Global-local hierarchical path planning scheme for unmanned surface vehicles under dynamically unforeseen environments

L Zhao, Y Bai, JK Paik - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) should be allowed to respond to dynamic ocean
environments and self-adjust their paths safely and efficiently. In this paper, considering the …

Achieving optimal-dynamic path planning for unmanned surface vehicles: A rational multi-objective approach and a sensory-vector re-planner

L Zhao, Y Bai, JK Paik - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Navigating unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in the intricate and unpredictable oceanic
environment poses an indispensable challenge for path planning, necessitating meticulous …

An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths

M Schoener, E Coyle, D Thompson - Autonomous Robots, 2022 - Springer
While path planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) is in many ways similar to path
planning for ground vehicles, the lack of reliable USV models and significant maritime …

High-fidelity and curvature-continuous path smoothing with quadratic beziér curve

X Liu, H Nie, D Li, Y He… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
G-continuous trajectories are crucial for vehicles under non-holonomic dynamic constraints
to run smoothly. In this paper, we present a path smoothing method based on piece-wise …

Human-like trajectory planning on curved road: Learning from human drivers

A Li, H Jiang, Z Li, J Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ultimate goal of self-driving technologies is to offer a safe and human-like driving
experience. As one of the most important enabling functionalities, trajectory planning has …

Tunable Trajectory Planner Using G3 Curves

A Botros, SL Smith - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trajectory planning is commonly used as part of a local planner in autonomous driving. This
paper considers the problem of planning a continuous-curvature-rate trajectory between …

Practical path planning techniques in overtaking for autonomous shuttles

E Malayjerdi, R Sell, M Malayjerdi… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a reliable optimized sigmoid‐based path planning algorithm that
ensures smooth, fast and safe overtaking maneuver, while maintaining the necessary safety …

An effective combination of loss gradients for multi-task learning applied on instance segmentation and depth estimation

ATM Nakamura, V Grassi Jr, DF Wolf - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advanced driver assistance systems are responsible for assisting decision making and can
play an important role in safety and traffic efficiency. Such systems require robust perception …

Smooth curve fitting of mobile robot trajectories using differential evolution

V Parque, T Miyashita - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile robots have recently attracted the attention and applicability in field areas
ubiquitously. Within the context of autonomous navigation, path planning is relevant for …

Cubic bézier local path planner for non-holonomic feasible and comfortable path generation

G Vailland, V Gouranton… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the case of non-holonomic robot navigation, path planning algorithms such as Rapidly-
exploring Random Tree (RRT) rarely provide feasible and smooth paths without the need of …