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In the field of autonomous robots, reinforcement learning (RL) is an increasingly used method to solve the task of dynamic obstacle avoidance for mobile robots, autonomous ships, and drones. A common practice to train those agents is to use…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-09 Fabian Hart , Ostap Okhrin

This paper presents a novel reinforcement learning framework for trajectory tracking of unmanned aerial vehicles in cluttered environments using a dual-agent architecture. Traditional optimization methods for trajectory tracking face…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Shaswat Garg , Houman Masnavi , Baris Fidan , Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi

We present a novel Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based policy to compute dynamically feasible and spatially aware velocities for a robot navigating among mobile obstacles. Our approach combines the benefits of the Dynamic Window…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Utsav Patel , Nithish Kumar , Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy , Dinesh Manocha

The challenges to solving the collision avoidance problem lie in adaptively choosing optimal robot velocities in complex scenarios full of interactive obstacles. In this paper, we propose a distributed approach for multi-robot navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Ruihua Han , Shengduo Chen , Shuaijun Wang , Zeqing Zhang , Rui Gao , Qi Hao , Jia Pan

This paper tackles the challenging task of maintaining formation among multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while avoiding both static and dynamic obstacles during directed flight. The complexity of the task arises from its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Yuqing Xie , Chao Yu , Hongzhi Zang , Feng Gao , Wenhao Tang , Jingyi Huang , Jiayu Chen , Botian Xu , Yi Wu , Yu Wang

Self-navigation, referred as the capability of automatically reaching the goal while avoiding collisions with obstacles, is a fundamental skill required for mobile robots. Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has shown great…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Wei Zhang , Yunfeng Zhang , Ning Liu

Distance-based reward mechanisms in deep reinforcement learning (DRL) navigation systems suffer from critical safety limitations in dynamic environments, frequently resulting in collisions when visibility is restricted. We propose DRL-NSUO,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Mingao Tan , Shanze Wang , Biao Huang , Zhibo Yang , Rongfei Chen , Xiaoyu Shen , Wei Zhang

Collision avoidance is a crucial task in vision-guided autonomous navigation. Solutions based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has become increasingly popular. In this work, we proposed several novel agent state and reward function…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Sirui Song , Kirk Saunders , Ye Yue , Jundong Liu

Safe and efficient collaboration among multiple robots in unstructured environments is increasingly critical in the era of Industry 4.0. However, achieving robust and autonomous collaboration among humans and other robots requires modern…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Apan Dastider , Mingjie Lin

Obstacle avoidance enables autonomous agents and robots to operate safely and efficiently in dynamic and complex environments, reducing the risk of collisions and damage. For a robot or autonomous system to successfully navigate through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Justin London

Dynamic obstacle avoidance (DOA) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires fast reaction under limited onboard resources. We introduce the distributionally robust acceleration control barrier function (DR-ACBF) as an efficient collision…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-27 Dnyandeep Mandaokar , Bernhard Rinner

This paper proposes an integrated approach for the safe and efficient control of mobile robots in dynamic and uncertain environments. The approach consists of two key steps: one-shot multimodal motion prediction to anticipate motions of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Ze Zhang , Georg Hess , Junjie Hu , Emmanuel Dean , Lennart Svensson , Knut Åkesson

Collision avoidance algorithms are essential for safe and efficient robot operation among pedestrians. This work proposes using deep reinforcement (RL) learning as a framework to model the complex interactions and cooperation with nearby,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Michael Everett , Yu Fan Chen , Jonathan P. How

This paper introduces a novel approach for robot navigation in challenging dynamic environments. The proposed method builds upon the concept of Velocity Obstacles (VO) that was later extended to Nonlinear Velocity Obstacles (NLVO) to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Asher Stern , Zvi Shiller

Dynamic obstacle avoidance (DOA) is critical for quadrupedal robots operating in environments with moving obstacles or humans. Existing approaches typically rely on navigation-based trajectory replanning, which assumes sufficient reaction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Zihao Xu , Ce Hao , Chunzheng Wang , Kuankuan Sima , Fan Shi , Jin Song Dong

In this paper, we present Corridor-Agent (CorrA), a framework that integrates large language models (LLMs) with model predictive control (MPC) to address the challenges of dynamic obstacle avoidance in autonomous vehicles. Our approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Shanting Wang , Panagiotis Typaldos , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

For real-world navigation, it is important to endow robots with the capabilities to navigate safely and efficiently in a complex environment with both dynamic and non-convex static obstacles. However, achieving path-finding in non-convex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Jianmin Qin , Jiahu Qin , Jiaxin Qiu , Qingchen Liu , Man Li , Qichao Ma

In recent years, the mobile robot has been considerable attention to researchers for its application in various environments. For a mobile robot navigating its way from starting point to a goal point while traversing through deterrents,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Anh-Tu Nguyen , Cong-Thanh Vu

Formation and collision avoidance abilities are essential for multi-agent systems. Conventional methods usually require a central controller and global information to achieve collaboration, which is impractical in an unknown environment. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Xinyou Qiu , Xiaoxiang Li , Jian Wang , Yu Wang , Yuan Shen

Robotic collaborative carrying could greatly benefit human activities like warehouse and construction site management. However, coordinating the simultaneous motion of multiple robots represents a significant challenge. Existing works…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Francesca Bray , Simone Tolomei , Andrei Cramariuc , Cesar Cadena , Marco Hutter
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