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It is challenging to coordinate multiple distributed energy resources in a single or multiple buildings to ensure efficient and flexible operation. Advanced control algorithms such as model predictive control and reinforcement learning…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-28 Kingsley Nweye , Zoltan Nagy

We present lilGym, a new benchmark for language-conditioned reinforcement learning in visual environments. lilGym is based on 2,661 highly-compositional human-written natural language statements grounded in an interactive visual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Anne Wu , Kianté Brantley , Noriyuki Kojima , Yoav Artzi

Maintaining a balance between the supply and demand of products by optimizing replenishment decisions is one of the most important challenges in the supply chain industry. This paper presents a novel reinforcement learning framework called…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Rémi Leluc , Elie Kadoche , Antoine Bertoncello , Sébastien Gourvénec

The naive application of Reinforcement Learning algorithms to continuous control problems -- such as locomotion and manipulation -- often results in policies which rely on high-amplitude, high-frequency control signals, known colloquially…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-14 Steven Bohez , Abbas Abdolmaleki , Michael Neunert , Jonas Buchli , Nicolas Heess , Raia Hadsell

In standard reinforcement learning (RL), a learning agent seeks to optimize the overall reward. However, many key aspects of a desired behavior are more naturally expressed as constraints. For instance, the designer may want to limit the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Sobhan Miryoosefi , Kianté Brantley , Hal Daumé , Miroslav Dudik , Robert Schapire

Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) has proven effective for Large Language Model (LLM) reasoning, yet current methods face key challenges in resource allocation and policy optimization dynamics: (i) uniform rollout…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Yangyi Fang , Jiaye Lin , Xiaoliang Fu , Cong Qin , Haolin Shi , Chaowen Hu , Lu Pan , Ke Zeng , Xunliang Cai

Reinforcement learning (RL) has progressed substantially over the past decade, with much of this progress being driven by benchmarks. Many benchmarks are focused on video or board games, and a large number of robotics benchmarks lack…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Michael Beukman , Branden Ingram , Geraud Nangue Tasse , Benjamin Rosman , Pravesh Ranchod

Over the last decade, data-driven methods have surged in popularity, emerging as valuable tools for control theory. As such, neural network approximations of control feedback laws, system dynamics, and even Lyapunov functions have attracted…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Luke Bhan , Yuexin Bian , Miroslav Krstic , Yuanyuan Shi

In recent years, fully differentiable rigid body physics simulators have been developed, which can be used to simulate a wide range of robotic systems. In the context of reinforcement learning for control, these simulators theoretically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Sean Gillen , Katie Byl

Simulation has become a crucial tool for Building Energy Optimization (BEO) as it enables the evaluation of different design and control strategies at a low cost. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can leverage large-scale simulations to…

While deep reinforcement learning techniques have recently produced considerable achievements on many decision-making problems, their use in robotics has largely been limited to simulated worlds or restricted motions, since unconstrained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-26 Tu-Hoa Pham , Giovanni De Magistris , Ryuki Tachibana

LLMs and Agents have achieved impressive progress in code generation, mathematical reasoning, and scientific discovery. However, existing benchmarks primarily measure correctness, overlooking the diversity of methods behind solutions. True…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Jintian Zhang , Kewei Xu , Jingsheng Zheng , Zhuoyun Yu , Yuqi Zhu , Yujie Luo , Lanning Wei , Shuofei Qiao , Lun Du , Da Zheng , Shumin Deng , Huajun Chen , Ningyu Zhang

Reinforcement learning (RL) has enabled major advances in fields such as robotics and natural language processing. A key challenge in RL is measuring task complexity, which is essential for creating meaningful benchmarks and designing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Reabetswe M. Nkhumise , Mohamed S. Talamali , Aditya Gilra

Unloading containers in the courier, express and parcel industry is a physically demanding and labor-intensive work. Automatizing this process is an important step towards increasing the efficiency of parcel-handling systems. This work…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-27 Jan Rüdiger , Max Schenke , Daniel Weber

It is essential for autonomous robots to be socially compliant while navigating in human-populated environments. Machine Learning and, especially, Deep Reinforcement Learning have recently gained considerable traction in the field of Social…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Aditya Kapoor , Sushant Swamy , Luis Manso , Pilar Bachiller

Dynamic dispatching is one of the core problems for operation optimization in traditional industries such as mining, as it is about how to smartly allocate the right resources to the right place at the right time. Conventionally, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-26 Chi Zhang , Philip Odonkor , Shuai Zheng , Hamed Khorasgani , Susumu Serita , Chetan Gupta

Reinforcement learning is applied to solve actual complex tasks from high-dimensional, sensory inputs. The last decade has developed a long list of reinforcement learning algorithms. Recent progress benefits from deep learning for raw…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Yanfei Xiang , Xin Wang , Shu Hu , Bin Zhu , Xiaomeng Huang , Xi Wu , Siwei Lyu

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a promising approach for solving various control, optimization, and sequential decision making tasks. However, designing reward functions for complex tasks (e.g., with multiple objectives and safety…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Xuan Zhao , Marcos Campos

We introduce a novel virtual robotic toolkit myGym, developed for reinforcement learning (RL), intrinsic motivation and imitation learning tasks trained in a 3D simulator. The trained tasks can then be easily transferred to real-world…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-23 Michal Vavrecka , Nikita Sokovnin , Megi Mejdrechova , Gabriela Sejnova , Marek Otahal

Research in deep reinforcement learning (RL) has coalesced around improving performance on benchmarks like the Arcade Learning Environment. However, these benchmarks conspicuously miss important characteristics like abrupt context-dependent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-10 Akshat Agarwal , Ryan Hope , Katia Sycara