Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc

James Schultz

Shigenobu Saigusa

Samer Rajab

Paritosh Kelkar

Yasir Khudhair Al-Nadawi

Shane McLaughlin

Cameron Rainey

Steven Huggins

Kevin Kefauver

Tyler Naes

Yusen Chen

A system and method for controlling a merge vehicle travelling along a highway having a merge lane and a main lane. The method includes receiving merge data about the merge vehicle and a surrounding environment of the merge vehicle. The method includes detecting an intent to perform a merge maneuver by the merge vehicle from the merge lane to the main lane based on the merge data. Further, the method includes generating a graph having a plurality of nodes connected by edges. The plurality of nodes includes a start node set to a current position of the merge vehicle and a goal node located in the main lane after the merge lane has ended. The method includes calculating a three-dimensional (3D) trajectory based on the graph by optimizing edge costs from the start node to the goal node, and controlling the merge vehicle based on the 3D trajectory.

System and method for automated merging

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Danville, VA, United States of America

James Schultz