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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (7): 1123-1133.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.07.003

Special Issue: 智能网联汽车技术专题-规划&决策2023年

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Spatio-temporal Joint Planning Method of Intelligent Vehicles Based on Improved Hybrid A

Jie Hu1,2,3(),Zhihao Zhang1,2,3,Ruinan Chen1,2,3,Ruipeng Chen1,2,3,Haoyan Liu1,2,3,Qi Zhu1,2,3,Hui Chen4   

  1. 1.Wuhan University of Technology,Hubei Key Laboratory of Modern Auto Parts Technology,Wuhan 430070
    2.Wuhan University of Technology,Auto Parts Technology Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center,Wuhan 430070
    3.Wuhan University of Technology,Hubei Technology Research Center of New Energy and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Engineering,Wuhan 430070
    4.Commercial Product R&D Institute,Dongfeng Automobile Co. ,Ltd. ,Wuhan 430000
  • Received:2023-01-12 Revised:2023-02-23 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-07-25
  • Contact: Jie Hu E-mail:auto_hj@163. com

Abstract:

Motion planning is the critical module of trajectory generation in autopilot system. The existing motion planning mostly adopts path-velocity decomposition method, which is easy to fall into trajectory suboptimal in complex dynamic scenarios. In this paper, a spatio-temporal joint motion planning method based on the combination of search and numerical optimization is proposed to solve the drivable trajectory directly. Firstly, the improved hybrid A* is used to search for the initial rough trajectory in the spatio-temporal range. Secondly, a drivable spatio-temporal corridor is constructed based on the initial trajectory, and considering vehicle dynamics and trajectory continuity constraints, the numerical optimization method is used to further smooth the initial trajectory. Finally, two typical complex dynamic scenarios of lane change overtaking and side-vehicle cut-in are selected for simulation test. The results show that the proposed planning method is more flexible and more reasonable than the traditional spatio-temporal decoupling planning method, and has better real-time computing performance.

Key words: spatio-temporal joint planning, improved hybrid A*, spatio-temporal corridor, numerical optimization