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Collaborative motion planning for multi-manipulator systems through Reinforcement Learning and Dynamic Movement Primitives

Robotics 2025-09-09 v2

Abstract

Robotic tasks often require multiple manipulators to enhance task efficiency and speed, but this increases complexity in terms of collaboration, collision avoidance, and the expanded state-action space. To address these challenges, we propose a multi-level approach combining Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Dynamic Movement Primitives (DMP) to generate adaptive, real-time trajectories for new tasks in dynamic environments using a demonstration library. This method ensures collision-free trajectory generation and efficient collaborative motion planning. We validate the approach through experiments in the PyBullet simulation environment with UR5e robotic manipulators.

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@article{arxiv.2410.00757,
  title  = {Collaborative motion planning for multi-manipulator systems through Reinforcement Learning and Dynamic Movement Primitives},
  author = {Siddharth Singh and Tian Xu and Qing Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00757},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

7 pages, 7 figures, conference submission

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