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Dynamic obstacle avoidance (DOA) is a fundamental challenge for any autonomous vehicle, independent of whether it operates in sea, air, or land. This paper proposes a two-step architecture for handling DOA tasks by combining supervised and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Fabian Hart , Martin Waltz , Ostap Okhrin

The collaboration and interaction of multiple robots have become integral aspects of smart manufacturing. Effective planning and management play a crucial role in achieving energy savings and minimising overall costs. This paper addresses…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Ziren Xiao , Ruxin Xiao , Chang Liu , Xinheng Wang

Safe navigation is a fundamental challenge in multi-robot systems due to the uncertainty surrounding the future trajectory of the robots that act as obstacles for each other. In this work, we propose a principled data-driven approach where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Atharva Navsalkar , Ashish R. Hota

Managing mixed traffic comprising human-driven and robot vehicles (RVs) across large-scale networks presents unique challenges beyond single-intersection control. This paper proposes a reinforcement learning framework for coordinating mixed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Iftekharul Islam , Weizi Li

This paper proposes a cooperative strategy of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) longitudinal control for partially connected and automated traffic environment based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm, which enhances the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-04 Haotian Shi , Yang Zhou , Keshu Wu , Xin Wang , Yangxin Lin , Bin Ran

We present a map-less path planning algorithm based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for mobile robots navigating in unknown environment that only relies on 40-dimensional raw laser data and odometry information. The planner is trained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Nicolò Botteghi , Beril Sirmacek , Khaled A. A. Mustafa , Mannes Poel , Stefano Stramigioli

Reinforcement learning can enable robots to navigate to distant goals while optimizing user-specified reward functions, including preferences for following lanes, staying on paved paths, or avoiding freshly mowed grass. However, online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Dhruv Shah , Arjun Bhorkar , Hrish Leen , Ilya Kostrikov , Nick Rhinehart , Sergey Levine

Socially aware navigation is a fast-evolving research area in robotics that enables robots to move within human environments while adhering to the implicit human social norms. The advent of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has accelerated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Ibrahim Khalil Kabir , Muhammad Faizan Mysorewala

Autonomous mobile robots operating in complex, dynamic environments face the dual challenge of navigating large-scale, structurally diverse spaces with static obstacles while safely interacting with various moving agents. Traditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Yury Kolomeytsev , Dmitry Golembiovsky

Mobile robot navigation in dynamic environments with pedestrian traffic is a key challenge in the development of autonomous mobile service robots. Recently, deep reinforcement learning-based methods have been actively studied and have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Kohei Matsumoto , Yuki Tomita , Yuki Hyodo , Ryo Kurazume

The major challenges of collision avoidance for robot navigation in crowded scenes lie in accurate environment modeling, fast perceptions, and trustworthy motion planning policies. This paper presents a novel adaptive environment model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Shuaijun Wang , Rui Gao , Ruihua Han , Shengduo Chen , Chengyang Li , Qi Hao

Navigation of mobile robots within crowded environments is an essential task in various use cases, such as delivery, health care, or logistics. Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) emerged as an alternative method to replace overly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Linh Kästner , Xinlin Zhao , Zhengcheng Shen , Jens Lambrecht

Variable speed limits (VSL) control is a flexible way to improve traffic condition,increase safety and reduce emission. There is an emerging trend of using reinforcement learning technique for VSL control and recent studies have shown…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Yuankai Wu , Huachun Tan , Bin Ran

The robustness of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) is crucial when facing unknown and complex marine environments, especially when heteroscedastic observational noise poses significant challenges to sensor-based navigation tasks. Recently,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Zhaofan Zhang , Minghao Yang , Sihong Xie , Hui Xiong

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) uses diverse, unstructured data and makes RL capable of learning complex policies in high dimensional environments. Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) based on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) offers an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Anum Mushtaq , Irfan ul Haq , Muhammad Azeem Sarwar , Asifullah Khan , Omair Shafiq

The deployment of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) poses considerable challenges and unique opportunities for the design and management of future urban road infrastructure. In light of this disruptive transformation, the Right-Of-Way (ROW)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Qiming Ye , Yuxiang Feng , Jose Javier Escribano Macias , Marc Stettler , Panagiotis Angeloudis

Taking advantage of both vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and automated driving technology, connected and automated vehicles are quickly becoming one of the transformative solutions to many transportation problems. However, in a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-01 Zhengwei Bai , Peng Hao , Wei Shangguan , Baigen Cai , Matthew J. Barth

Preference-aligned robot navigation in human environments is typically achieved through learning-based approaches, utilizing user feedback or demonstrations for personalization. However, personal preferences are subject to change and might…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Jorge de Heuvel , Tharun Sethuraman , Maren Bennewitz

In robotics, contemporary strategies are learning-based, characterized by a complex black-box nature and a lack of interpretability, which may pose challenges in ensuring stability and safety. To address these issues, we propose integrating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Mehdi Heydari Shahna , Seyed Adel Alizadeh Kolagar , Jouni Mattila

Autonomous visual navigation is an essential element in robot autonomy. Reinforcement learning (RL) offers a promising policy training paradigm. However existing RL methods suffer from high sample complexity, poor sim-to-real transfer, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Qianzhong Chen , Jiankai Sun , Naixiang Gao , JunEn Low , Timothy Chen , Mac Schwager