As the use of UAVs becomes more prevalent, there is a growing need for increased autonomy. In this paper, we propose a robust collision avoidance method based on deep reinforcement learning in an unknown narrow corridor environment. In particular, we consider corridor environments with widths constrained to 1.6 times the UAV’s wingspan, making it difficult for the UAV to avoid obstacles. The proposed method is based on end-to-end control pattern, which takes airborne LiDAR measurements combined with the UAV state and destination information as inputs, and generates UAV control commands directly. Besides, we present the design of the deep reinforcement learning network and policy update strategy based on the PPO algorithm. In addition, we conduct extensive experimental validation both in 2D Stage scene and 3D Gazebo scene with external disturbance. The experimental results demonstrate that our method achieves robust and successful obstacle avoidance.


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    Title :

    Robust Obstacle Avoidance for UAVs in Narrow Corridor Environment Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning


    Additional title:

    Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.


    Contributors:
    Sun, Fuchun (editor) / Wang, Hesheng (editor) / Long, Han (editor) / Wei, Yifei (editor) / Yu, Hongqi (editor) / Feng, Ruiqi (author) / Lu, Minfang (author) / Liu, Zhihong (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference on Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Intelligent Mining ; 2024 ; Shennongjia, China August 08, 2024 - August 11, 2024



    Publication date :

    2025-03-22


    Size :

    11 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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