Fast iterative region inflation for computing large 2-d/3-d convex regions of obstacle-free space

Q Wang, Z Wang, M Wang, J Ji, Z Han, T Wu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Convex polytopes have compact representations and exhibit convexity, which makes them
suitable for abstracting obstacle-free spaces from various environments. Existing methods …

Continuous implicit sdf based any-shape robot trajectory optimization

T Zhang, J Wang, C Xu, A Gao… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimization-based trajectory generation methods are widely used in whole-body planning
for robots. However, existing work either oversimplifies the robot's geometry and …

Orientation-aware hierarchical, adaptive-resolution A* algorithm for UAV trajectory planning

N Funk, J Tarrio, S Papatheodorou… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Successful path planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in challenging
environments with narrow openings, such as disaster areas, requires attitude to be …

EPIC: A Lightweight LiDAR-Based UAV Exploration Framework for Large-Scale Scenarios

S Geng, Z Ning, F Zhang, B Zhou - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.14203, 2024 - arxiv.org
Autonomous exploration is a fundamental problem for various applications of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). Recently, LiDAR-based exploration has gained significant attention …

Safe Interval Motion Planning for Quadrotors in Dynamic Environments

S Huang, Y Wu, Y Tao, V Kumar - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.10647, 2024 - arxiv.org
Trajectory generation in dynamic environments presents a significant challenge for
quadrotors, particularly due to the non-convexity in the spatial-temporal domain. Many …

Local Path Planning for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Based on Planar Pythagorean Hodograph Degree 7 Bezier Transition Curves

J Liang, S Wang, B Wang - Unmanned Systems, 2023 - World Scientific
The paper proposes a method that joins two line segments using planar Pythagorean
hodograph (PH) degree 7 Bezier transition curves. The objective is to make use of such …

Vectorized Visibility Graph Planning with Neural Polygon Extraction

K Kasmynin, K Mironov - International Conference on Interactive …, 2024 - Springer
This article proposes an approach for path planning in environments with obstacles. The
methodology integrates recent neural obstacle polygon extraction with visibility graph path …