Neural RRT*: Learning-based optimal path planning

J Wang, W Chi, C Li, C Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapidly random-exploring tree (RRT) and its variants are very popular due to their ability to
quickly and efficiently explore the state space. However, they suffer sensitivity to the initial …

A generalized Voronoi diagram-based efficient heuristic path planning method for RRTs in mobile robots

W Chi, Z Ding, J Wang, G Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapidly exploring random tree and its variants (RRTs) have been widely adopted as the
motion planning algorithms for mobile robots. However, the trap space problem, such as …

Kinematic Constrained Bi-directional RRT with Efficient Branch Pruning for robot path planning

J Wang, B Li, MQH Meng - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a novel path planning algorithm called Kinematic Constrained Bi-
directional Rapidly-exploring Random Tree with Efficient Branch Pruning (KB-RRT*), which …

EB-RRT: Optimal motion planning for mobile robots

J Wang, MQH Meng, O Khatib - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a human-robot coexisting environment, it is pivotal for a mobile service robot to arrive at
the goal position safely and efficiently. In this article, an elastic band-based rapidly exploring …

GMR-RRT*: Sampling-based path planning using gaussian mixture regression

J Wang, T Li, B Li, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile robot autonomous path planning is an essential factor for its wide deployment in real-
world applications. Conventional sampling-based algorithms have gained tremendous …

Optimal path planning using generalized voronoi graph and multiple potential functions

J Wang, MQH Meng - IEEE transactions on industrial …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a novel nonuniform sampling technique, based on the pipeline of
rapidly exploring random tree (RRT), for efficiently computing high-quality collision-free …

Fast-RRT: A RRT-based optimal path finding method

Z Wu, Z Meng, W Zhao, Z Wu - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a sampling-based pathfinding algorithm, Rapidly Exploring Random Trees (RRT) has
been widely used in motion planning problems due to the ability to find a feasible path …

Hybrid RRT: A semi-dual-tree RRT-based motion planner

R Mashayekhi, MYI Idris, MH Anisi, I Ahmedy - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRTs) have been widely used for motion planning
problems due to their ability to efficiently find solutions. Informed RRT* is an optimized …

APF-IRRT*: An improved informed rapidly-exploring random trees-star algorithm by introducing artificial potential field method for mobile robot path planning

D Wu, L Wei, G Wang, L Tian, G Dai - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
An Informed RRT*(IRRT*) algorithm is one of the optimized versions of a Rapidly-exploring
Random Trees (RRT) algorithm which finds near-optimal solutions faster than RRT and …

Context-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robotic Navigation in Unknown Area

J Liang, Z Wang, Y Cao, J Chiun… - … on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Mapless navigation refers to a challenging task where a mobile robot must rapidly navigate
to a predefined destination using its partial knowledge of the environment, which is updated …