arXiv:2607.00673cs.RO2026-07

用物理模拟更新旧地图,提前发现未来地形变化下的路径风险

Path Planning in Physically Viable World Models

论文配图:Path Planning in Physically Viable World Models
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  • 在3D高斯点云地图上叠加物理仿真,生成动态环境变体
  • 实测显示:洪水场景下传统规划80%路线失效,新方法可提前识别
  • 适合野外机器人长距离任务前的风险评估,尤其救援与巡检场景

部署于非结构化户外环境的机器人常依赖任务前采集的场景重建地图进行路径规划,但这些地图无法反映实际环境中随时间发生的物理变化。本文提出一种物理可行世界模型,通过在重建的3D高斯点云场景上引入物理仿真,生成无需重新采集数据即可模拟的地形变化版本。系统集成一个地形感知规划器,能考虑仿真产生的物理事件、障碍物及形变。我们在德克萨斯中部一个真实野外场地测试该系统,模拟不同严重程度的洪水。随着地形恶化,我们测量路径和任务可行性变化。结果表明,在物理仿真环境下,80%原规划路径因洪水变得不可行,而传统仅基于原始地图的规划未暴露此问题。本方法使机器人或操作员能在执行前评估未来变化对路径的影响,避免陷入无法撤回的危险状态。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Robots deployed in unstructured outdoor environments often plan from scene reconstructions collected before deployment because operators cannot remap large or remote sites before every mission. As a result, robots must make long-horizon planning decisions using stale maps that assume the terrain remains unchanged, even though physical changes to the environment may render previously feasible routes unsafe or unreachable at execution time. We present a physically viable world model for evaluating what-if queries for robot navigation under future terrain change. The system augments reconstructed 3D Gaussian splat scenes with physics-based simulation to generate physically modified versions of the same environment without recollecting sensor data or rebuilding the map. We then implement a terrain-aware planner that accounts for physical events, obstacles, and deformations that are simulated by the world model. This allows robots and human operators to evaluate whether planned routes remain feasible before committing to a planned route, particularly in constrained environments where retreat or recovery may become impossible once conditions change. We evaluate the system on a real outdoor field site in Central Texas using simulated flooding across multiple severity levels. We measure route and mission feasibility as terrain conditions deteriorate under physically simulated interventions. Our results show that physically viable world models expose long-horizon route failures and rerouting behavior that are not apparent when planning only on the original reconstructed environment, allowing robots to evaluate how future terrain changes may affect route feasibility before deployment.

路径规划物理模拟机器人导航地形变化

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