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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (9): 1564-1575.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.09.004

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Trajectory Planning for Intelligent Vehicle in Dynamic Unstructured Environment Based on the Graph Search and Optimization Methods

Xiujian Yang(),Yongrui Bai   

  1. Faculty of Transportation Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming 650500
  • Received:2024-03-16 Revised:2024-04-14 Online:2024-09-25 Published:2024-09-19
  • Contact: Xiujian Yang E-mail:yangxiujian@kust.edu.cn

Abstract:

A trajectory planning method based on graph search and optimization is proposed for intelligent vehicle trajectory planning in dynamic unstructured environments. Firstly, the graph search method is employed to search for motion primitives for intelligent vehicles to obtain initial trajectories that conform to kinematic characteristics. Then, based on nonlinear model predictive control methods, the trajectory is optimized to obtain smoother and safer trajectories. In order to achieve rapid and secure expansion of primitives in dynamic unstructured environments, a method for primitive collision detection is proposed. This method uses obstacle expansion and grid discrete motion elements to perform static collision detection on irregular obstacles, and introduces in the concept of velocity obstacles to perform dynamic collision detection on dynamic obstacles in velocity space. The proposed algorithm is compared by simulations in ROS/Gazebo environment, and is evaluated by field tests. The results show that compared to the TEB algorithm, the proposed trajectory planning method improves the average obstacle avoidance success rate by 18% while meeting the real-time computing requirements, demonstrating higher safety obstacle avoidance ability and feasibility.

Key words: intelligent vehicle, unstructured environment, dynamic environment, obstacle avoidance