Observer-Based Environment Robust Control Barrier Functions for Safety-critical Control with Dynamic Obstacles

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Main Authors: Quan, Ying Shuai, Zhou, Jian, Frisk, Erik, Chung, Chung Choo
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Published: 2024
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author Quan, Ying Shuai
Zhou, Jian
Frisk, Erik
Chung, Chung Choo
author_facet Quan, Ying Shuai
Zhou, Jian
Frisk, Erik
Chung, Chung Choo
contents This paper proposes a safety-critical controller for dynamic and uncertain environments, leveraging a robust environment control barrier function (ECBF) to enhance the robustness against the measurement and prediction uncertainties associated with moving obstacles. The approach reduces conservatism, compared with a worst-case uncertainty approach, by incorporating a state observer for obstacles into the ECBF design. The controller, which guarantees safety, is achieved through solving a quadratic programming problem. The proposed method's effectiveness is demonstrated via a dynamic obstacle-avoidance problem for an autonomous vehicle, including comparisons with established baseline approaches.
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spellingShingle Observer-Based Environment Robust Control Barrier Functions for Safety-critical Control with Dynamic Obstacles
Quan, Ying Shuai
Zhou, Jian
Frisk, Erik
Chung, Chung Choo
Systems and Control
This paper proposes a safety-critical controller for dynamic and uncertain environments, leveraging a robust environment control barrier function (ECBF) to enhance the robustness against the measurement and prediction uncertainties associated with moving obstacles. The approach reduces conservatism, compared with a worst-case uncertainty approach, by incorporating a state observer for obstacles into the ECBF design. The controller, which guarantees safety, is achieved through solving a quadratic programming problem. The proposed method's effectiveness is demonstrated via a dynamic obstacle-avoidance problem for an autonomous vehicle, including comparisons with established baseline approaches.
title Observer-Based Environment Robust Control Barrier Functions for Safety-critical Control with Dynamic Obstacles
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13288