Safe Interval Path Planning with Kinodynamic Constraints

Authors

Yakovlev K.

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Safe Interval Path Planning (SIPP) is a powerful algorithm for solving single-agent pathfinding problem when the agent is confined to a graph and certain vertices/edges of this graph are blocked at certain time intervals due to dynamic obstacles that populate the environment. Original SIPP algorithm relies on the assumption that the agent is able to stop instantaneously. However, this assumption often does not hold in practice, e.g. a mobile robot moving with a cruising speed is not able to stop immediately but rather requires gradual deceleration to a full stop that takes time. In other words, the robot is subject to kinodynamic constraints. Unfortunately, as we show in this work, in such a case original SIPP is incomplete. To this end, we introduce a novel variant of SIPP that is provably complete and optimal for planning with acceleration/deceleration. In the experimental evaluation we show that the key property of the original SIPP still holds for the modified version -- it performs much less expansions compared to A* and, as a result, is notably faster.

External links

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.00776

Download PDF at the arXiv repository: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.00776

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368159805_Safe_Interval_Path_Planning_With_Kinodynamic_Constraints

Reference link

Zain Alabedeen Ali, Konstantin Yakovlev. Safe Interval Path Planning with Kinodynamic Constraints // The 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-23). Washington, D.C., USA. February 7-14, 2023.