RT Conference Proceedings T1 Evaluation of neural euclidean signed distance fields for distance-aware local path planning A1 Gil García, Guillermo A1 Cobano-Suárez, José-Antonio A1 Caballero, Fernando A1 Merino, Luis K1 Three-dimensional displays K1 Path planning K1 Space exploration K1 Planning K1 Indoor environment K1 Robot K1 Aerial systems K1 Neural Distance Fields K1 Perception AB This paper presents a 3D local path planner based on Neural Euclidean Signed Distance Fields (ESDFs). There are approaches in the literature that make use of ESDFs as representation of the environment for planning, but not on the use of neural ESDF for distance-aware local path planning. This paper evaluates the proposed approach and analyses the quality of the paths generated by planners based on online Neural ESDF. The distance field is based on the HIO-SDF network, and the planner exploits the analytical properties of the ESDFs. The experimental validation shows promising results on the applications of HIO-SDF networks for 3D local path planning. PB IEEE YR 2024 FD 2024-12-23 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23348 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23348 LA en NO Service Robotics Lab DS RIO RD May 8, 2026