DPNet: Doppler LiDAR Motion Planning for Highly-Dynamic Environments

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Main Authors: Zuo, Wei, Ren, Zeyi, Li, Chengyang, Wang, Yikun, Zhao, Mingle, Wang, Shuai, Sui, Wei, Gao, Fei, Wu, Yik-Chung, Xu, Chengzhong
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author Zuo, Wei
Ren, Zeyi
Li, Chengyang
Wang, Yikun
Zhao, Mingle
Wang, Shuai
Sui, Wei
Gao, Fei
Wu, Yik-Chung
Xu, Chengzhong
author_facet Zuo, Wei
Ren, Zeyi
Li, Chengyang
Wang, Yikun
Zhao, Mingle
Wang, Shuai
Sui, Wei
Gao, Fei
Wu, Yik-Chung
Xu, Chengzhong
contents Existing motion planning methods often struggle with rapid-motion obstacles due to an insufficient understanding of environmental changes. To address this, we propose integrating motion planners with Doppler LiDARs, which provide not only ranging measurements but also instantaneous point velocities. However, this integration is nontrivial due to the requirements of high accuracy and high frequency. To this end, we introduce Doppler Planning Network (DPNet), which tracks and reacts to rapid obstacles via Doppler model-based learning. We first propose a Doppler Kalman neural network (D-KalmanNet) to track obstacle states under a partially observable Gaussian state space model. We then leverage the predicted motions of obstacles to construct a Doppler-tuned model predictive control (DT-MPC) framework for ego-motion planning, enabling runtime auto-tuning of controller parameters. These two modules allow DPNet to learn fast environmental changes from minimal data while remaining lightweight, achieving high frequency and high accuracy in both tracking and planning. Experiments on high-fidelity simulator and real-world datasets demonstrate the superiority of DPNet over extensive benchmark schemes. Code available at https://github.com/UUwei-zuo/DPNet
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spellingShingle DPNet: Doppler LiDAR Motion Planning for Highly-Dynamic Environments
Zuo, Wei
Ren, Zeyi
Li, Chengyang
Wang, Yikun
Zhao, Mingle
Wang, Shuai
Sui, Wei
Gao, Fei
Wu, Yik-Chung
Xu, Chengzhong
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Existing motion planning methods often struggle with rapid-motion obstacles due to an insufficient understanding of environmental changes. To address this, we propose integrating motion planners with Doppler LiDARs, which provide not only ranging measurements but also instantaneous point velocities. However, this integration is nontrivial due to the requirements of high accuracy and high frequency. To this end, we introduce Doppler Planning Network (DPNet), which tracks and reacts to rapid obstacles via Doppler model-based learning. We first propose a Doppler Kalman neural network (D-KalmanNet) to track obstacle states under a partially observable Gaussian state space model. We then leverage the predicted motions of obstacles to construct a Doppler-tuned model predictive control (DT-MPC) framework for ego-motion planning, enabling runtime auto-tuning of controller parameters. These two modules allow DPNet to learn fast environmental changes from minimal data while remaining lightweight, achieving high frequency and high accuracy in both tracking and planning. Experiments on high-fidelity simulator and real-world datasets demonstrate the superiority of DPNet over extensive benchmark schemes. Code available at https://github.com/UUwei-zuo/DPNet
title DPNet: Doppler LiDAR Motion Planning for Highly-Dynamic Environments
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00375