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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2026, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 503-510.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2026.04.009

• Intelligent Driving and Intelligent Transportation • Previous Articles    

Robust trajectory planning for vehicle emergency collision avoidance in spatially constrained scenarios considering perception uncertainty

FAN Chenxu1(), GUAN Yongxue1, HOU Wenbin2, FU Kang3, XU Li1   

  1. 1 Product R&D Academy, Jiangling Motors Co. Ltd, Nanchang 330000, China
    2 Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116000, China
    3 Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Infrastructure Center, Nanchang 330000, China
  • Received:2026-04-05 Revised:2026-06-07 Online:2026-08-30 Published:2026-09-01

Abstract:

A chance-constrained probabilistic robust trajectory planning and closed-loop control method was proposed to resolve contradictions between perception uncertainty and planning feasibility in high-speed constrained driving scenarios. The study modeled perception uncertainty via a multi-dimensional Gaussian distribution, collision probability was transformed into a deterministic dynamic safety boundary based on the 3σ principle, enabling adaptive safety margins. A PyTorch-based fully differentiable non-convex solver was developed for gradient optimization of trajectories under strict dynamic and spatial constraints. The results show that, evaluated in a CARLA closed-loop framework, the proposed method overcomes the 27% collision rate of deterministic planning and the 99% failure rate of conservative strategies, achieving a 100% success rate under set conditions. Even under an extreme + 0.6 m perception error, the maximum lateral tracking error remains within 0.174 m without collisions. Ultimately, the proposed method breaks the “no-solution” deadlock in narrow roads, validating its strong engineering executability and safety.

Key words: automotive active safety, trajectory planning, perception uncertainty, chance constrained, spatially constrained scenarios, robust optimization

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