Reinforcement learning (RL) enables the synthesis of control policies directly from data, making it highly appealing for complex cyber-physical systems (CPSs) and robotics. A persistent challenge, however, is ensuring strict, hard safety constraints during the active learning phase.
arXiv:2607. 07252v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) enables the synthesis of control policies directly from data, making it highly appealing for complex cyber-physical systems (CPSs) and robotics.
By Georg Sch\"afer, Jakob Rehrl, Stefan Huber, Simon Hirlaender
arXiv:2606. 24039v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robotics increasingly relies on GPUs for parallel simulation, large-scale learning, and neural-network inference.
By Gabriel Bravo-Palacios, Jianghan Zhang, Zachary Pestrikov, Brian Plancher, Thomas Lew
The paper introduces a robust and adaptive model predictive control framework for uncertain nonlinear systems with bounded disturbances and unmodeled nonlinearities, leveraging Gaussian Processes to learn dynamics from noisy measurements. It derives robust predictions for GP models using contraction metrics, integrating them into the MPC formulation to ensure recursive feasibility, robust constraint satisfaction, and convergence to a reference state with high probability. A numerical example involving a planar quadrotor experiencing challenging ground effects demonstrates significant performance gains from the robust prediction method and online learning.
By Mathieu Dubied, Amon Lahr, Melanie N. Zeilinger, Johannes K\"ohler
arXiv:2606. 23444v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Accurate dynamics models are critical for informed decision-making in robotic systems, particularly for agile aerial vehicles operating under uncertainty.
By Pratyaksh Rao, Wancong Zhang, Randall Balestriero, Yann LeCun, Giuseppe Loianno
arXiv:2606. 14188v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present CORD-SLS, a real-time control method for safe deformable object manipulation, with a focus on ropes and cloth.
By Wei-Chen Li, Jeffrey Fang, Sasanka Polisetti, Yuexi Song, Glen Chou