle shapes as convex polygons. Collision-avoidance is ensured …