2025
Relative Velocity-Based Reward Model for Socially-Aware Navigation with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Vinu Maddumage, Sarath Kodagoda, Marc G. Carmichael, Amal Gunatilake, Karthick Thiyagarajan, Jodi Martin
ICRA 2025
Mobile robots are increasingly deployed in shared environments where they must learn to navigate alongside humans. Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) techniques have shown promise in developing navigation policies that account for interactions within crowds, fostering socially acceptable movement. Ho