diff --git a/doc/03_research/research_PAF_23/Research_Pylot-Planning_PAF21-Perception.md b/doc/03_research/research_PAF_23/Research_Pylot-Planning_PAF21-Perception.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9fa8c1ad --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/03_research/research_PAF_23/Research_Pylot-Planning_PAF21-Perception.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +# Sprint 0: Research Samuel Kühnel + +## Pylot + +## Planning + +- 4 different options +- **Waypoint Planner**: Auto follows predefined waypoints. It recognizes traffic lights and stops at obstacles, but cannot avoid them +- **Freenet-Optimal-Trajecotry-Planner**: CPP code with Python wrapper ([GitHub](https://github.com/erdos-project/frenet_optimal_trajectory_planner)) +→ Predefined line that is used for orientation → Can avoid obstacles! +- **RRT\*-Planner**: RRT* algorithm to plan the path ([GitHub](https://github.com/erdos-project/rrt_star_planner)) + - Creates random nodes + - Adds nodes to the graph that are not blocked by objects on the road + - Generally terminates as soon as a node is found in the target area + - RRT*: Searches for the shortest path +- **Hybrid A\* planner**: Hybrid A* algorithm for route planning ([GitHub](https://github.com/erdos-project/hybrid_astar_planner)) + - Calculates the shortest path between two nodes from a graph + - Similar to Dijkstra's algorithm + - Nodes are estimated based on their costs and promising nodes are selected first + - Hybrid A* algorithm: Not always optimal solution, but in the neighborhood of the optimal solution. + +## PAF 21-2 + +### Perception + +### Obstacle detection + +- Detect objects via semantic lidar sensor +- Provides x and y coordinates, as well as distance value +- Additional information on position change in a time interval → Calculation of speed possible +- Detects the object and returns either the value "Vehicle" or "Pedestrian" + +### TrafficLightDetection + +![diagramm.png](https://github.com/ll7/paf21-2/raw/main/docs/imgs/trafficlightdetection_diagram.jpg) + +- **FusionCamera** saves images from **RGBCamera** and **DepthCamera** with timestamp and then synchronizes with **SegmentationCamera** +- Neural network based on [ResNet18](https://pytorch.org/hub/pytorch_vision_resnet/) (predefined PyTorch network) +- Generally only traffic lights up to 100m distance +- Canny algorithm to filter contours + +### Problems and solutions + +- Red background distorts traffic light phase detection → **Solution**: Narrow section of the traffic light image for phase detection +- Yellow painted traffic lights distort traffic light phase detection → **Solution**: Filter out red and green sections beforehand using masks and convert remaining image to grayscale and add masks again. +- **Problem without solution**: European traffic lights can sometimes not be recognized at the stop line. + +## Resumee + +### Perception + +- Status quo: LIDAR Sensor and Big Neural Network +- Possible focus: Using smaller (pretrained) models to improve overall performance fast +- Taking known issues into account + +### Planning + +- Currently decision tree for evaluating the current position +- Trying out different heuristics → already given as repo