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Dynamic distributed lanes: motion planning for multiple autonomous vehicles

Kala, R. and Warwick, K. (2014) Dynamic distributed lanes: motion planning for multiple autonomous vehicles. Applied Intelligence, 41 (1). pp. 260-281. ISSN 1573-7497

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/s10489-014-0517-1

Abstract/Summary

Unorganized traffic is a generalized form of travel wherein vehicles do not adhere to any predefined lanes and can travel in-between lanes. Such travel is visible in a number of countries e.g. India, wherein it enables a higher traffic bandwidth, more overtaking and more efficient travel. These advantages are visible when the vehicles vary considerably in size and speed, in the absence of which the predefined lanes are near-optimal. Motion planning for multiple autonomous vehicles in unorganized traffic deals with deciding on the manner in which every vehicle travels, ensuring no collision either with each other or with static obstacles. In this paper the notion of predefined lanes is generalized to model unorganized travel for the purpose of planning vehicles travel. A uniform cost search is used for finding the optimal motion strategy of a vehicle, amidst the known travel plans of the other vehicles. The aim is to maximize the separation between the vehicles and static obstacles. The search is responsible for defining an optimal lane distribution among vehicles in the planning scenario. Clothoid curves are used for maintaining a lane or changing lanes. Experiments are performed by simulation over a set of challenging scenarios with a complex grid of obstacles. Additionally behaviours of overtaking, waiting for a vehicle to cross and following another vehicle are exhibited.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science
ID Code:37191
Uncontrolled Keywords:Autonomous vehicles Robotics Graph search Planning Multi-robot path planning Multi-robotic systems
Publisher:Springer

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