本文介绍轻舟智航提出的用于自动驾驶的运动预测新方法:Path-Aware Graph Attention for HD Maps in Motion Prediction。该方法获得了 CVPR 2021 Workshop on Autonomous Driving 的 Argoverse 运动预测挑战赛(Argoverse Motion Forecasting Competition)的冠军。在此次比赛中,轻舟智航 Blue Team 从国内外自动驾驶领域几十支团队(包括 Waymo、华为、阿里巴巴、深动科技、海康威视等)中脱颖而出,在本次比赛的决胜关键指标 brier-minFDE 上取得显著优势,斩获冠军。相关论文刚刚被 ICRA 2022 接收。
下图所示是一个车道合并的场景。A 和 B 表示并线的两个车道,其中 A 是车辆当前所在车道。对于车辆向左并线的情况,不光要考虑 A 和它的一阶近邻 B 的关系,还需要考虑它和二阶近邻 C 的关系,也即邻居的邻居。建模高阶连接对基于图表示的地图编码来说是一个具有挑战的问题。一种简单的处理是采用递归的方法,比如,先考虑 A 和 B 和交互,然后考虑 B 和 C 的交互,进而推导 A 和 C 的交互。然而真实场景中,我们换道到 C 并不是采用这种递归的方式。我们通常会忽略 B 的影响,而将更多的注意力集中在 C 上。
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