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Robotic grasping is a crucial area of research as it can result in the acceleration of the automation of several Industries utilizing robots ranging from manufacturing to healthcare. Reinforcement learning is the field of study where an…
This paper considers an incremental Volt/Var control scheme for distribution systems with high integration of inverter-interfaced distributed generation (such as photovoltaic systems). The incremental Volt/Var controller is implemented with…
An effective way to achieve intelligence is to simulate various intelligent behaviors in the human brain. In recent years, bio-inspired learning methods have emerged, and they are different from the classical mathematical programming…
The increasing adoption of distributed energy resources, particularly photovoltaic (PV) panels, has presented new and complex challenges for power network control. With the significant energy production from PV panels, voltage issues in the…
Autonomous robots have the potential to serve as versatile caregivers that improve quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Yet, conducting research in this area presents numerous challenges, including the risks of physical…
In the field of robotics many different approaches ranging from classical planning over optimal control to reinforcement learning (RL) are developed and borrowed from other fields to achieve reliable control in diverse tasks. In order to…
This work re-implements the OpenAI Gym multi-goal robotic manipulation environment, originally based on the commercial Mujoco engine, onto the open-source Pybullet engine. By comparing the performances of the Hindsight Experience…
Voltage prediction in distribution grids is a critical yet difficult task for maintaining power system stability. Machine learning approaches, particularly Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), offer significant speedups but suffer from poor…
Traditional control theory-based methods require tailored engineering for each system and constant fine-tuning. In power plant control, one often needs to obtain a precise representation of the system dynamics and carefully design the…
Power grid infrastructure is an increasingly significant source of wildfire ignitions and poses severe risks to communities in fire-prone regions. Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) have emerged as a critical operational tool for utilities…
We propose to build a reinforcement learning prover of independent components: a deductive system (an environment), the proof state representation (how an agent sees the environment), and an agent training algorithm. To that purpose, we…
Robust control policy learning for autonomous driving requires training environments to be both physically realistic and computationally scalable, properties that existing simulators provide only in isolation. We introduce Sim2Sim2Sim, a…
This paper introduces Carnegie Mellon campus-wide CarnegiePLUG test-bed. This test-bed in a hardware-in-the-loop simulator that enables large-scale sensing, computation and actuation over a network of heterogeneous energy producers and…
Autonomous vehicles with a self-evolving ability are expected to cope with unknown scenarios in the real-world environment. Take advantage of trial and error mechanism, reinforcement learning is able to self evolve by learning the optimal…
This work presents the MarineGym, a high-performance reinforcement learning (RL) platform specifically designed for underwater robotics. It aims to address the limitations of existing underwater simulation environments in terms of RL…
This paper presents a supervised multi-agent safe policy learning (SMAS-PL) method for optimal power management of networked microgrids (MGs) in distribution systems. While conventional reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms are black-box…
In response to newly found security vulnerabilities, or as part of a moving target defense, a fast and safe control software update scheme for networked control systems is highly desirable. We here develop such a scheme for intelligent…
Cascading failures in power grids can lead to grid collapse, causing severe disruptions to social operations and economic activities. In certain cases, multi-stage cascading failures can occur. However, existing cascading-failure-mitigation…
This paper proposes a robust control design method using reinforcement-learning for controlling partially-unknown dynamical systems under uncertain conditions. The method extends the optimal reinforcement-learning algorithm with a new…
Load shedding has been one of the most widely used and effective emergency control approaches against voltage instability. With increased uncertainties and rapidly changing operational conditions in power systems, existing methods have…