Intention-Aware Control Based on Belief-Space Specifications and Stochastic Expansion

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Autori principali: Zhang, Zengjie, Sun, Zhiyong, Haesaert, Sofie
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author Zhang, Zengjie
Sun, Zhiyong
Haesaert, Sofie
author_facet Zhang, Zengjie
Sun, Zhiyong
Haesaert, Sofie
contents This paper develops a correct-by-design controller for an autonomous vehicle interacting with opponent vehicles with unknown intentions. We define an intention-aware control problem incorporating epistemic uncertainties of the opponent vehicles and model their intentions as discrete-valued random variables. Then, we focus on a control objective specified as belief-space temporal logic specifications. From this stochastic control problem, we derive a sound deterministic control problem using stochastic expansion and solve it using shrinking-horizon model predictive control. The solved intention-aware controller allows a vehicle to adjust its behaviors according to its opponents' intentions. It ensures provable safety by restricting the probabilistic risk under a desired level. We show with experimental studies that the proposed method ensures strict limitation of risk probabilities, validating its efficacy in autonomous driving cases. This work provides a novel solution for the risk-aware control of interactive vehicles with formal safety guarantees.
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spellingShingle Intention-Aware Control Based on Belief-Space Specifications and Stochastic Expansion
Zhang, Zengjie
Sun, Zhiyong
Haesaert, Sofie
Systems and Control
This paper develops a correct-by-design controller for an autonomous vehicle interacting with opponent vehicles with unknown intentions. We define an intention-aware control problem incorporating epistemic uncertainties of the opponent vehicles and model their intentions as discrete-valued random variables. Then, we focus on a control objective specified as belief-space temporal logic specifications. From this stochastic control problem, we derive a sound deterministic control problem using stochastic expansion and solve it using shrinking-horizon model predictive control. The solved intention-aware controller allows a vehicle to adjust its behaviors according to its opponents' intentions. It ensures provable safety by restricting the probabilistic risk under a desired level. We show with experimental studies that the proposed method ensures strict limitation of risk probabilities, validating its efficacy in autonomous driving cases. This work provides a novel solution for the risk-aware control of interactive vehicles with formal safety guarantees.
title Intention-Aware Control Based on Belief-Space Specifications and Stochastic Expansion
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09037