Formal synthesis of controllers for safety-critical autonomous systems: Developments and challenges

X Yin, B Gao, X Yu - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, formal methods have been extensively used in the design of autonomous
systems. By employing mathematically rigorous techniques, formal methods can provide …

Safe planning in dynamic environments using conformal prediction

L Lindemann, M Cleaveland, G Shim… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a framework for planning in unknown dynamic environments with probabilistic
safety guarantees using conformal prediction. Particularly, we design a model predictive …

Conformal prediction for uncertainty-aware planning with diffusion dynamics model

J Sun, Y Jiang, J Qiu, P Nobel… - Advances in …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Robotic applications often involve working in environments that are uncertain, dynamic, and
partially observable. Recently, diffusion models have been proposed for learning trajectory …

Scept: Scene-consistent, policy-based trajectory predictions for planning

Y Chen, B Ivanovic, M Pavone - Proceedings of the IEEE …, 2022 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Trajectory prediction is a critical functionality of autonomous systems that share
environments with uncontrolled agents, one prominent example being self-driving vehicles …

Uncertainties in onboard algorithms for autonomous vehicles: Challenges, mitigation, and perspectives

K Yang, X Tang, J Li, H Wang, G Zhong… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous driving is considered one of the revolutionary technologies sha** humanity's
future mobility and quality of life. However, safety remains a critical hurdle in the way of …

Adaptive conformal prediction for motion planning among dynamic agents

A Dixit, L Lindemann, SX Wei… - … for Dynamics and …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
This paper proposes an algorithm for motion planning among dynamic agents using
adaptive conformal prediction. We consider a deterministic control system and use trajectory …

Diffstack: A differentiable and modular control stack for autonomous vehicles

P Karkus, B Ivanovic, S Mannor… - Conference on robot …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Autonomous vehicle (AV) stacks are typically built in a modular fashion, with explicit
components performing detection, tracking, prediction, planning, control, etc. While …

Interactive multi-modal motion planning with branch model predictive control

Y Chen, U Rosolia, W Ubellacker… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion planning for autonomous robots and vehicles in presence of uncontrolled agents
remains a challenging problem as the reactive behaviors of the uncontrolled agents must be …

Conformal decision theory: Safe autonomous decisions from imperfect predictions

J Lekeufack, AN Angelopoulos, A Bajcsy… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce Conformal Decision Theory, a framework for producing safe autonomous
decisions despite imperfect machine learning predictions. Examples of such decisions are …

Sample-efficient safety assurances using conformal prediction

R Luo, S Zhao, J Kuck, B Ivanovic… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
When deploying machine learning models in high-stakes robotics applications, the ability to
detect unsafe situations is crucial. Early warning systems can provide alerts when an unsafe …