Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Mobile Robots in Human Environments

With the performance of current motion planning methods being highly dependent on the quality of the perception system, robust 3D multi-object detection and tracking are vital for autonomous driving applications. Despite all the advancements in 2D and 3D object detectors, robust tracking of pedestrians in dense scenarios is still a challenging...

Predicting pedestrian path using optical flow as context cue

A human driver can gauge the intention and signals given by other road users indicative of their future behaviour. The intentions and signals are identified by looking at the cues originating from vulnerable road users or their surroundings (hand signals, head orientation, posture, traffic signals, distance to curb, etc.). Taking all these cues...

Curvature Aware Motion Planning with Closed-Loop Rapidly-exploring Random Trees: Towards a generic motion planning algorithm

Last decades the autonomous driving research field has shown exponential growth. The social benefits, which include increased safety, mobility and productivity, are the main factor that drive this growth. One of the most difficult problems that vehicle engineers must solve to develop autonomous vehicles is the motion planning problem. They must...

Evaluating two automation feedback aids’ influence on the acceptance of automated truck merging systems

Merging is one of the most demanding tasks for a truck driver due to the size, weight and limited visual clearance of a truck. Automating the merging procedure can be the solution for a considerable number of accidents by removing the human factor. People have accepted the risk they are in when driving or being driven but acceptance of automated...

Longitudinal Behavior Planning with Maneuver Prediction for Urban Driving

One of the remaining challenges in the development of intelligent vehicles is the topic of behavior planning in urban scenarios. Based on perception of the environment around the intelligent vehicle, driving behavior has to be optimized to achieve a comfortable driving experience without sacrificing safety. This work covers the development of a...