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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 1362-1372.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.08.007

Special Issue: 智能网联汽车技术专题-规划&决策2023年

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A Motion Planning Method for Autonomous Vehicles Considering Prediction Risk

Ming Wang,Xiaolin Tang(),Kai Yang,Guofa Li,Xiaosong Hu   

  1. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering,Chongqing University,Chongqing 400044
  • Received:2023-03-19 Revised:2023-05-20 Online:2023-08-25 Published:2023-08-17
  • Contact: Xiaolin Tang E-mail:tangxl0923@cqu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In this paper, a motion planning method for autonomous vehicles considering prediction risk is proposed, which is based on the model predictive control algorithm while incorporating interactive prediction of the future trajectories of surrounding vehicles and the risks. Firstly, the interaction between the vehicles is modeled as a graph structure, which is then used to construct an interaction-aware motion prediction module. Then multiple prediction models with isomorphic and different parameters are trained and ensemble technology is used to obtain the uncertainty risk of the prediction network for the prediction results. The model predictive control algorithm is then applied to deal with the risk based on the obtained prediction algorithm uncertainty risk. By comprehensively considering the safety constraints, and vehicle physical property constraints in the optimization problem constraints, a motion planning method for autonomous driving considering the risk of prediction uncertainty is designed. Finally, the motion prediction capability of the established prediction model, the effectiveness of motion planning approach based on model predictive control, and the capability of motion planning to deal with prediction risks are verified based on real driving data set and SUMO simulation platform. The simulation results show that the motion planning method proposed in this paper is capable of sensing the uncertain risks posed by the prediction algorithm while acting to mitigate those risks when confronted with scenarios of high risk of prediction, such as the emergency acceleration and deceleration of nearby vehicles, which can increase the safety of road driving.

Key words: motion planning, model predictive control, autonomous driving, graph convolution neural network, prediction risk