3 papers
cs.RO2026
The Open Ant: A Robot Platform for Reinforcement Learning Research
Elena Sorina Lupu, Patrick Spieler, Khurram Javed +4
Reinforcement learning (RL) research has demonstrated success in both physical and simulated domains; however, the predominant methodology remains rooted in simulations. The predom…
cs.RO2026
Physical Atari: A Robust and Accessible Platform for Real-time Reinforcement Learning on Robots
Khurram Javed, Joseph Modayil, Gloria Kennickell +2
We built a robot called the Robotroller that actuates an Atari CX40+ controller and a device called the Atari Devbox that renders the game frame and the reward signal from the Arca…
cs.LG2025
Swift-Sarsa: Fast and Robust Linear Control
Khurram Javed, Richard S. Sutton
Javed, Sharifnassab, and Sutton (2024) introduced a new algorithm for TD learning -- SwiftTD -- that augments True Online TD() with step-size optimization, a bound on the effec…