arXiv AI

Solution space path planning for supporting en-route air traffic control

arXiv:2607. 00064v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As technology advances, many path-planning algorithms have been proposed for Air Traffic Management, yet their operational adoption in tactical control remains limited, revealing a misalignment between algorithmic design priorities and air traffic controllers' needs.

arXiv AI
Jul 24

Declarative Problem Solving in UAM Strategic Deconfliction

arXiv:2607. 21197v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The growing demand for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) introduces significant challenges in airspace management, particularly within densely populated metropolitan regions.

By Gioacchino Sterlicchio (DMMM, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy), Angelo Oddi (ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy), Riccardo Rasconi (ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy), Francesca Alessandra Lisi (DIB,CILA, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy)
arXiv AI
Sep 24

Reachable Global Optimization in AI Systems: How Global Is Global?

The paper "Reachable Global Optimization in AI Systems: How Global Is Global?" argues that claims of AI systems optimizing various components (prompts, policies, architectures, etc.) are underspecified unless they define the region actually reachable by the system. It introduces Reachability-Induced Optimization (RIO), a framework where a generator, verifier, controller, memory, tools, and budget determine a reachable candidate region, and proves several theoretical results about reachable-optimality and related concepts. Extensive benchmarks (66,150 trials across 270 landscapes) demonstrate that control can alter reachability, and that optimization quality, reachability quality, and control reliability must be reported separately.

By Wesley Shu
arXiv AI
Sep 18

Coding Agents with an Obstacle-Aware Harness for Safe Robot Manipulation

The paper introduces SafeHarness, an obstacle‑aware framework that improves the safety of coding agents for robot manipulation. By decomposing tasks into route planning and contact execution, the harness enables the agent to prioritize collision avoidance, achieving 71.9% task success and 87.5% collision avoidance—significantly better than prior methods. The study demonstrates that safety constraints can be effectively integrated into language‑model‑driven robot controllers.

By Bingxin Xu, Yuzhang Shang, Zhen Dong, Emilio Ferrara
arXiv AI
Aug 18

LAPF: LLM-Agent-Based Path Finder Using the UAVScenes Dataset

arXiv:2608. 15175v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed for autonomous navigation in complex outdoor environments, where dynamic conditions and mission requirements require intelligent adaptive decision-making.

By Yousef Emami, Mohammadhossein Homaei, Hao Zhou, Miguel Guti\'errez Gait\'an, Atefeh Hajijamali Arani, Rui Zhang