arXiv:2409.05421cs.RO2024-09被引 15

提出DWA-3D实时规划器,让无人机在狭窄空间安全高效飞行。

DWA-3D: A Reactive Planner for Robust and Efficient Autonomous UAV Navigation in Confined Environments

  • 融合RRT*全局规划与新提出的DWA-3D局部规划器,支持在线建图
  • 仅调两个参数即可灵活切换横向或纵向避障优先级
  • 计算时间稳定在40毫秒内,无需预先地图且兼容不考虑尺寸的规划器

尽管无人机在多个领域应用日益广泛,但现有解决方案大多缺乏应对障碍物的安全自主导航系统。本文提出一种方法,实现复杂狭窄环境下的无人机自主规划与导航,兼顾安全性与高机动性。系统结合RRT*全局规划器与新提出的DWA-3D局部规划器——这是经典二维DWA方法在三维场景的扩展。通过理论-实验联合方式优化目标函数参数,缓解传统调参难题。机载激光雷达提供3D点云,投影至Octomap进行实时建图与决策,无需先验地图,可基于当前及历史数据在线构建并更新环境模型。大量真实世界实验验证了系统有效性,并确定了一组确保全场景安全运行的参数值。仅通过调整两个参数,即可优先水平路径对齐或垂直高度跟踪,分别增强横向或纵向避障能力。此外,即使无全局规划器或其未考虑无人机尺寸,DWA-3D仍能成功导航。实验表明,在所有测试场景下,计算时间不仅有界,且稳定保持在约40毫秒。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Despite the growing impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) across various industries, most of current available solutions lack for a robust autonomous navigation system to deal with the appearance of obstacles safely. This work presents an approach to perform autonomous UAV planning and navigation in scenarios in which a safe and high maneuverability is required, due to the cluttered environment and the narrow rooms to move. The system combines an RRT* global planner with a newly proposed reactive planner, DWA-3D, which is the extension of the well known DWA method for 2D robots. We provide a theoretical-empirical method for adjusting the parameters of the objective function to optimize, easing the classical difficulty for tuning them. An onboard LiDAR provides a 3D point cloud, which is projected on an Octomap in which the planning and navigation decisions are made. There is not a prior map; the system builds and updates the map online, from the current and the past LiDAR information included in the Octomap. Extensive real-world experiments were conducted to validate the system and to obtain a fine tuning of the involved parameters. These experiments allowed us to provide a set of values that ensure safe operation across all the tested scenarios. Just by weighting two parameters, it is possible to prioritize either horizontal path alignment or vertical (height) tracking, resulting in enhancing vertical or lateral avoidance, respectively. Additionally, our DWA-3D proposal is able to navigate successfully even in absence of a global planner or with one that does not consider the drone's size. Finally, the conducted experiments show that computation time with the proposed parameters is not only bounded but also remains stable around 40 ms, regardless of the scenario complexity.

无人机导航实时规划避障LiDAR

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