The paper introduces ARLI, a latency‑aware framework that enables reinforcement learning fine‑tuning of large generalist robot policies despite inference delays. ARLI combines asynchronous inference with state augmentations—incorporating committed actions and mid‑inference observations—to restore near‑Markovian dynamics and maintain reactivity. Experiments on simulated and real‑world manipulation tasks show that ARLI allows effective policy improvement under latency, outperforming standard RL even in no‑latency scenarios.
By Brian Zhu (Siemens), Momen Khalil (Siemens), E Harrison (UC Berkeley), Emanuele Poggi (Siemens), Philipp Schmitt (Siemens), Bernd Kast (Siemens), Philine Meister (Siemens), Pranav Atreya (UC Berkeley), Qiyang Li (UC Berkeley), Finn Ferchau (Siemens), Cesar Colmenero (Siemens), Yash Shahapurkar (Siemens), Gokul Narayanan (Siemens), Melih Erdogan (Siemens), Kai Wurm (Siemens), Georg von Wichert (Siemens), Oier Mees (Microsoft, ETH Zurich, UC Berkeley), Eugen Solowjow (Siemens), Andrew Wagenmaker (UC Berkeley), Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley)
arXiv:2609.14567v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown considerable promise for robotic decision-making, yet deploying multi-agent RL (MARL) on physical multi-robot s...
By Abdalwhab Bakheet Mohamed Abdalwhab, Giovanni Beltrame, David St-Onge
arXiv:2606. 06011v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this work, we propose a framework that combines multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) with model-based control to achieve safe, dynamically feasible actions in cooperative multi-agent tasks.
By Christian Llanes, Spencer W. Jensen, Samuel Coogan
arXiv:2606. 00759v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in artificial intelligence have expanded the focus from classical optimization to include equilibrium analysis in noncooperative games.
By Shao-An Yin
arXiv:2603. 03741v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: To improve generalization and resilience in human-robot collaboration (HRC), robots must contend with diverse combinations of human behaviors and contexts, motivating multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL).
By Hao Zhang, Yaru Niu, Yikai Wang, Ding Zhao, H. Eric Tseng
arXiv:2606. 17739v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robotics are expected to support environmental monitoring and natural disaster management, where decisions must be made under uncertainty, resource limitations, and strict operational constraints.
By Lina Magoula, Nikolaos Koursioumpas, Nancy Alonistioti, Ramin Khalili
arXiv:2602. 02035v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-agent reinforcement learning systems deployed in real-world robotics applications face severe communication constraints that significantly impact coordination effectiveness.
By Ahmad Farooq, Kamran Iqbal
The paper introduces COIN-GP, an observer‑based cooperative learning framework for distributed sensor networks that jointly estimates system states and partially unknown dynamics using online distributed Gaussian Process regression. It addresses challenges of incomplete state observations and deficient GP models by proposing a novel data collection strategy with theoretical feasibility conditions. The authors also derive an error upper bound for both state and model estimation and demonstrate through simulations that COIN‑GP outperforms existing distributed GP‑based methods.
By Zewen Yang, Xiaobing Dai, Zhenxiao Yin, Hang Zhao, Zhijun Li, C. C. Chan
arXiv:2509. 23960v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Co-optimizing safety and performance in large-scale multi-agent systems remains a fundamental challenge.
By Manan Tayal, Aditya Singh, Shishir Kolathaya, Somil Bansal
Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) enables agents to develop coordination strategies through emergent communication, but neural policies lack the formal safety guarantees required for safety-critical robotic deployment in drone swarms and autonomous vehicle fleets. We present the first end-to-end framework for safety verification of learned multi-agent communication policies through policy abstraction: neural policies are distilled into interpretable decision trees, then formally verified, with empirical validation confirming that verified safety properties transfer to original networks.
D3ARC is an asynchronous distributed hierarchical framework designed for time‑critical wildfire detection using multiple robotic agents. It enables cooperative perception, shared situational awareness, and coordinated actions while a remote controller asynchronously directs each robot’s motion. The system incorporates safe navigation, coverage efficiency, and a forward‑looking capability to evaluate candidate strategies before execution, achieving up to 94% mission success and 89.4% detection confidence in realistic simulations.
By Nikolaos Koursioumpas, Lina Magoula, Nancy Alonistioti, Ramin Khalili
arXiv:2506. 14411v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In standard reinforcement learning (RL) settings, the interaction between the agent and the environment is typically modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP), which assumes that the agent observes the system state instantaneously, selects an action without delay, and executes it immediately.
By John Wikman, Alexandre Proutiere, David Broman