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Forecast of the Feasibility of Aviation-to-Automotive Methods Transfer by Empirical Quantification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. This study introduces an empirical approach to quantify the feasibility of transferring development methods across domains. The approach evaluates transfer proposals using an overall feasibility score and specific ... -
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Navigation and Collision Avoidance of Multi-Robot Systems By Constructive Network Expansion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. This article presents a navigation and obstacle avoidance policy network for multi-robot systems using deep reinforcement learning. The network is first designed and trained for a dual-robot setup. By incorporating ... -
Model Predictive Control-Based Optimal Energy Management of Autonomous Electric Vehicles Under Cold Temperatures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. In autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs), battery energy must be judiciously allocated to satisfy primary propulsion demands and secondary auxiliary demands, particularly the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ... -
Wildfire Tracking by Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Receding-Horizon Guidance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used to track growing and moving boundaries such as those of wildfires where the boundary cannot be pre-specified. Toward this, we first present a model predictive control ... -
A Review of Learning Off-Road Terrain Traversability for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) and mobile robots have significantly impacted off-road operations such as search and rescue, planetary exploration, and agriculture. One of the most difficult challenges for these ... -
Autonomous Vehicle Lane-Changing Decision-Making via Social Value Orientation and Cumulative Prospect Theory: Development, Parameter Identification, and Validation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. Autonomous vehicle (AV) lane-changing decision-making is a crucial component of intelligent driving systems, requiring a balance between traffic efficiency and driving safety. Utility-based methods are a well-known ... -
Extrinsic Calibration of Three-Dimensional LiDAR Using Sphere Targets and Differential-Corrected Global Positioning System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. This article presents an extrinsic calibration approach for locating the exact pose of a 3D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor suitable for autonomous or mapping vehicles using sphere targets and multiple ... -
Privacy-Aware Operation of a Complex Mission
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2026)Abstract. This article considers the problem of the safe operation of multiple agents with different capabilities and access authorities to effectively and safely accomplish a complex mission. This problem is decomposed ... -
Reviewer’s Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems would like to thank all the reviewers for volunteering their expertise and time reviewing manuscripts in 2024. Serving as ... -
Multifractal Terrain Generation for Evaluating Autonomous Off-Road Ground Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)We present a multifractal artificial terrain generation method that uses the 3D Weierstrass–Mandelbrot function to control roughness. By varying the fractal dimension used in terrain generation across three different values, ... -
Robust Visual SLAM in Dynamic Environment Based on Motion Detection and Segmentation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this study, we propose a robust and accurate simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method for dynamic environments. Our approach combines sparse optical flow with epipolar geometric constraints to detect motion, ... -
Advancing Vehicle Trajectory Prediction: A Probabilistic Approach Using Combined Sequential Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper addresses the critical need to quantify vehicle trajectory uncertainty in autonomous driving under environmental variability. We focus on predicting the posterior distribution of vehicle trajectories over a fixed ... -
Effective Map Merging for Long-Term Autonomous Navigation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)An algorithm is presented that intelligently merges multiple 3D point clouds used for localization based on when the point cloud was recorded to create an updated map that is more similar to the current environment. The ... -
Prescribed Performance Backstepping and Sliding Mode Control for Automated Platoons With Internal Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and Exponential Spacing Policy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study presents a control strategy employing a hybrid backstepping and sliding mode control (BSMC) approach for automated platoons. The control scheme integrates an exponential spacing policy tailored to varying driving ... -
Optimization of Power Control for Autonomous Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Flexible Power Demand1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Technology advancement for on-road vehicles has gained significant momentum in the past decades, particularly in the field of vehicle automation and powertrain electrification. The optimization of powertrain controls for ... -
Decentralized Swarm Control in Communication-Constrained Environments Using a Blended Leader Follower-Artificial Potential Field With Biologically Inspired Interactions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents a study of how communication ranges influence the performance of a new decentralized control method for swarms of autonomously navigating ground vehicles that uses a blended leader–follower/artificial ... -
Enhance Road Detection Data Processing of LiDAR Point Clouds to Specifically Identify Unmarked Gravel Rural Roads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Gravel roads lack standardized features such as curbs or painted lines, presenting detection challenges to autonomous vehicles. Global positioning service (GPS) and high resolution maps may not be reliable for navigation ... -
Tracking Algorithm Application Integrating Visual and Radar Information in Intelligent Vehicle Target Tracking
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)With the continuous development of various automobile technologies, the concept of intelligent automobile automatic driving has been introduced into people's lives, and it has great research value in traffic safety, traffic ... -
Simulation Study on Hydraulic Braking Control of Engine Motor of Hybrid Electric Vehicle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Taking the hybrid electric vehicle as the research object, under the premise of ensuring braking safety, aiming at maximizing the use of motor regenerative braking force and improving the coordination performance of motor ... -
Design and Application of Deep Learning-Based Crash Damage Prediction Model for Self-Driving Cars
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The collision damage of automated cars has grown in importance as self-driving car technology has advanced to the pilot operation stage. To enhance the safety of autonomous vehicles by predicting and preventing potential ...