Fast and Modular Autonomy Software for Autonomous Racing Vehicles

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Main Authors: Saba, Andrew, Adetunji, Aderotimi, Johnson, Adam, Kothari, Aadi, Sivaprakasam, Matthew, Spisak, Joshua, Bharatia, Prem, Chauhan, Arjun, Duff Jr., Brendan, Gasparro, Noah, King, Charles, Larkin, Ryan, Mao, Brian, Nye, Micah, Parashar, Anjali, Attias, Joseph, Balciunas, Aurimas, Brown, Austin, Chang, Chris, Gao, Ming, Heredia, Cindy, Keats, Andrew, Lavariega, Jose, Muckelroy III, William, Slavescu, Andre, Stathas, Nickolas, Suvarna, Nayana, Zhang, Chuan Tian, Scherer, Sebastian, Ramanan, Deva
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Published: 2024
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author Saba, Andrew
Adetunji, Aderotimi
Johnson, Adam
Kothari, Aadi
Sivaprakasam, Matthew
Spisak, Joshua
Bharatia, Prem
Chauhan, Arjun
Duff Jr., Brendan
Gasparro, Noah
King, Charles
Larkin, Ryan
Mao, Brian
Nye, Micah
Parashar, Anjali
Attias, Joseph
Balciunas, Aurimas
Brown, Austin
Chang, Chris
Gao, Ming
Heredia, Cindy
Keats, Andrew
Lavariega, Jose
Muckelroy III, William
Slavescu, Andre
Stathas, Nickolas
Suvarna, Nayana
Zhang, Chuan Tian
Scherer, Sebastian
Ramanan, Deva
author_facet Saba, Andrew
Adetunji, Aderotimi
Johnson, Adam
Kothari, Aadi
Sivaprakasam, Matthew
Spisak, Joshua
Bharatia, Prem
Chauhan, Arjun
Duff Jr., Brendan
Gasparro, Noah
King, Charles
Larkin, Ryan
Mao, Brian
Nye, Micah
Parashar, Anjali
Attias, Joseph
Balciunas, Aurimas
Brown, Austin
Chang, Chris
Gao, Ming
Heredia, Cindy
Keats, Andrew
Lavariega, Jose
Muckelroy III, William
Slavescu, Andre
Stathas, Nickolas
Suvarna, Nayana
Zhang, Chuan Tian
Scherer, Sebastian
Ramanan, Deva
contents Autonomous motorsports aim to replicate the human racecar driver with software and sensors. As in traditional motorsports, Autonomous Racing Vehicles (ARVs) are pushed to their handling limits in multi-agent scenarios at extremely high ($\geq 150mph$) speeds. This Operational Design Domain (ODD) presents unique challenges across the autonomy stack. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is an international competition aiming to advance autonomous vehicle development through ARV competitions. While far from challenging what a human racecar driver can do, the IAC is pushing the state of the art by facilitating full-sized ARV competitions. This paper details the MIT-Pitt-RW Team's approach to autonomous racing in the IAC. In this work, we present our modular and fast approach to agent detection, motion planning and controls to create an autonomy stack. We also provide analysis of the performance of the software stack in single and multi-agent scenarios for rapid deployment in a fast-paced competition environment. We also cover what did and did not work when deployed on a physical system the Dallara AV-21 platform and potential improvements to address these shortcomings. Finally, we convey lessons learned and discuss limitations and future directions for improvement.
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spellingShingle Fast and Modular Autonomy Software for Autonomous Racing Vehicles
Saba, Andrew
Adetunji, Aderotimi
Johnson, Adam
Kothari, Aadi
Sivaprakasam, Matthew
Spisak, Joshua
Bharatia, Prem
Chauhan, Arjun
Duff Jr., Brendan
Gasparro, Noah
King, Charles
Larkin, Ryan
Mao, Brian
Nye, Micah
Parashar, Anjali
Attias, Joseph
Balciunas, Aurimas
Brown, Austin
Chang, Chris
Gao, Ming
Heredia, Cindy
Keats, Andrew
Lavariega, Jose
Muckelroy III, William
Slavescu, Andre
Stathas, Nickolas
Suvarna, Nayana
Zhang, Chuan Tian
Scherer, Sebastian
Ramanan, Deva
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Autonomous motorsports aim to replicate the human racecar driver with software and sensors. As in traditional motorsports, Autonomous Racing Vehicles (ARVs) are pushed to their handling limits in multi-agent scenarios at extremely high ($\geq 150mph$) speeds. This Operational Design Domain (ODD) presents unique challenges across the autonomy stack. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is an international competition aiming to advance autonomous vehicle development through ARV competitions. While far from challenging what a human racecar driver can do, the IAC is pushing the state of the art by facilitating full-sized ARV competitions. This paper details the MIT-Pitt-RW Team's approach to autonomous racing in the IAC. In this work, we present our modular and fast approach to agent detection, motion planning and controls to create an autonomy stack. We also provide analysis of the performance of the software stack in single and multi-agent scenarios for rapid deployment in a fast-paced competition environment. We also cover what did and did not work when deployed on a physical system the Dallara AV-21 platform and potential improvements to address these shortcomings. Finally, we convey lessons learned and discuss limitations and future directions for improvement.
title Fast and Modular Autonomy Software for Autonomous Racing Vehicles
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15425