Flash: Fast and Light Motion Prediction for Autonomous Driving with Bayesian Inverse Planning and Learned Motion Profiles

Morris Antonello, Mihai Dobre, Stefano V Albrecht, John Redford, Subramanian Ramamoorthy

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Motion prediction of road users in traffic scenes is critical for autonomous driving systems that must take safe and robust decisions in complex dynamic environments. We present a novel motion prediction system for autonomous driving. Our system is based on the Bayesian inverse planning framework, which efficiently orchestrates map-based goal extraction, a classical control-based trajectory generator and an ensemble of light-weight neural networks specialised in motion profile prediction. In contrast to many alternative methods, this modularity helps isolate performance factors and better interpret results, without compromising performance. This system addresses multiple aspects of interest, namely multi-modality, motion profile uncertainty and trajectory physical feasibility. We report on several experiments with the popular highway dataset NGSIM, demonstrating state-of-the-art performance in terms of trajectory error. We also perform a detailed analysis of our system's components, along with experiments that stratify the data based on behaviours, such as change lane versus follow lane, to provide insights into the challenges in this domain. Finally, we present a qualitative analysis to show other benefits of our approach, such as the ability to interpret the outputs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages9829-9836
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-7927-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-7928-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Dec 2022
EventThe 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 23 Oct 202227 Oct 2022
https://iros2022.org/

Publication series

NameIEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

ConferenceThe 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Abbreviated titleIROS 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period23/10/2227/10/22
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