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Multi-agent pursuit-evasion tasks involving intelligent targets are notoriously challenging coordination problems. In this paper, we investigate new ways to learn such coordinated behaviors of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) aimed at…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Maryam Kouzeghar , Youngbin Song , Malika Meghjani , Roland Bouffanais

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method is proposed to address the problem of UAV navigation in an unknown environment. However, DRL algorithms are limited by the data efficiency problem as they typically require a huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Lei He , Nabil Aouf , James F. Whidborne , Bifeng Song

This paper investigates the multi-UAV multi-task coordination problem in infrastructure-less emergency scenarios, where UAVs collaboratively are required to jointly perform aerial image acquisition and ground-user communication. To tackle…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Xindi Wang , Haining Li , Tao Ding , Bolin Cai

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has achieved remarkable progress in online path planning tasks for multi-UAV systems. However, existing DRL-based methods often suffer from performance degradation when tackling unseen scenarios, since the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Jiafan Zhuang , Zihao Xia , Gaofei Han , Boxi Wang , Wenji Li , Dongliang Wang , Zhifeng Hao , Ruichu Cai , Zhun Fan

Most reinforcement learning(RL)-based methods for drone racing target fixed, obstacle-free tracks, leaving the generalization to unknown, cluttered environments largely unaddressed. This challenge stems from the need to balance racing speed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Feng Yu , Yu Hu , Yang Su , Yang Deng , Linzuo Zhang , Danping Zou

This paper introduces a learning-based visual planner for agile drone flight in cluttered environments. The proposed planner generates collision-free waypoints in milliseconds, enabling drones to perform agile maneuvers in complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Minwoo Kim , Geunsik Bae , Jinwoo Lee , Woojae Shin , Changseung Kim , Myong-Yol Choi , Heejung Shin , Hyondong Oh

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been widely applied in autonomous exploration and mapping tasks, but often struggles with the challenges of sampling efficiency, poor adaptability to unknown map sizes, and slow simulation speed. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Zhi Li , Jinghao Xin , Ning Li

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising solution to mastering explosive and versatile quadrupedal jumping skills. However, current DRL-based frameworks usually rely on pre-existing reference trajectories obtained by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Vassil Atanassov , Jiatao Ding , Jens Kober , Ioannis Havoutis , Cosimo Della Santina

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) Within-Visual-Range (WVR) engagement, referring to a fight between two or more UCAVs at close quarters, plays a decisive role on the aerial battlefields. With the development of artificial intelligence,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Siyuan Li , Rongchang Zuo , Bofei Liu , Yaoyu He , Peng Liu , Yingnan Zhao

This article introduces a novel sample-efficient curriculum learning (CL) approach for training an end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) policy for robust stabilization of a Quadrotor. The learning objective is to simultaneously stabilize…

Emergent communication has made strides towards learning communication from scratch, but has focused primarily on protocols that resemble human language. In nature, multi-agent cooperation gives rise to a wide range of communication that…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Niko A. Grupen , Daniel D. Lee , Bart Selman

Reinforcement learning (RL) policies deployed in safety-critical systems, such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation in dynamic airspace, are vulnerable to out-ofdistribution (OOD) adversarial attacks in the observation space. These…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Deepak Kumar Panda , Adolfo Perrusquia , Weisi Guo

Reinforcement learning (RL) has been a promising essence in future 5G-beyond and 6G systems. Its main advantage lies in its robust model-free decision-making in complex and large-dimension wireless environments. However, most existing RL…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Eslam Eldeeb , Hirley Alves

Multi-robot target tracking is a fundamental problem that requires coordinated monitoring of dynamic entities in applications such as precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster response, and security surveillance. While…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Xiaofan Yu , Yuwei Wu , Katherine Mao , Ye Tian , Vijay Kumar , Tajana Rosing

Developing the flocking behavior for a dynamic squad of fixed-wing UAVs is still a challenge due to kinematic complexity and environmental uncertainty. In this paper, we deal with the decentralized flocking and collision avoidance problem…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-26 Chao Yan , Xiaojia Xiang , Chang Wang , Zhen Lan

In this paper, we present our proposed approach for active tracking to increase the autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using event cameras, low-energy imaging sensors that offer significant advantages in speed and dynamic range.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Ala Souissi , Hajer Fradi , Panagiotis Papadakis

Creating safe paths in unknown and uncertain environments is a challenging aspect of leader-follower formation control. In this architecture, the leader moves toward the target by taking optimal actions, and followers should also avoid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Behnaz Hadi , Alireza Khosravi , Pouria Sarhadi

Safe flight in dynamic environments requires unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to make effective decisions when navigating cluttered spaces with moving obstacles. Traditional approaches often decompose decision-making into hierarchical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Zhefan Xu , Xinming Han , Haoyu Shen , Hanyu Jin , Kenji Shimada

Quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in complex missions that demand reliable autonomous navigation and robust obstacle avoidance. However, traditional modular pipelines often incur cumulative latency, whereas…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Jiarui Zhang , Chengyong Lei , Chengjiang Dai , Lijie Wang , Zhichao Han , Fei Gao

Control theory provides engineers with a multitude of tools to design controllers that manipulate the closed-loop behavior and stability of dynamical systems. These methods rely heavily on insights about the mathematical model governing the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-18 Simen Theie Havenstrøm , Adil Rasheed , Omer San