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In this paper, a dynamic-programming approach to the coupled translational and rotational control of thruster-driven spacecraft is studied. To reduce the complexity of the problem, dynamic-programming-based optimal policies are calculated…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-05 Abdolreza Taheri , Nima Assadian

The symmetry of dynamical systems can be exploited for state-transition prediction and to facilitate control policy optimization. This paper leverages system symmetry to develop sample-efficient offline reinforcement learning (RL)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Yifei Li , Erik-Jan van Kampen

Current robotic planning methods often rely on predicting multi-frame images with full pixel details. While this fine-grained approach can serve as a generic world model, it introduces two significant challenges for downstream policy…

A policy for six-degree-of-freedom docking maneuvers is developed through reinforcement learning and implemented as a feedback control law. Reinforcement learning provides a potential framework for robust, autonomous maneuvers in uncertain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-10 Charles E. Oestreich , Richard Linares , Ravi Gondhalekar

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided mobile edge computing (MEC) framework is proposed, where several UAVs having different trajectories fly over the target area and support the user equipments (UEs) on the ground. We aim to jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-24 Liang Wang , Kezhi Wang , Cunhua Pan , Wei Xu , Nauman Aslam , Lajos Hanzo

Delayed Markov decision processes (DMDPs) fulfill the Markov property by augmenting the state space of agents with a finite time window of recently committed actions. In reliance on these state augmentations, delay-resolved reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Mohammadhossein Malmir , Josip Josifovski , Noah Klarmann , Alois Knoll

Spatial disorientation is a leading cause of fatal aircraft accidents. This paper explores the potential of AI agents to aid pilots in maintaining balance and preventing unrecoverable losses of control by offering cues and corrective…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Sheikh Mannan , Paige Hansen , Vivekanand Pandey Vimal , Hannah N. Davies , Paul DiZio , Nikhil Krishnaswamy

Multi-agent navigation in dynamic environments is of great industrial value when deploying a large scale fleet of robot to real-world applications. This paper proposes a decentralized partially observable multi-agent path planning with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-03 Zuxin Liu , Baiming Chen , Hongyi Zhou , Guru Koushik , Martial Hebert , Ding Zhao

Most object manipulation strategies for robots are based on the assumption that the object is rigid (i.e., with fixed geometry) and the goal's details have been fully specified (e.g., the exact target pose). However, there are many tasks…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Shengzeng Huo , Fangyuan Wang , Luyin Hu , Peng Zhou , Jihong Zhu , Hesheng Wang , David Navarro-Alarcon

Generalist robot policies that can perform many tasks typically require extensive expert data or simulations for training. In this work, we propose a novel Data-Efficient multitask DAgger framework that distills a single multitask policy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Haotian Fu , Ran Gong , Xiaohan Zhang , Maria Vittoria Minniti , Jigarkumar Patel , Karl Schmeckpeper

Dual-arm manipulation is an area of growing interest in the robotics community. Enabling robots to perform tasks that require the coordinated use of two arms, is essential for complex manipulation tasks such as handling large objects,…

An agent assisting humans in daily living activities can collaborate more effectively by anticipating upcoming tasks. Data-driven methods represent the state of the art in task anticipation, planning, and related problems, but these methods…

The ability to communicate intention enables decentralized multi-agent robots to collaborate while performing physical tasks. In this work, we present spatial intention maps, a new intention representation for multi-agent vision-based deep…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Jimmy Wu , Xingyuan Sun , Andy Zeng , Shuran Song , Szymon Rusinkiewicz , Thomas Funkhouser

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

Humanoid control often leverages motion priors from human demonstrations to encourage natural behaviors. However, such demonstrations are frequently suboptimal or misaligned with robotic tasks due to embodiment differences, retargeting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Ziang Zheng , Kai Feng , Yi Nie , Shentao Qin

Deep learning and reinforcement learning methods have recently been used to solve a variety of problems in continuous control domains. An obvious application of these techniques is dexterous manipulation tasks in robotics which are…

Robotic manipulation in dynamic environments often requires seamless transitions between different grasp types to maintain stability and efficiency. However, achieving smooth and adaptive grasp transitions remains a challenge, particularly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Kuanqi Cai , Chunfeng Wang , Zeqi Li , Haowen Yao , Weinan Chen , Luis Figueredo , Aude Billard , Arash Ajoudani

Dynamic manipulation is a key capability for advancing robot performance, enabling skills such as tossing. While recent learning-based approaches have pushed the field forward, most methods still rely on manually designed action…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Chi Chu , Huazhe Xu

While Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) algorithms achieve unprecedented successes across complex continuous domains, their standard deployment strictly adheres to a synchronous operational paradigm. Under this paradigm, agents are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Igor Jankowski

We present a closed-loop multi-arm motion planner that is scalable and flexible with team size. Traditional multi-arm robot systems have relied on centralized motion planners, whose runtimes often scale exponentially with team size, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-06 Huy Ha , Jingxi Xu , Shuran Song