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Main Authors: Yin, Bihui, Lu, Yiwen, Jiang, Yuchen, Mo, Yilin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05989
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author Yin, Bihui
Lu, Yiwen
Jiang, Yuchen
Mo, Yilin
author_facet Yin, Bihui
Lu, Yiwen
Jiang, Yuchen
Mo, Yilin
contents This paper presents a reinforcement learning approach of a model-free safety filter, drawing inspiration from the framework of model-based Predictive Safety Filters (PSFs). Similar to conventional PSFs, our method adopts a Quadratic Programming (QP) formulation by representing the filter as an unrolled QP solver network. However, unlike existing PSFs that derive QP parameters explicitly from system models, we learn these parameters directly through Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), thereby eliminating the dependency on accurate system identification. Furthermore, compared to traditional neural network-based methods, this QP structure allows us to furnish a formal certificate for the persistent safety of the learned filter. Numerical results demonstrate that our method outperforms both conventional model-based PSFs and RL-trained Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) baselines in terms of safety guarantees, minimal intervention, and per-step computational load.
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spellingShingle Verifiable Model-Free Safety Filters via Reinforcement Learning
Yin, Bihui
Lu, Yiwen
Jiang, Yuchen
Mo, Yilin
Optimization and Control
This paper presents a reinforcement learning approach of a model-free safety filter, drawing inspiration from the framework of model-based Predictive Safety Filters (PSFs). Similar to conventional PSFs, our method adopts a Quadratic Programming (QP) formulation by representing the filter as an unrolled QP solver network. However, unlike existing PSFs that derive QP parameters explicitly from system models, we learn these parameters directly through Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), thereby eliminating the dependency on accurate system identification. Furthermore, compared to traditional neural network-based methods, this QP structure allows us to furnish a formal certificate for the persistent safety of the learned filter. Numerical results demonstrate that our method outperforms both conventional model-based PSFs and RL-trained Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) baselines in terms of safety guarantees, minimal intervention, and per-step computational load.
title Verifiable Model-Free Safety Filters via Reinforcement Learning
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05989