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mit-acl/faster

3D Trajectory Planner in Unknown Environments observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mit-acl/faster · C++ · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

37/100

  • Activity 10
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2429
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 541
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1249 stars · 199 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

FASTER is a C++/ROS 3D trajectory planner for fast and safe navigation of UAVs and ground robots in unknown environments, published in IEEE T-RO. It computes dynamically feasible trajectories that guarantee safety via a backup trajectory while optimizing the primary path.

Use cases

  • plan 3d trajectories for a drone in unknown environments
  • autonomous navigation for uavs with obstacle avoidance
  • trajectory optimization for a ground robot
  • safe flight planning with guaranteed feasibility
  • ros-based motion planning for quadrotors
  • navigate drones through unmapped cluttered spaces

When to choose

  • you need a research-grade trajectory planner for UAVs or ground robots in unknown or partially mapped environments
  • your stack is ROS-based on Ubuntu and you can use Gurobi for optimization
  • you want provably safe trajectories with a backup-plan mechanism

When to avoid

  • you need a plug-and-play planner without ROS or Gurobi dependencies
  • you target Windows/macOS or non-ROS robotics frameworks
  • you need a maintained production planner with recent ROS 2 support out of the box

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

simulation robotics robotics autonomous-vehicles cpp trajectory-planning path-planning uav drone ros motion-planning unknown-environments gurobi algorithms linux

1 source

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