Gradient Field-Based Dynamic Window Approach for Collision Avoidance in Complex Environments

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Autori principali: Zhang, Ze, Xue, Yifan, Figueroa, Nadia, Åkesson, Knut
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Zhang, Ze
Xue, Yifan
Figueroa, Nadia
Åkesson, Knut
author_facet Zhang, Ze
Xue, Yifan
Figueroa, Nadia
Åkesson, Knut
contents For safe and flexible navigation in multi-robot systems, this paper presents an enhanced and predictive sampling-based trajectory planning approach in complex environments, the Gradient Field-based Dynamic Window Approach (GF-DWA). Building upon the dynamic window approach, the proposed method utilizes gradient information of obstacle distances as a new cost term to anticipate potential collisions. This enhancement enables the robot to improve awareness of obstacles, including those with non-convex shapes. The gradient field is derived from the Gaussian process distance field, which generates both the distance field and gradient field by leveraging Gaussian process regression to model the spatial structure of the environment. Through several obstacle avoidance and fleet collision avoidance scenarios, the proposed GF-DWA is shown to outperform other popular trajectory planning and control methods in terms of safety and flexibility, especially in complex environments with non-convex obstacles.
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spellingShingle Gradient Field-Based Dynamic Window Approach for Collision Avoidance in Complex Environments
Zhang, Ze
Xue, Yifan
Figueroa, Nadia
Åkesson, Knut
Robotics
Systems and Control
For safe and flexible navigation in multi-robot systems, this paper presents an enhanced and predictive sampling-based trajectory planning approach in complex environments, the Gradient Field-based Dynamic Window Approach (GF-DWA). Building upon the dynamic window approach, the proposed method utilizes gradient information of obstacle distances as a new cost term to anticipate potential collisions. This enhancement enables the robot to improve awareness of obstacles, including those with non-convex shapes. The gradient field is derived from the Gaussian process distance field, which generates both the distance field and gradient field by leveraging Gaussian process regression to model the spatial structure of the environment. Through several obstacle avoidance and fleet collision avoidance scenarios, the proposed GF-DWA is shown to outperform other popular trajectory planning and control methods in terms of safety and flexibility, especially in complex environments with non-convex obstacles.
title Gradient Field-Based Dynamic Window Approach for Collision Avoidance in Complex Environments
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03260