Parting with Misconceptions about Learning-based Vehicle Motion Planning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07962v2
• Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 17:23:00 GMT
• Title: Parting with Misconceptions about Learning-based Vehicle Motion Planning
• Authors: Daniel Dauner, Marcel Hallgarten, Andreas Geiger, Kashyap Chitta
• Abstract summary: nuPlan marks a new era in vehicle motion planning research. Existing systems struggle to simultaneously meet both requirements. We propose an extremely simple and efficient planner which outperforms an extensive set of competitors.
• Score: 30.39229175273061
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The release of nuPlan marks a new era in vehicle motion planning research, offering the first large-scale real-world dataset and evaluation schemes requiring both precise short-term planning and long-horizon ego-forecasting. Existing systems struggle to simultaneously meet both requirements. Indeed, we find that these tasks are fundamentally misaligned and should be addressed independently. We further assess the current state of closed-loop planning in the field, revealing the limitations of learning-based methods in complex real-world scenarios and the value of simple rule-based priors such as centerline selection through lane graph search algorithms. More surprisingly, for the open-loop sub-task, we observe that the best results are achieved when using only this centerline as scene context (i.e., ignoring all information regarding the map and other agents). Combining these insights, we propose an extremely simple and efficient planner which outperforms an extensive set of competitors, winning the nuPlan planning challenge 2023.

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