arXiv Machine Learning

Learning Provable Neural Network Observer for Uncertain Dynamical Systems

The paper introduces a two‑stage training framework for neural network observers that guarantees Lyapunov stability for uncertain dynamical systems. First, a point‑guided Lyapunov pre‑training phase quickly achieves high estimation accuracy and local stability over sampled states. Second, an LMI fine‑tuning phase efficiently enforces a strict global Lyapunov stability certificate, yielding provably stable observers that train faster than direct LMI methods and generalize robustly across diverse systems.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Certified Neural Approximations of Nonlinear Dynamics

arXiv:2505. 15497v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural networks hold great potential to act as approximate models of nonlinear dynamical systems, with the resulting neural approximations enabling verification and control of such systems.

By Frederik Baymler Mathiesen, Nikolaus Vertovec, Francesco Fabiano, Luca Laurenti, Alessandro Abate
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 AI
Aug 25

Robust Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Small UAS Separation Assurance under GPS Degradation and Spoofing

The paper presents a robust multi‑agent reinforcement learning framework for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to maintain separation assurance when GPS data is degraded or spoofed. By modeling state observation corruption as a zero‑sum game, the authors derive a closed‑form adversarial perturbation that eliminates iterative inner optimization and can be evaluated in linear time. Integrating this perturbation into a policy‑gradient MARL algorithm yields a counter‑policy that achieves near‑zero collision rates in high‑density simulations even with up to 35% observation corruption, outperforming non‑adversarial baselines.

By Alex Zongo, Filippos Fotiadis, Ufuk Topcu, Peng Wei
arXiv AI
Sep 17

CALOS: Control-Affine Lyapunov On-manifold Safety Layer for Safe Deep Reinforcement Learning for Quadrotors

CALOS is a runtime safety layer for quadrotor control that enforces attitude constraints without altering the underlying deep reinforcement learning algorithm. It formulates tilt-angle inequalities and a Lyapunov descent condition into a single quadratic program, solved exactly via active-set enumeration over a three-dimensional torque space. In NVIDIA Isaac Lab trajectory-tracking tasks, CALOS reduces lateral tracking error by 55‑60% compared to an unconstrained Proximal Policy Optimization baseline and eliminates attitude-constraint violations during training.

By Fabrizio Cesareo, Sebastiano Mengozzi, Nicola Mimmo, Andrea Acquaviva
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Uncertainty-Aware Predictive Safety Filters for Probabilistic Neural Network Dynamics

arXiv:2604. 26836v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Predictive safety filters (PSFs) leverage model predictive control to enforce constraint satisfaction during deep reinforcement learning (RL) exploration, yet their reliance on first-principles models or Gaussian processes limits scalability and broader applicability.

By Bernd Frauenknecht, Lukas Kesper, Daniel Mayfrank, Henrik Hose, Sebastian Trimpe
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

Linearized subspace refinement framework to expose hidden accuracy in trained neural networks

The paper introduces Linearized Subspace Refinement (LSR), a post‑training framework that uses the local linearized model of a trained neural network to compute a low‑dimensional correction via a reduced least‑squares problem. LSR is architecture‑agnostic and improves accuracy across tasks such as function approximation, operator learning, physics‑informed fine‑tuning, and noisy inverse problems, often achieving order‑of‑magnitude error reductions. The method reveals that standard training can leave significant accuracy plateaus due to numerical ill‑conditioning, and it offers a subspace rank that balances correction strength, stability, and noise sensitivity.

By Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang