arXiv Machine Learning

Human-In-The-Loop Machine Learning for Safe and Ethical Autonomous Vehicles: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

arXiv:2408. 12548v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) has become central to Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), supporting perception, prediction, planning, control, and decision-making in dynamic environments.

arXiv AI
1d ago

LAPF: LLM-Agent-Based Path Finder Using the UAVScenes Dataset

arXiv:2608. 15175v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed for autonomous navigation in complex outdoor environments, where dynamic conditions and mission requirements require intelligent adaptive decision-making.

By Yousef Emami, Mohammadhossein Homaei, Hao Zhou, Miguel Guti\'errez Gait\'an, Atefeh Hajijamali Arani, Rui Zhang
arXiv AI
Jul 3

DriveVLM-RL: Neuroscience-Inspired Reinforcement Learning with Vision-Language Models for Safe and Deployable Autonomous Driving

arXiv:2603. 18315v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Traditional reinforcement learning (RL) methods rely on manually engineered rewards or sparse collision signals, which fail to capture the rich contextual understanding required for safe driving and make unsafe exploration unavoidable in real-world settings.

By Zilin Huang, Zihao Sheng, Zhengyang Wan, Yansong Qu, Junwei You, Sicong Jiang, Sikai Chen
arXiv AI
Aug 12

Threat-guided Policy-aware Scene Perturbation for Safe Autonomous Driving with Online Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2608. 10403v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promising performance in autonomous driving, yet ensuring the safety of online RL policies remains challenging due to insufficient exposure to safety-critical driving scenes.

By Xincong Hu (Nanjing University), Lei Ou (Nanjing University), Maosen Li (Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd), Jingtao Zhang (Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd), Liguo Hou (Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd), Zongzhang Zhang (Nanjing University)
arXiv AI
Jul 3

Lightweight Safe Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End UAV Navigation

arXiv:2607. 01794v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: With the rapid development of autonomous aerial systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in applications such as inspection, environmental monitoring, and rescue, creating growing demand for reliable autonomous navigation.

By Shenghui Zhang, YuXuan Gao, Songwei Zhao, Jifeng Hu, Zijing Zhang, Hechang Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
1d ago

The Ethical Decision Head: Operationalizing Normative Ethics in Autonomous Vehicles via Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

arXiv:2608. 16710v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As autonomous vehicles (AVs) approach Level 4 and Level 5 operational capability [SAE International, 2018], their on- board decision systems must handle not only safety-critical locomotion but also their subsequent moral weight.

By Thomas Mbrice, Ammar Ali, Sami Mian, Khai Hern Low, Eric Chen, Arshia Aghajani, Wolf Sch\"afer, Amin Shirangi
arXiv AI
Aug 7

When Agentic AI Meets Integrated Sensing and Communication

arXiv:2608. 05792v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) from a function-oriented physical-layer technology into a goal-driven, closed-loop intelligent system, a paradigm we term AISAC.

By Kai Li, Conggai Li, Sarah Ali Siddiqui, Syed Sohail Ahmed, Xin Yuan, Shenghong Li, Wei Ni
arXiv Machine Learning
6d ago

Language-Structured Relational Q-Learning for Threat-Aware Control in Safety-Critical Driving

arXiv:2608. 11498v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Natural-language-based scenario generation offers an intuitive means of describing rare and complex driving interactions, yet it is still uncertain whether training with language-structured data leads to truly adaptive control policies.

By Aditya Humnabadkar, Huaizhong Zhang, Ardhendu Behera
arXiv AI
Jun 10

TaCarla: A comprehensive benchmarking dataset for end-to-end autonomous driving

arXiv:2602. 23499v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Collecting a high-quality dataset is a critical task that demands meticulous attention to detail, as overlooking certain aspects can render the entire dataset unusable.

By Tugrul Gorgulu, Atakan Dag, M. Esat Kalfaoglu, Halil Ibrahim Kuru, Baris Can Cam, Halil Ibrahim Ozturk, Ozsel Kilinc