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MPPI-based Informative Trajectory Planning for Search and Capture of Drifting Targets with ASVs
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摘要
Autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) offer an efficient solution for environmental cleanup as well as search and rescue operations in open waters. Targets in these settings drift continuously, so efficient search must balance exploration of unobserved regions with tracking of known targets. However, most target tracking and pursuit scenarios consider simple guidance behaviours and short-term predictions for decision-making. In this letter, we address the problem of search and capture of multiple drifting targets, such as litter, in marine environments, using an adaptive informative planning approach. A key aspect of our strategy is a spatiotemporal informative planning method based on model predictive path integral (MPPI) control, a sampling-based model predictive control method. Our planner balances search and tracking objectives with a cost design that couples spatiotemporal target drift predictions and exploration objectives. The planner directly generates kinematic-level commands by optimising continuous trajectories over long horizons. In the interception stage, we use pure pursuit guidance for physical capture of the targets. Simulations show that our planner captures up to 18% more targets than the strongest baseline, proving its efficiency for environmental cleanup. Finally, we validate our approach in field trials with an ASV.
作者备注：8 pages; Accepted for publication in IEEE RA-L
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MPPI-based Informative Trajectory Planning for Search and Capture of Drifting Targets with ASVs
Autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) offer an efficient solution for environmental cleanup as well as search and rescue operations in open waters. Targets in these settings drift continuously, so efficient search must balance exploration of unobserved regions with tracking of known targets. However, most target tracking and pursuit scenarios consider simple guidance behaviours and short-term predictions for decision-making. In this letter, we address the problem of search and capture of multiple drifting targets, such as litter, in marine environments, using an adaptive informative planning approach. A key aspect of our strategy is a spatiotemporal informative planning method based on model predictive path integral (MPPI) control, a sampling-based model predictive control method. Our planner balances search and tracking objectives with a cost design that couples spatiotemporal target drift predictions and exploration objectives. The planner directly generates kinematic-level commands by optimising continuous trajectories over long horizons. In the interception stage, we use pure pursuit guidance for physical capture of the targets. Simulations show that our planner captures up to 18% more targets than the strongest baseline, proving its efficiency for environmental cleanup. Finally, we validate our approach in field trials with an ASV.
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