Human-Robot Navigation using Event-based Cameras and Reinforcement Learning

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Autori principali: Bugueno-Cordova, Ignacio, Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier, Verschae, Rodrigo
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Bugueno-Cordova, Ignacio
Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier
Verschae, Rodrigo
author_facet Bugueno-Cordova, Ignacio
Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier
Verschae, Rodrigo
contents This work introduces a robot navigation controller that combines event cameras and other sensors with reinforcement learning to enable real-time human-centered navigation and obstacle avoidance. Unlike conventional image-based controllers, which operate at fixed rates and suffer from motion blur and latency, this approach leverages the asynchronous nature of event cameras to process visual information over flexible time intervals, enabling adaptive inference and control. The framework integrates event-based perception, additional range sensing, and policy optimization via Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient, with an initial imitation learning phase to improve sample efficiency. Promising results are achieved in simulated environments, demonstrating robust navigation, pedestrian following, and obstacle avoidance. A demo video is available at the project website.
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spellingShingle Human-Robot Navigation using Event-based Cameras and Reinforcement Learning
Bugueno-Cordova, Ignacio
Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier
Verschae, Rodrigo
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
This work introduces a robot navigation controller that combines event cameras and other sensors with reinforcement learning to enable real-time human-centered navigation and obstacle avoidance. Unlike conventional image-based controllers, which operate at fixed rates and suffer from motion blur and latency, this approach leverages the asynchronous nature of event cameras to process visual information over flexible time intervals, enabling adaptive inference and control. The framework integrates event-based perception, additional range sensing, and policy optimization via Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient, with an initial imitation learning phase to improve sample efficiency. Promising results are achieved in simulated environments, demonstrating robust navigation, pedestrian following, and obstacle avoidance. A demo video is available at the project website.
title Human-Robot Navigation using Event-based Cameras and Reinforcement Learning
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10790