Efficient and Safe Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicle Headland Turning in Cluttered Orchard Environments

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Autori principali: Wei, Peng, Peng, Chen, Lu, Wenwu, Zhu, Yuankai, Vougioukas, Stavros, Fei, Zhenghao, Ge, Zhikang
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Wei, Peng
Peng, Chen
Lu, Wenwu
Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
Fei, Zhenghao
Ge, Zhikang
author_facet Wei, Peng
Peng, Chen
Lu, Wenwu
Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
Fei, Zhenghao
Ge, Zhikang
contents Autonomous agricultural vehicles (AAVs), including field robots and autonomous tractors, are becoming essential in modern farming by improving efficiency and reducing labor costs. A critical task in AAV operations is headland turning between crop rows. This task is challenging in orchards with limited headland space, irregular boundaries, operational constraints, and static obstacles. While traditional trajectory planning methods work well in arable farming, they often fail in cluttered orchard environments. This letter presents a novel trajectory planner that enhances the safety and efficiency of AAV headland maneuvers, leveraging advancements in autonomous driving. Our approach includes an efficient front-end algorithm and a high-performance back-end optimization. Applied to vehicles with various implements, it outperforms state-of-the-art methods in both standard and challenging orchard fields. This work bridges agricultural and autonomous driving technologies, facilitating a broader adoption of AAVs in complex orchards.
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spellingShingle Efficient and Safe Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicle Headland Turning in Cluttered Orchard Environments
Wei, Peng
Peng, Chen
Lu, Wenwu
Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
Fei, Zhenghao
Ge, Zhikang
Robotics
Autonomous agricultural vehicles (AAVs), including field robots and autonomous tractors, are becoming essential in modern farming by improving efficiency and reducing labor costs. A critical task in AAV operations is headland turning between crop rows. This task is challenging in orchards with limited headland space, irregular boundaries, operational constraints, and static obstacles. While traditional trajectory planning methods work well in arable farming, they often fail in cluttered orchard environments. This letter presents a novel trajectory planner that enhances the safety and efficiency of AAV headland maneuvers, leveraging advancements in autonomous driving. Our approach includes an efficient front-end algorithm and a high-performance back-end optimization. Applied to vehicles with various implements, it outperforms state-of-the-art methods in both standard and challenging orchard fields. This work bridges agricultural and autonomous driving technologies, facilitating a broader adoption of AAVs in complex orchards.
title Efficient and Safe Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicle Headland Turning in Cluttered Orchard Environments
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10636