Autonomous Vehicles with Safety Guarantees

February 1, 2024 · 1 min read
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A demonstration suite for safe autonomous vehicle trajectory optimization.

  • Lane, vehicle, pedestrian, traffic light, and sign detection pipelines
  • Autonomous lane change via nonlinear model predictive control (nMPC)
  • Safety-guaranteed lane change using Control Barrier Functions integrated into nMPC (CBF-nMPC), with formal guarantees of non-collision with simulated traffic
Bennet Outland
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Graduate Researcher
Doctoral student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Research in differential game theory, safe multi-agent systems, and computational astrodynamics — with a focus on algorithms that are tractable enough to run onboard while providing formal guarantees.