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Robotic exploration under uncertain environments is challenging when optical information is not available. In this paper, we propose an autonomous solution of exploring an unknown task space based on tactile sensing alone. We first designed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Chenxi Xiao , Shujia Xu , Wenzhuo Wu , Juan Wachs

To achieve scenario intelligence, humans must transfer knowledge to robots by developing goal-oriented algorithms, which are sometimes insensitive to dynamically changing environments. While deep reinforcement learning achieves significant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Tingguang Li , Jin Pan , Delong Zhu , Max Q. -H. Meng

In robot navigation, generalizing quickly to unseen environments is essential. Hierarchical methods inspired by human navigation have been proposed, typically consisting of a high-level landmark proposer and a low-level controller. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Chengguang Xu , Christopher Amato , Lawson L. S. Wong

Due to the dynamic and unpredictable open-world setting, navigating complex environments in Minecraft poses significant challenges for multi-agent systems. Agents must interact with the environment and coordinate their actions with other…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Zhonghan Zhao , Kewei Chen , Dongxu Guo , Wenhao Chai , Tian Ye , Yanting Zhang , Gaoang Wang

We study the problem of learning a navigation policy for a robot to actively search for an object of interest in an indoor environment solely from its visual inputs. While scene-driven visual navigation has been widely studied, prior…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Xin Ye , Zhe Lin , Haoxiang Li , Shibin Zheng , Yezhou Yang

Personalization is critical for the advancement of service robots. Robots need to develop tailored understandings of the environments they are put in. Moreover, they need to be aware of changes in the environment to facilitate long-term…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Akash Chikhalikar , Ankit A. Ravankar , Jose Victorio Salazar Luces , Yasuhisa Hirata

We consider a Continual Reinforcement Learning setup, where a learning agent must continuously adapt to new tasks while retaining previously acquired skill sets, with a focus on the challenge of avoiding forgetting past gathered knowledge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Anthony Kobanda , Rémy Portelas , Odalric-Ambrym Maillard , Ludovic Denoyer

Sudden changes in the dynamics of robotic tasks, such as contact with an object or the latching of a door, are often viewed as inconvenient discontinuities that make manipulation difficult. However, when these transitions are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Ajinkya Jain , Scott Niekum

Recent advancements in robotics have enabled robots to navigate complex scenes or manipulate diverse objects independently. However, robots are still impotent in many household tasks requiring coordinated behaviors such as opening doors.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Ruihan Yang , Yejin Kim , Rose Hendrix , Aniruddha Kembhavi , Xiaolong Wang , Kiana Ehsani

This work studies object goal navigation task, which involves navigating to the closest object related to the given semantic category in unseen environments. Recent works have shown significant achievements both in the end-to-end…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Aleksey Staroverov , Aleksandr I. Panov

The goal of coordinated multi-robot exploration tasks is to employ a team of autonomous robots to explore an unknown environment as quickly as possible. Compared with human-designed methods, which began with heuristic and rule-based…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-06 Shuqi Liu , Zhaoxia Wu

Enabling robots to autonomously perform hybrid motions in diverse environments can be beneficial for long-horizon tasks such as material handling, household chores, and work assistance. This requires extensive exploitation of intrinsic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Jin Wang , Rui Dai , Weijie Wang , Luca Rossini , Francesco Ruscelli , Nikos Tsagarakis

A fundamental challenge in robot navigation lies in learning policies that generalize across diverse environments while conforming to the unique physical constraints and capabilities of a specific embodiment (e.g., quadrupeds can walk up…

Rapid sampling from the environment to acquire available frontier points and timely incorporating them into subsequent planning to reduce fragmented regions are critical to improve the efficiency of autonomous exploration. We propose HPHS,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Shijun Long , Ying Li , Chenming Wu , Bin Xu , Wei Fan

Leveraging human motion data to impart robots with versatile manipulation skills has emerged as a promising paradigm in robotic manipulation. Nevertheless, translating multi-source human hand motions into feasible robot behaviors remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Zhecheng Yuan , Tianming Wei , Langzhe Gu , Pu Hua , Tianhai Liang , Yuanpei Chen , Huazhe Xu

Designing agent that can autonomously discover and learn a diversity of structures and skills in unknown changing environments is key for lifelong machine learning. A central challenge is how to learn incrementally representations in order…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Mayalen Etcheverry , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer , Chris Reinke

Collaborative multi-agent exploration of unknown environments is crucial for search and rescue operations. Effective real-world deployment must address challenges such as limited inter-agent communication and static and dynamic obstacles.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Gabriele Calzolari , Vidya Sumathy , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos

Human navigation is facilitated through the association of actions with landmarks, tapping into our ability to recognize salient features in our environment. Consequently, navigational instructions for humans can be extremely concise, such…

In recent years, the demand for service robots capable of executing tasks beyond autonomous navigation has grown. In the future, service robots will be expected to perform complex tasks like 'Set table for dinner'. High-level tasks like…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Akash Chikhalikar , Ankit A. Ravankar , Jose Victorio Salazar Luces , Yasuhisa Hirata

When operating in unstructured environments such as warehouses, homes, and retail centers, robots are frequently required to interactively search for and retrieve specific objects from cluttered bins, shelves, or tables. Mechanical Search…