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SSRL: A Safe and Smooth Reinforcement Learning Approach for Collision Avoidance in Navigation

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Abstract

This paper addresses the collision avoidance problem of autonomous robots using reinforcement learning (RL) techniques, with a focus on ensuring both safety and smoothness. To achieve stability guarantees, a data-based Lyapunov function is incorporated into the model-free RL framework for training policies. Furthermore, constraints on action increments and action distributions are introduced, which effectively mitigate the differences between adjacent actions and ensuring smoothness in the learned policies. Subsequently, a safe and smooth reinforcement learning algorithm is proposed for training navigation policies, and its superiority in terms of safety and smoothness are validated by using a ground mobile robot in a simulated environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, CFASTA 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages681-686
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350332162
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, CFASTA 2023 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 14 Jul 202316 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2nd Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, CFASTA 2023

Conference

Conference2nd Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, CFASTA 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period14/07/2316/07/23

Keywords

  • Collision Avoidance
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Safety
  • Smoothness

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