Intention Aware Socially Conscious Motion Planning for Autonomous Navigation - Honda Research Institute USA

Intention Aware Socially Conscious Motion Planning for Autonomous Navigation

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Intention Aware Socially Conscious Motion Planning for Autonomous Navigation

Job Number: P23INT-45
This position investigates motion planning and decision-making algorithms for social robots and autonomous driving applications. In Social settings, robots and autonomous cars need to interact with humans to learn their intention online and adapt their motion plans accordingly, all in a socially acceptable manner. We want robots to be able to make more pro-active actions to navigate with humans confidently and harmoniously. This internship will include development of decision making and motion planning algorithms, which could include concepts from Bayesian filtering, sampling-based motion planning, dual control, human intention estimation and active learning. The intern will collaborate with HRI scientists and engineers and can publish their results in academic conferences.
San Jose, CA

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct literature review and state-of-the-art analysis on relevant topics.
  • Develop, implement, and test novel algorithms for autonomous driving/robots using Bayesian techniques, sampling-based motion planning, dual control, and active learning.
  • Evaluate the performance and robustness of the proposed algorithms in simulation.
  • Improve and enhance the existing Motion Planning stack developed for an Autonomous vehicle in a simulator.
  • Publish relevant results in conference proceedings or journals

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Research experiences in interaction-aware dicision-making, motion planning, autonomous vehicles, and social robots

 

 

Bonus Qualifications

  • Ph.D candidate in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or similar fields.
  • Strong background and experience in at least one of the followings: Bayesian filtering, sampling-based motion planning, dual control, or active learning
  • Must have experience with using ROS-framework packages.
  • Must have experience with coding in C++, Python and MATLAB.

 

Desired Start Date 09/16/2024 

 

Duration

 

3 Months
 

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