9 accepted papers
Achieving expert-like robotic task execution in dynamic environments typically requires extensive, high-quality expert demonstrations, a significant bottleneck for real-world deployment. We present a novel learning framework that overcomes this data dependency, enabling robots to perform complex per…
This paper presents a real-time control framework for nonlinear pure-feedback systems with unknown dynamics to satisfy reach-avoid-stay tasks within a prescribed time in dynamic environments. To achieve this, we introduce a real-time spatiotemporal tube (STT) framework. An STT is defined as a time-v
This paper presents a real-time control framework for nonlinear pure-feedback systems with unknown dynamics to satisfy reach-avoid-stay tasks within a prescribed time in dynamic environments. To achieve this, we introduce a real-time spatiotemporal tube (STT) framework. An STT is defined as a time-v…
Learning from Demonstration (LfD) techniques enable robots to learn and generalize tasks from user demonstrations, eliminating the need for coding expertise among end-users. One established technique to implement LfD in robots is to encode demonstrations in a stable Dynamical System (DS). However, f
This work presents a novel co-design strategy that integrates trajectory planning and control to handle STL-based tasks in autonomous robots. The method consists of two phases: (i) learning spatio-temporal motion primitives to encapsulate the inherent robot-specific constraints and (ii) constructing
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has progressed from simple control tasks to complex real-world challenges with large state spaces. While RL excels in these tasks, training time remains a limitation. Reward shaping is a popular solution, but existing methods often rely on value functions, which face scal…
Signal Temporal Logic (STL) is a powerful framework for describing the complex temporal and logical behaviour of the dynamical system. Numerous studies have attempted to employ reinforcement learning to learn a controller that enforces STL specifications; however, they have been unable to effectivel
Multi-robot exploration is a complex problem that involves multiple robots working in a shared unknown environment. In such scenarios, the safety of the robots is of paramount importance alongside the completion of the exploration task. In this paper, we propose a modular exploration framework that…
Autonomous exploration in an unknown environment is widely studied, and many exploration strategies exist. However, in most of the works, safety is not usually given top priority. The reason behind the violation of safety by most of the exploration algorithms in real-world applications is the ignora…