Systems and methods for navigation of an autonomous system

An autonomous system configured for navigating in an environment, the autonomous system comprising:

• one or more sensing devices configured to observe the environment in which the autonomous system is configured to operate;
• a processor comprising at least one processor and a memory storing a plurality of executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processor to:
• receive first data comprising characteristics of entities in the environment;
• receive first instructions causing the autonomous system to identify a destination in the environment;
• generate a navigation path comprising waypoints to be followed by the autonomous system to reach the destination from a current position of the autonomous system, the waypoints defining segmental paths, each waypoint being associated with a location cost indicative of a safeness of the autonomous system and entities in its surroundings if the autonomous system is located at said waypoint, the location cost being determined based on the first data, the generating the navigation path comprising computing a global cost, the global cost being a combination of the location costs of the waypoints;
• cause the autonomous system to navigate along the navigation path;
• and
• during navigation of the autonomous system from a first one of the waypoints to a second one of the waypoints along a corresponding segmental path:
• access second data generated by the one or more sensing devices during navigation of the autonomous system comprising updates of the characteristics of the entities located in a vicinity of a corresponding segmental path;
• generate a sub-path between a current position of the autonomous system and the second one of the waypoints based on the second data and the corresponding segmental path;
• and
• follow the sub-path to reach the second waypoint.

A method for generating a navigation path for an autonomous system, wherein the autonomous system comprises a processor, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the processor, first data comprising characteristics of entities, the entities defining an environment in which the autonomous system is configured to operate;
• receiving, by the processor, first instructions causing the autonomous system to identify a destination in the environment;
• generating a navigation path comprising waypoints to be followed by the autonomous system to reach the destination from a current position of the autonomous system, the waypoints being generated based on the characteristics of the entities and defining segmental paths;
• executing, by the processor, second instructions causing the autonomous system to navigate along the navigation path;
• and
• upon navigation of the autonomous system from a first waypoint to a second waypoint:
• accessing, by the processor, second data comprising updates of the characteristics of the entities located in a vicinity of a corresponding segmental path;
• generating, by the processor, a sub-path between the first waypoint and the second waypoint based on second information;
• and
• executing, by the processor, third instructions causing the autonomous system to navigate along the sub-path to reach the second waypoint.