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This article surveys reinforcement learning approaches in social robotics. Reinforcement learning is a framework for decision-making problems in which an agent interacts through trial-and-error with its environment to discover an optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Neziha Akalin , Amy Loutfi

Robots are frequently tasked to gather relevant sensor data in unknown terrains. A key challenge for classical path planning algorithms used for autonomous information gathering is adaptively replanning paths online as the terrain is…

Deep learning has enabled traditional reinforcement learning methods to deal with high-dimensional problems. However, one of the disadvantages of deep reinforcement learning methods is the limited exploration capacity of learning agents. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Thanh Nguyen , Ngoc Duy Nguyen , Saeid Nahavandi

Autonomous navigation in dynamic environments is a complex but essential task for autonomous robots. Recent deep reinforcement learning approaches show promising results to solve the problem, but it is not solved yet, as they typically…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Diego Martinez , Luis Riazuelo , Luis Montano

We present Smac Planner, an openly available, search-based planning framework that addresses the critical need for kinematically feasible path planning across diverse robot platforms. Smac Planner provides high-performance implementations…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Steve Macenski , Matthew Booker , Joshua Wallace , Tobias Fischer

When mobile robots maneuver near people, they run the risk of rudely blocking their paths; but not all people behave the same around robots. People that have not noticed the robot are the most difficult to predict. This paper investigates…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Minkyu Kim , Jaemin Lee , Steven Jens Jorgensen , Luis Sentis

Safe and efficient navigation in dynamic environments shared with humans remains an open and challenging task for mobile robots. Previous works have shown the efficacy of using reinforcement learning frameworks to train policies for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Yanying Zhou , Jochen Garcke

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders continue to be a major challenge in industrial environments, leading to reduced workforce participation, increased healthcare costs, and long-term disability. This study introduces a human-sensitive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Vitor Martins , Sara M. Cerqueira , Mercedes Balcells , Elazer R Edelman , Cristina P. Santos

Motion planning is a crucial aspect of robot autonomy as it involves identifying a feasible motion path to a destination while taking into consideration various constraints, such as input, safety, and performance constraints, without…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Dengyu Zhang , Guobin Zhu , Qingrui Zhang

In urban planning, land use readjustment plays a pivotal role in aligning land use configurations with the current demands for sustainable urban development. However, present-day urban planning practices face two main issues. Firstly, land…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Kejiang Qian , Lingjun Mao , Xin Liang , Yimin Ding , Jin Gao , Xinran Wei , Ziyi Guo , Jiajie Li

Temporal awareness plays a central role in intelligent behavior by shaping how actions are paced, coordinated, and adapted to changing goals and environments. In contrast, most robot learning algorithms treat time only as a fixed episode…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Yinsen Jia , Boyuan Chen

Intelligent robots and machines are becoming pervasive in human populated environments. A desirable capability of these agents is to respond to goal-oriented commands by autonomously constructing task plans. However, such autonomy can add…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-04-14 Yu Zhang , Sarath Sreedharan , Anagha Kulkarni , Tathagata Chakraborti , Hankz Hankui Zhuo , Subbarao Kambhampati

There are many challenges for robot navigation in densely populated dynamic environments. This paper presents a survey of the path planning methods for robot navigation in dense environments. Particularly, the path planning in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Kuanqi Cai , Chaoqun Wang , Jiyu Cheng , Clarence W De Silva , Max Q. -H. Meng

Autonomous drifting is a complex and crucial maneuver for safety-critical scenarios like slippery roads and emergency collision avoidance, requiring precise motion planning and control. Traditional motion planning methods often struggle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Bei Zhou , Baha Zarrouki , Mattia Piccinini , Cheng Hu , Lei Xie , Johannes Betz

This paper addresses the challenge of human-guided navigation for mobile collaborative robots under simultaneous proximity regulation and safety constraints. We introduce Adaptive Reinforcement and Model Predictive Control Switching (ARMS),…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Ning Liu , Sen Shen , Zheng Li , Matthew D'Souza , Jen Jen Chung , Thomas Braunl

Route planning is important in transportation. Existing works focus on finding the shortest path solution or using metrics such as safety and energy consumption to determine the planning. It is noted that most of these studies rely on prior…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-06 Yuanzhe Geng , Erwu Liu , Rui Wang , Yiming Liu

Reinforcement learning (RL) has significantly advanced the control of physics-based and robotic characters that track kinematic reference motion. However, methods typically rely on a weighted sum of conflicting reward functions, requiring…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Lucas N. Alegre , Agon Serifi , Ruben Grandia , David Müller , Espen Knoop , Moritz Bächer

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

When developing reinforcement learning agents, the standard approach is to train an agent to converge to a fixed policy that is as close to optimal as possible for a single fixed reward function. If different agent behaviour is required in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-01-29 David O'Callaghan , Patrick Mannion

General-purpose trajectory planning algorithms for automated driving utilize complex reward functions to perform a combined optimization of strategic, behavioral, and kinematic features. The specification and tuning of a single reward…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Sascha Rosbach , Xing Li , Simon Großjohann , Silviu Homoceanu , Stefan Roth