Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Making and Planning for Autonomous Forced Merging

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Main Authors: Zhou, Jian, Gao, Yulong, Olofsson, Björn, Frisk, Erik
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Published: 2024
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author Zhou, Jian
Gao, Yulong
Olofsson, Björn
Frisk, Erik
author_facet Zhou, Jian
Gao, Yulong
Olofsson, Björn
Frisk, Erik
contents In this paper, we develop an uncertainty-aware decision-making and motion-planning method for an autonomous ego vehicle in forced merging scenarios, considering the motion uncertainty of surrounding vehicles. The method dynamically captures the uncertainty of surrounding vehicles by online estimation of their acceleration bounds, enabling a reactive but rapid understanding of the uncertainty characteristics of the surrounding vehicles. By leveraging these estimated bounds, a non-conservative forward occupancy of surrounding vehicles is predicted over a horizon, which is incorporated in both the decision-making process and the motion-planning strategy, to enhance the resilience and safety of the planned reference trajectory. The method successfully fulfills the tasks in challenging forced merging scenarios, and the properties are illustrated by comparison with several alternative approaches.
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spellingShingle Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Making and Planning for Autonomous Forced Merging
Zhou, Jian
Gao, Yulong
Olofsson, Björn
Frisk, Erik
Robotics
Systems and Control
In this paper, we develop an uncertainty-aware decision-making and motion-planning method for an autonomous ego vehicle in forced merging scenarios, considering the motion uncertainty of surrounding vehicles. The method dynamically captures the uncertainty of surrounding vehicles by online estimation of their acceleration bounds, enabling a reactive but rapid understanding of the uncertainty characteristics of the surrounding vehicles. By leveraging these estimated bounds, a non-conservative forward occupancy of surrounding vehicles is predicted over a horizon, which is incorporated in both the decision-making process and the motion-planning strategy, to enhance the resilience and safety of the planned reference trajectory. The method successfully fulfills the tasks in challenging forced merging scenarios, and the properties are illustrated by comparison with several alternative approaches.
title Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Making and Planning for Autonomous Forced Merging
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.20514