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DRL enhances robot pose control with sim-to-sim-to-real strategy

Researchers have developed a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) approach to improve pose control for double-Ackermann-steering robots, addressing the challenge of transferring policies from simulation to real-world applications. Their method, ManeuverNet, was extended to handle full pose control and incorporated a sim-to-sim-to-real strategy to account for actuation uncertainties. By training with simulated actuation effects from Gazebo within a PyBullet environment, the DRL policies achieved a 92% success rate in Gazebo and a 69% success rate on a physical robot without further tuning. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Oussama Zaim, M\'elodie Daniel, Aly Magassouba, Miguel Aranda, Olivier Ly ·

    DRL-Based Pose Control for Double-Ackermann Robots Under Actuation Uncertainties

    arXiv:2606.00313v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robust deployment of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) policies on real robots remains challenging due to discrepancies between simulation and real-world dynamics. We address this issue in the context of maneuvering with double-Ac…