Dynamic multi-objective optimisation using deep reinforcement learning: benchmark, algorithm and an application to identify vulnerable zones based on water quality

MM Hasan, K Lwin, M Imani, A Shabut… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic multi-objective optimisation problem (DMOP) has brought a great challenge to the
reinforcement learning (RL) research area due to its dynamic nature such as objective …

Robust Black-Box Optimization for Stochastic Search and Episodic Reinforcement Learning

M Hüttenrauch, G Neumann - Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2024 - jmlr.org
Black-box optimization is a versatile approach to solve complex problems where the
objective function is not explicitly known and no higher order information is available. Due to …

Geometric reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation

N Alhousani, M Saveriano, I Sevinc… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a popular technique that allows an agent to learn by trial and
error while interacting with a dynamic environment. The traditional Reinforcement Learning …

A probabilistic model-based online learning optimal control algorithm for soft pneumatic actuators

ZQ Tang, HL Heung, KY Tong… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots are increasingly being employed in different fields and various designs are
created to satisfy relevant requirements. The wide ranges of design bring challenges to soft …

Safeapt: Safe simulation-to-real robot learning using diverse policies learned in simulation

R Kaushik, K Arndt, V Kyrki - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The framework of sim-to-real learning, ie, training policies in simulation and transferring
them to real-world systems, is one of the most promising approaches towards data-efficient …

Empirical prior based probabilistic inference neural network for policy learning

Y Li, S Guo, Z Gan - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Reinforcement learning is very much democratized for autonomous control of an unknown
dynamics system. However, low data efficiency is a practical concern in physical systems …

Data-efficient reinforcement learning for variable impedance control

AS Anand, R Kaushik, JT Gravdahl… - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the most crucial steps toward achieving human-like manipulation skills in robots is to
incorporate compliance into the robot controller. Compliance not only makes the robot's …

Low-cost wireless modular soft tensegrity robots

J Kimber, Z Ji, A Petridou, T Sipple… - 2019 2nd IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Completely soft robots are emerging as a compelling new platform for exploring and
operating in unstructured, rugged, and dynamic environments. Unfortunately, the very …

Data-efficient model learning and prediction for contact-rich manipulation tasks

SA Khader, H Yin, P Falco… - IEEE robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we investigate learning forward dynamics models and multi-step prediction of
state variables (long-term prediction) for contact-rich manipulation. The problems are …

Learning virtual grasp with failed demonstrations via bayesian inverse reinforcement learning

X Xie, C Li, C Zhang, Y Zhu… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose Bayesian Inverse Reinforcement Learning with Failure (BIRLF), which makes
use of failed demonstrations that were often ignored or filtered in previous methods due to …