MCTR: Midpoint Corrected Triangulation for Autonomous Racing via Digital Twin Simulation in CARLA

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Auteurs principaux: Ye, Junhao, Hu, Cheng, Wang, Yiqin, Huang, Weizhan, Baumann, Nicolas, He, Jie, Qu, Meixun, Xie, Lei, Su, Hongye
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author Ye, Junhao
Hu, Cheng
Wang, Yiqin
Huang, Weizhan
Baumann, Nicolas
He, Jie
Qu, Meixun
Xie, Lei
Su, Hongye
author_facet Ye, Junhao
Hu, Cheng
Wang, Yiqin
Huang, Weizhan
Baumann, Nicolas
He, Jie
Qu, Meixun
Xie, Lei
Su, Hongye
contents In autonomous racing, reactive controllers eliminate the computational burden of the full See-Think-Act autonomy stack by directly mapping sensor inputs to control actions. This bypasses the need for explicit localization and trajectory planning. A widely adopted baseline in this category is the Follow-The-Gap method, which performs trajectory planning using LiDAR data. Building on FTG, the Delaunay Triangulation-based Racing algorithm introduces further enhancements. However, DTR's use of circumcircles for trajectory generation often results in insufficiently smooth paths, ultimately degrading performance. Additionally, the commonly used F1TENTH-simulator for autonomous racing competitions lacks support for 3D LiDAR perception, limiting its effectiveness in realistic testing. To address these challenges, this work proposes the MCTR algorithm. MCTR improves trajectory smoothness through the use of Curvature Corrected Moving Average and implements a digital twin system within the CARLA simulator to validate the algorithm's robustness under 3D LiDAR perception. The proposed algorithm has been thoroughly validated through both simulation and real-world vehicle experiments.
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spellingShingle MCTR: Midpoint Corrected Triangulation for Autonomous Racing via Digital Twin Simulation in CARLA
Ye, Junhao
Hu, Cheng
Wang, Yiqin
Huang, Weizhan
Baumann, Nicolas
He, Jie
Qu, Meixun
Xie, Lei
Su, Hongye
Robotics
Systems and Control
In autonomous racing, reactive controllers eliminate the computational burden of the full See-Think-Act autonomy stack by directly mapping sensor inputs to control actions. This bypasses the need for explicit localization and trajectory planning. A widely adopted baseline in this category is the Follow-The-Gap method, which performs trajectory planning using LiDAR data. Building on FTG, the Delaunay Triangulation-based Racing algorithm introduces further enhancements. However, DTR's use of circumcircles for trajectory generation often results in insufficiently smooth paths, ultimately degrading performance. Additionally, the commonly used F1TENTH-simulator for autonomous racing competitions lacks support for 3D LiDAR perception, limiting its effectiveness in realistic testing. To address these challenges, this work proposes the MCTR algorithm. MCTR improves trajectory smoothness through the use of Curvature Corrected Moving Average and implements a digital twin system within the CARLA simulator to validate the algorithm's robustness under 3D LiDAR perception. The proposed algorithm has been thoroughly validated through both simulation and real-world vehicle experiments.
title MCTR: Midpoint Corrected Triangulation for Autonomous Racing via Digital Twin Simulation in CARLA
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12729