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An important goal of research in Deep Reinforcement Learning in mobile robotics is to train agents capable of solving complex tasks, which require a high level of scene understanding and reasoning from an egocentric perspective. When…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Edward Beeching , Christian Wolf , Jilles Dibangoye , Olivier Simonin

In this study, we applied reinforcement learning based on the proximal policy optimization algorithm to perform motion planning for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in an open space with static obstacles. The application of reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Sanghyun Kim , Jongmin Park , Jae-Kwan Yun , Jiwon Seo

General-purpose robots require diverse repertoires of behaviors to complete challenging tasks in real-world unstructured environments. To address this issue, goal-conditioned reinforcement learning aims to acquire policies that can reach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Kuan Fang , Patrick Yin , Ashvin Nair , Sergey Levine

This study presents a novel environment-aware reinforcement learning (RL) framework designed to augment the operational capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in underwater environments. Departing from traditional RL…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Yimian Ding , Jingzehua Xu , Guanwen Xie , Shuai Zhang , Yi Li

This work explores the feasibility of steering a drone with a (recurrent) neural network, based on input from a forward looking camera, in the context of a high-level navigation task. We set up a generic framework for training a network to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-02-27 Klaas Kelchtermans , Tinne Tuytelaars

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be powerful Internet-of-Things components to execute sensing tasks over the next-generation cellular networks, which are generally referred to as the cellular Internet of UAVs. However, due to the high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-21 Jingzhi Hu , Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

High-speed legged locomotion struggles with stability and transfer losses at higher command velocities during deployment. One reason is that most curricula vary difficulty along single axis, for example increase the range of command…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Prakhar Mishra , Amir Hossain Raj , Xuesu Xiao , Dinesh Manocha

In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) methods have been widely tested using tools like OpenAI Gym, though many tasks in these environments could also benefit from hierarchical planning. However, there is a lack of a tool that enables…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Ngoc La , Ruaridh Mon-Williams , Julie A. Shah

Reinforcement learning is considered to be a strong AI paradigm which can be used to teach machines through interaction with the environment and learning from their mistakes. Despite its perceived utility, it has not yet been successfully…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-04-11 Ahmad El Sallab , Mohammed Abdou , Etienne Perot , Senthil Yogamani

Recent advances in deep reinforcement learning in the paradigm of locomotion using continuous control have raised the interest of game makers for the potential of digital actors using active ragdoll. Currently, the available options to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Joe Booth , Jackson Booth

The aim in imitation learning is to learn effective policies by utilizing near-optimal expert demonstrations. However, high-quality demonstrations from human experts can be expensive to obtain in large numbers. On the other hand, it is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Mengjiao Yang , Sergey Levine , Ofir Nachum

Curriculum Learning for Reinforcement Learning is an increasingly popular technique that involves training an agent on a sequence of intermediate tasks, called a Curriculum, to increase the agent's performance and learning speed. This paper…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Andrea Bassich , Francesco Foglino , Matteo Leonetti , Daniel Kudenko

Offline reinforcement learning, which learns solely from datasets without environmental interaction, has gained attention. This approach, similar to traditional online deep reinforcement learning, is particularly promising for robot control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-21 Shingo Ayabe , Takuto Otomo , Hiroshi Kera , Kazuhiko Kawamoto

Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a powerful paradigm for improving large language models beyond supervised fine-tuning, yet sustaining performance gains at scale remains an open challenge, as data diversity and structure, rather…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Cansu Sancaktar , David Zhang , Gabriel Synnaeve , Taco Cohen

Recent advances in reinforcement learning (RL) and Human-in-the-Loop (HitL) learning have made human-AI collaboration easier for humans to team with AI agents. Leveraging human expertise and experience with AI in intelligent systems can be…

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems possess significant potential to drive societal progress. However, their deployment often faces obstacles due to substantial safety concerns. Safe reinforcement learning (SafeRL) emerges as a solution to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Jiaming Ji , Borong Zhang , Jiayi Zhou , Xuehai Pan , Weidong Huang , Ruiyang Sun , Yiran Geng , Yifan Zhong , Juntao Dai , Yaodong Yang

Active flow control (AFC) involves manipulating fluid flow over time to achieve a desired performance or efficiency. AFC, as a sequential optimisation task, can benefit from utilising Reinforcement Learning (RL) for dynamic optimisation. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Mosayeb Shams , Ahmed H. Elsheikh

Traditional control methods are inadequate in many deployment settings involving control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). In such settings, CPS controllers must operate and respond to unpredictable interactions, conditions, or failure…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-17 William Koch

Continual Reinforcement Learning (CRL) is a challenging setting where an agent learns to interact with an environment that is constantly changing over time (the stream of experiences). In this paper, we describe Avalanche RL, a library for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-25 Nicolò Lucchesi , Antonio Carta , Vincenzo Lomonaco , Davide Bacciu

In tunnel boring machine (TBM) underground projects, an accurate description of the rock-soil types distributed in the tunnel can decrease the construction risk ({\it e.g.} surface settlement and landslide) and improve the efficiency of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-05 Hao Wang , Lixue Liu , Xueguan Song , Chao Zhang , Dacheng Tao