Formal methods for control synthesis: An optimization perspective

C Belta, S Sadraddini - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In control theory, complicated dynamics such as systems of (nonlinear) differential equations
are controlled mostly to achieve stability. This fundamental property, which can be with …

Constrained cross-entropy method for safe reinforcement learning

M Wen, U Topcu - Advances in Neural Information …, 2018 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study a safe reinforcement learning problem in which the constraints are defined as the
expected cost over finite-length trajectories. We propose a constrained cross-entropy-based …

Explaining multi-stage tasks by learning temporal logic formulas from suboptimal demonstrations

G Chou, N Ozay, D Berenson - arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02411, 2020 - arxiv.org
We present a method for learning multi-stage tasks from demonstrations by learning the
logical structure and atomic propositions of a consistent linear temporal logic (LTL) formula …

Secure-by-construction optimal path planning for linear temporal logic tasks

S Yang, X Yin, S Li, M Zamani - 2020 59th IEEE Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the problem of planning an optimal infinite path for a single
robot to achieve a linear temporal logic (LTL) task with security guarantee. We assume that …

Learning temporal logic formulas from suboptimal demonstrations: theory and experiments

G Chou, N Ozay, D Berenson - Autonomous Robots, 2022 - Springer
We present a method for learning multi-stage tasks from demonstrations by learning the
logical structure and atomic propositions of a consistent linear temporal logic (LTL) formula …

Inverse optimal control with regular language specifications

I Papusha, M Wen, U Topcu - 2018 Annual American Control …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given a description of system dynamics, input constraints, and a cost function, the problem
of optimal control is to find a sequence of inputs and a state trajectory that minimizes the total …

Safe End-to-end Learning-based Robot Autonomy via Integrated Perception, Planning, and Control

G Chou - 2022 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Trustworthy robots must be able to complete tasks reliably while obeying safety constraints.
While traditional methods for constrained motion planning and optimal control can achieve …

Reinforcement learning with high-level task specifications

M Wen - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Reinforcement learning (RL) has been widely used, for example, in robotics,
recommendation systems, and financial services. Existing RL algorithms typically optimize …

Specification Decomposition and Formal Behavior Generation in Multi-Robot Systems

P Schillinger - 2017 - diva-portal.org
While autonomous robot systems are becoming increasingly common, their usage is still
mostly limited to rather simple tasks. This primarily results from the need for manually …