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To address the challenges of localization drift and perception-planning coupling in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in open-top scenarios (e.g., collapsed buildings, roofless mazes), this paper proposes EAROL, a novel framework…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Xinkai Liang , Yigu Ge , Yangxi Shi , Haoyu Yang , Xu Cao , Hao Fang

Deep reinforcement learning has achieved great success in laser-based collision avoidance works because the laser can sense accurate depth information without too much redundant data, which can maintain the robustness of the algorithm when…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-02 Jianchuan Ding , Lingping Gao , Wenxi Liu , Haiyin Piao , Jia Pan , Zhenjun Du , Xin Yang , Baocai Yin

The significant components of any successful autonomous flight system are task completion and collision avoidance. Most deep learning algorithms successfully execute these aspects under the environment and conditions they are trained.…

This paper presents a three-dimensional, hydrodynamics-inspired collision avoidance framework for uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) formations operating in dynamic environments. When moving obstacles enter a UAV's sensing region, they are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Suguru Sato , Kamesh Subbarao

Lane change decision-making for autonomous vehicles is a complex but high-reward behavior. In this paper, we propose a hybrid input based deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm, which realizes abstract lane change decisions and lane…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Ziteng Gao , Jiaqi Qu , Chaoyu Chen

Path planning methods for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are typically designed for one specific type of mission. This work presents a method for autonomous UAV path planning based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) that can…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Mirco Theile , Harald Bayerlein , Richard Nai , David Gesbert , Marco Caccamo

This study proposes a novel multi-objective integer programming model for a collision-free discrete drone path planning problem. Considering the possibility of bypassing obstacles or flying above them, this study aims to minimize the path…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Mahmoud Golabi , Soheila Ghambari , Julien Lepagnot , Laetitia Jourdan , Mathieu Brevilliers , Lhassane Idoumghar

The low-altitude economy (LAE) is reshaping the industrial landscape by deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to facilitate a wide range of applications demanding flexible aerial mobility. Integrating edge artificial intelligence (AI)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Wenhao Zhuang , Yuyi Mao , Ivan Wang-Hei Ho , Xianghao Yu

In this paper, we propose reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) networks that can utilise both advantages of UAV's agility and RIS's reflection for enhancing the network's performance. To aim at…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Khoi Khac Nguyen , Saeed Khosravirad , Daniel Benevides da Costa , Long D. Nguyen , Trung Q. Duong

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

End-to-end deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for quadrotor control promises many benefits -- easy deployment, task generalization and real-time execution capability. Prior end-to-end DRL-based methods have showcased the ability to deploy…

Safe UAV navigation is challenging due to the complex environment structures, dynamic obstacles, and uncertainties from measurement noises and unpredictable moving obstacle behaviors. Although plenty of recent works achieve safe navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Zhefan Xu , Di Deng , Yiping Dong , Kenji Shimada

According to the rapid development of drone technologies, drones are widely used in many applications including military domains. In this paper, a novel situation-aware DRL- based autonomous nonlinear drone mobility control algorithm in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-03 Hyunsoo Lee , Soohyun Park , Won Joon Yun , Soyi Jung , Joongheon Kim

The major challenges of collision avoidance for robot navigation in crowded scenes lie in accurate environment modeling, fast perceptions, and trustworthy motion planning policies. This paper presents a novel adaptive environment model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Shuaijun Wang , Rui Gao , Ruihua Han , Shengduo Chen , Chengyang Li , Qi Hao

Deep reinforcement learning has achieved great success in laser-based collision avoidance work because the laser can sense accurate depth information without too much redundant data, which can maintain the robustness of the algorithm when…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Lingping Gao , Jianchuan Ding , Wenxi Liu , Haiyin Piao , Yuxin Wang , Xin Yang , Baocai Yin

Safe, socially compliant, and efficient navigation of low-speed autonomous vehicles (AVs) in pedestrian-rich environments necessitates considering pedestrians' future positions and interactions with the vehicle and others. Despite the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Mahsa Golchoubian , Moojan Ghafurian , Kerstin Dautenhahn , Nasser Lashgarian Azad

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are envisioned to complement the 5G communication infrastructure in future smart cities. Hot spots easily appear in road intersections, where effective communication among vehicles is challenging. UAVs may…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-22 Ming Zhu , Xiao-Yang Liu , Anwar Walid

Soft-actuated insect-scale micro aerial vehicles (IMAVs) pose unique challenges for designing robust and computationally efficient controllers. At the millimeter scale, fast robot dynamics ($\sim$ms), together with system delay, model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Yi-Hsuan Hsiao , Wei-Tung Chen , Yun-Sheng Chang , Pulkit Agrawal , YuFeng Chen

Many existing obstacle avoidance algorithms overlook the crucial balance between safety and agility, especially in environments of varying complexity. In our study, we introduce an obstacle avoidance pipeline based on reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Hang Yu , Christophe De Wagter , Guido C. H. E de Croon

In recent years, Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising method for robot collision avoidance. However, such DRL models often come with limitations, such as adapting effectively to structured environments containing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Max Asselmeier , Zhaoyi Li , Kelin Yu , Danfei Xu