%0 Journal Article %A M. Imran Akram and Ahmed Pasha and Nabeel Iqbal %D 2007 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 3, 2007 %T Optimal Path Planner for Autonomous Vehicles %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8158 %V 3 %X In this paper a real-time trajectory generation algorithm for computing 2-D optimal paths for autonomous aerial vehicles has been discussed. A dynamic programming approach is adopted to compute k-best paths by minimizing a cost function. Collision detection is implemented to detect intersection of the paths with obstacles. Our contribution is a novel approach to the problem of trajectory generation that is computationally efficient and offers considerable gain over existing techniques. %P 802 - 805