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Autonomous Ground Navigation in Highly Constrained Spaces: Lessons learned from The BARN Challenge at ICRA 2022

Autonomous Ground Navigation in Highly Constrained Spaces: Lessons learned from The BARN Challenge at ICRA 2022.
Xuesu Xiao, Zifan Xu, Zizhao Wang, Yunlong Song, Garrett Warnell, Peter Stone, Tingnan Zhang, Shravan Ravi, Gary Wang, Haresh Karnan, Joydeep Biswas, Nicholas Mohammad, Lauren Bramblett, Rahul Peddi, Nicola Bezzo, Zhanteng Xie, and Philip Dames.
IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine, 29(4):148–56, Dec. 2022.
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Abstract

The Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation (BARN) Challenge took place at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The aim of the challenge was to evaluate state-of-the-art autonomous ground navigation systems for moving robots through highly constrained environments in a safe and efficient manner. Specifically, the task was to navigate a standardized differential drive ground robot from a predefined start location to a goal location as quickly as possible without colliding with any obstacles, both in simulation and in the real world. Five teams from all over the world participated in the qualifying simulation competition, three of which were invited to compete with one another at a set of physical obstacle courses at the conference center in Philadelphia. The competition results suggest that autonomous ground navigation in highly constrained spaces, despite seeming simple for experienced roboticists, is actually far from being a solved problem. In this article, we discuss the challenge, the approaches used by the top three winning teams, and lessons learned to direct future research.

BibTeX Entry

@article{IEEE-RAM22,
  author="Xuesu Xiao and Zifan Xu and Zizhao Wang and Yunlong Song and Garrett Warnell and Peter Stone and Tingnan Zhang and Shravan Ravi and Gary Wang and Haresh Karnan and Joydeep Biswas and Nicholas Mohammad and Lauren Bramblett and Rahul Peddi and Nicola Bezzo and Zhanteng Xie and Philip Dames",
  title="Autonomous Ground Navigation in Highly Constrained Spaces: Lessons learned from The BARN Challenge at ICRA 2022",
  journal="{IEEE} Robotics \& Automation Magazine",
  volume="29",number="4",pages="148--56",
  month="Dec.",year="2022", 
  doi="10.1109/MRA.2022.3213466",
  abstract=" 
            The Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation (BARN) Challenge
            took place at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on
            Robotics and Automation (ICRA), in Philadelphia, PA,
            USA. The aim of the challenge was to evaluate
            state-of-the-art autonomous ground navigation systems for
            moving robots through highly constrained environments in a
            safe and efficient manner. Specifically, the task was to
            navigate a standardized differential drive ground robot
            from a predefined start location to a goal location as
            quickly as possible without colliding with any obstacles,
            both in simulation and in the real world. Five teams from
            all over the world participated in the qualifying
            simulation competition, three of which were invited to
            compete with one another at a set of physical obstacle
            courses at the conference center in Philadelphia. The
            competition results suggest that autonomous ground
            navigation in highly constrained spaces, despite seeming
            simple for experienced roboticists, is actually far from
            being a solved problem. In this article, we discuss the
            challenge, the approaches used by the top three winning
            teams, and lessons learned to direct future research.",
  wwwnote={<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9975161">Official online version</a>.},
}

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