Autonomous Exploration Development Environment and the Planning Algorithms

May 2022

Autonomous Exploration Development Environment and the Planning Algorithms

Authors:

Chao Cao, Hongbiao Zhu, Fan Yang, Yukun Xia, Howie Choset, Jean Oh, and Ji Zhang
Conference Paper
Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Abstract:

Autonomous Exploration Development Environment is an open-source repository released to facilitate development of high-level planning algorithms and integration of complete autonomous navigation systems. The repository contains representative simulation environment models, fundamental navigation modules, e.g., local planner, terrain traversability analysis, waypoint following, and visualization tools. Together with two of our high-level planner releases -- TARE planner for exploration and FAR planner for route planning, we detail usage of the three open-source repositories and share experiences in integration of autonomous navigation systems. We use DARPA Subterranean Challenge as a use case where the repositories together form the main navigation system of the CMU-OSU Team. In the end, we discuss a few potential use cases in extended applications.
@conference{Cao-2022-131926,
author = {Chao Cao And Hongbiao Zhu And Fan Yang And Yukun Xia And Howie Choset And Jean Oh And Ji Zhang},
title = {Autonomous Exploration Development Environment and the Planning Algorithms},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {2022},
month = {May},
keywords = {Autonomous Navigation},
}
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