摘要: |
Trajectory planning is a particularly challenging task
for autonomous vehicles when there are moderate to extreme
uncertainties in their operating environment, i.e., where the tra-
jectories of hazards are partially known to completely unknown.
In this paper, we propose a receding horizon control strategy
with novel trajectory planning policies that enable dynamic
updating of the planned trajectories of autonomous vehicles. The
proposed policies utilize two metrics: (1) the number of feasible
trajectories; and (2) the robustness of the feasible trajectories.
We measure the effectiveness of the suggested policies in terms
of mission survivability, which is defined as the probability that
the primary mission is accomplished or, if that is not possible,
the vehicle lands safely at an alternative site. We show that
a linear combination of both metrics is an effective objective
function when there is a mix of partially known and unknown
uncertainties. When the operating environment is dominated
by unknown disturbances, maximizing the number of feasible
trajectories results in the highest mission survivability. These
findings have significant implications for achieving safe aviation
autonomy. |