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Package Summary
| Tags | No category tags. |
| Version | 0.44.0 |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Build type | AMENT_CMAKE |
| Use | RECOMMENDED |
Repository Summary
| Description | |
| Checkout URI | https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware_universe.git |
| VCS Type | git |
| VCS Version | main |
| Last Updated | 2025-04-25 |
| Dev Status | UNKNOWN |
| CI status | No Continuous Integration |
| Released | UNRELEASED |
| Tags | planner ros calibration self-driving-car autonomous-driving autonomous-vehicles ros2 3d-map autoware |
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Package Description
Package for the sampling-based path planner
Additional Links
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Maintainers
- Maxime CLEMENT
Authors
- Maxime CLEMENT
Path Sampler
Purpose
This package implements a node that uses sampling based planning to generate a drivable trajectory.
Feature
This package is able to:
- make the trajectory smooth;
- keep the trajectory inside the drivable area;
- avoid static obstacles;
- stop if no valid trajectory can be generated.
Note that the velocity is just taken over from the input path.
Inputs / Outputs
input
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
~/input/path |
autoware_planning_msgs/msg/Path | Reference path and the corresponding drivable area |
~/input/odometry |
nav_msgs/msg/Odometry | Current state of the ego vehicle |
~/input/objects |
autoware_perception_msgs/msg/PredictedObjects | objects to avoid |
output
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
~/output/trajectory |
autoware_planning_msgs/msg/Trajectory | generated trajectory that is feasible to drive and collision-free |
Algorithm
Sampling based planning is decomposed into 3 successive steps:
- Sampling: candidate trajectories are generated.
- Pruning: invalid candidates are discarded.
- Selection: the best remaining valid candidate is selected.
Sampling
Candidate trajectories are generated based on the current ego state and some target state. 2 sampling algorithms are currently implemented: sampling with bézier curves or with polynomials in the frenet frame.
Pruning
The validity of each candidate trajectory is checked using a set of hard constraints.
- collision: ensure no collision with static obstacles;
- curvature: ensure smooth curvature;
- drivable area: ensure the trajectory stays within the drivable area.
Selection
Among the valid candidate trajectories, the best one is determined using a set of soft constraints (i.e., objective functions).
- curvature: prefer smoother trajectories;
- length: prefer longer trajectories;
- lateral deviation: prefer trajectories close to the reference path.
Each soft constraint is associated with a weight to allow tuning of the preferences.
Limitations
The quality of the candidates generated with polynomials in frenet frame greatly depend on the reference path. If the reference path is not smooth, the resulting candidates will probably be undriveable.
Failure to find a valid trajectory current results in a suddenly stopping trajectory.
Comparison with the autoware_path_optimizer
The autoware_path_optimizer uses an optimization based approach,
finding the optimal solution of a mathematical problem if it exists.
When no solution can be found, it is often hard to identify the issue due to the intermediate mathematical representation of the problem.
In comparison, the sampling based approach cannot guarantee an optimal solution but is much more straightforward, making it easier to debug and tune.
How to Tune Parameters
The sampling based planner mostly offers a trade-off between the consistent quality of the trajectory and the computation time. To guarantee that a good trajectory is found requires generating many candidates which linearly increases the computation time.
TODO
Drivability in narrow roads
Computation time
Robustness
Other options
How To Debug
TODO
CHANGELOG
Changelog for package autoware_path_sampler
0.44.0 (2025-04-18)
0.43.0 (2025-03-21)
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into chore/bump-version-0.43
- chore: rename from [autoware.universe]{.title-ref} to [autoware_universe]{.title-ref} (#10306)
- Contributors: Hayato Mizushima, Yutaka Kondo
0.42.0 (2025-03-03)
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into tmp/bot/bump_version_base
- feat(autoware_utils): replace autoware_universe_utils with autoware_utils (#10191)
- fix: add missing includes to autoware_universe_utils (#10091)
- Contributors: Fumiya Watanabe, Ryohsuke Mitsudome, 心刚
0.41.2 (2025-02-19)
- chore: bump version to 0.41.1 (#10088)
- Contributors: Ryohsuke Mitsudome
0.41.1 (2025-02-10)
0.41.0 (2025-01-29)
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into tmp/bot/bump_version_base
- feat(sampling_based_planner)!: tier4_debug_msgs changed to autoware_internal_debug_msgs in sampling_based_planner (#9916)
- feat(motion_planning): use StringStamped in autoware_internal_debug_msgs (#9742) feat(motion planning): use StringStamped in autoware_internal_debug_msgs
- Contributors: Fumiya Watanabe, Takayuki Murooka, Vishal Chauhan
0.40.0 (2024-12-12)
- Merge branch 'main' into release-0.40.0
- Revert "chore(package.xml): bump version to 0.39.0 (#9587)" This reverts commit c9f0f2688c57b0f657f5c1f28f036a970682e7f5.
- fix: fix ticket links in CHANGELOG.rst (#9588)
- chore(package.xml): bump version to 0.39.0
(#9587)
- chore(package.xml): bump version to 0.39.0
- fix: fix ticket links in CHANGELOG.rst
* fix: remove unnecessary diff ---------Co-authored-by: Yutaka Kondo <<yutaka.kondo@youtalk.jp>>
- fix: fix ticket links in CHANGELOG.rst (#9588)
- fix(cpplint): include what you use - planning (#9570)
- 0.39.0
- update changelog
- fix: fix ticket links to point to https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware_universe (#9304)
- refactor(fake_test_node): prefix package and namespace with autoware (#9249)
- fix: fix ticket links to point to https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware_universe (#9304)
- chore(package.xml): bump version to 0.38.0
(#9266)
(#9284)
- unify package.xml version to 0.37.0
- remove system_monitor/CHANGELOG.rst
- add changelog
* 0.38.0
- Contributors: Esteve Fernandez, Fumiya Watanabe, M. Fatih Cırıt, Ryohsuke Mitsudome, Yutaka Kondo
0.39.0 (2024-11-25)
- fix: fix ticket links to point to https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware_universe (#9304)
- fix: fix ticket links to point to https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware_universe (#9304)
- chore(package.xml): bump version to 0.38.0
(#9266)
(#9284)
- unify package.xml version to 0.37.0
- remove system_monitor/CHANGELOG.rst
- add changelog
* 0.38.0
- Contributors: Esteve Fernandez, Yutaka Kondo
0.38.0 (2024-11-08)
- unify package.xml version to 0.37.0
- refactor(autoware_interpolation): prefix package and namespace with autoware (#8088) Co-authored-by: kosuke55 <<kosuke.tnp@gmail.com>>
- fix(autoware_path_sampler): fix unusedFunction (#8730) fix:unusedFunction
- fix(autoware_path_sampler): fix passedByValue (#8216) fix:passedByValue
- refactor(universe_utils/motion_utils)!: add autoware namespace (#7594)
- fix(autoware_path_sampler): fix unusedVariable warning (#7584) fix unusedVariable warning
- refactor(motion_utils)!: add autoware prefix and include dir (#7539) refactor(motion_utils): add autoware prefix and include dir
- feat(autoware_universe_utils)!: rename from tier4_autoware_utils (#7538) Co-authored-by: kosuke55 <<kosuke.tnp@gmail.com>>
- ci(pre-commit): autoupdate (#7499) Co-authored-by: M. Fatih Cırıt <<mfc@leodrive.ai>>
- feat(sampling_based_planner): use polling subscribers (#7394)
- refactor(vehicle_info_utils)!: prefix package and namespace with
autoware
(#7353)
- chore(autoware_vehicle_info_utils): rename header
- chore(bpp-common): vehicle info
- chore(path_optimizer): vehicle info
- chore(velocity_smoother): vehicle info
- chore(bvp-common): vehicle info
- chore(static_centerline_generator): vehicle info
- chore(obstacle_cruise_planner): vehicle info
- chore(obstacle_velocity_limiter): vehicle info
- chore(mission_planner): vehicle info
- chore(obstacle_stop_planner): vehicle info
- chore(planning_validator): vehicle info
- chore(surround_obstacle_checker): vehicle info
- chore(goal_planner): vehicle info
- chore(start_planner): vehicle info
- chore(control_performance_analysis): vehicle info
- chore(lane_departure_checker): vehicle info
- chore(predicted_path_checker): vehicle info
- chore(vehicle_cmd_gate): vehicle info
- chore(obstacle_collision_checker): vehicle info
- chore(operation_mode_transition_manager): vehicle info
- chore(mpc): vehicle info
- chore(control): vehicle info
- chore(common): vehicle info
- chore(perception): vehicle info
- chore(evaluator): vehicle info
- chore(freespace): vehicle info
- chore(planning): vehicle info
- chore(vehicle): vehicle info
- chore(simulator): vehicle info
- chore(launch): vehicle info
- chore(system): vehicle info
- chore(sensing): vehicle info
* fix(autoware_joy_controller): remove unused deps ---------
- refactor(sampling_based_planner): add autoware prefix (#7348)
- Contributors: Esteve Fernandez, Kosuke Takeuchi, Maxime CLEMENT, Ryuta Kambe, Satoshi OTA, Takayuki Murooka, Yutaka Kondo, awf-autoware-bot[bot], kobayu858
0.26.0 (2024-04-03)
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