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20202026
most citedMulti-UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting with Deep Reinforcement Learning

223 citations · 523 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.RO2026

Efficient Real-World Autonomous Racing via Attenuated Residual Policy Optimization

Raphael Trumpp, Denis Hoornaert, Mirco Theile +1

Residual policy learning (RPL), in which a learned policy refines a static base policy using deep reinforcement learning (DRL), has shown strong performance across various robotic…

math.OC2025

Multi-Objective Memory Bandwidth Regulation and Cache Partitioning for Multicore Real-Time Systems

Binqi Sun, Zhihang Wei, Andrea Bastoni +5

Memory bandwidth regulation and cache partitioning are widely used techniques for achieving predictable timing in real-time computing systems. Combined with partitioned scheduling,…

cs.RO2025

Continuous World Coverage Path Planning for Fixed-Wing UAVs using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Mirco Theile, Andres R. Zapata Rodriguez, Marco Caccamo +1

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Coverage Path Planning (CPP) is critical for applications such as precision agriculture and search and rescue. While traditional methods rely on discr…

cs.LG2025

Impoola: The Power of Average Pooling for Image-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning

Raphael Trumpp, Ansgar Schäfftlein, Mirco Theile +1

As image-based deep reinforcement learning tackles more challenging tasks, increasing model size has become an important factor in improving performance. Recent studies achieved th…

cs.LG2024

Action Mapping for Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Environments with Constraints

Mirco Theile, Lukas Dirnberger, Raphael Trumpp +2

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has had success across various domains, but applying it to environments with constraints remains challenging due to poor sample efficiency and slo…

eess.SY2024

PretVM: Predictable, Efficient Virtual Machine for Real-Time Concurrency

Shaokai Lin, Erling Jellum, Mirco Theile +10

This paper introduces the Precision-Timed Virtual Machine (PretVM), an intermediate platform facilitating the execution of quasi-static schedules compiled from a subset of programs…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Equivariant Ensembles and Regularization for Reinforcement Learning in Map-based Path Planning

Mirco Theile, Hongpeng Cao, Marco Caccamo +1

In reinforcement learning (RL), exploiting environmental symmetries can significantly enhance efficiency, robustness, and performance. However, ensuring that the deep RL policy and…

cs.RO2023★ 6 cited

Learning to Recharge: UAV Coverage Path Planning through Deep Reinforcement Learning

Mirco Theile, Harald Bayerlein, Marco Caccamo +1

Coverage path planning (CPP) is a critical problem in robotics, where the goal is to find an efficient path that covers every point in an area of interest. This work addresses the…

cs.LG2023★ 29 cited

Edge Generation Scheduling for DAG Tasks Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Binqi Sun, Mirco Theile, Ziyuan Qin +4

Directed acyclic graph (DAG) tasks are currently adopted in the real-time domain to model complex applications from the automotive, avionics, and industrial domains that implement…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

Learning to Generate All Feasible Actions

Mirco Theile, Daniele Bernardini, Raphael Trumpp +3

Modern cyber-physical systems are becoming increasingly complex to model, thus motivating data-driven techniques such as reinforcement learning (RL) to find appropriate control age…

cs.LG2022★ 11 cited

Cloud-Edge Training Architecture for Sim-to-Real Deep Reinforcement Learning

Hongpeng Cao, Mirco Theile, Federico G. Wyrwal +1

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is a promising approach to solve complex control tasks by learning policies through interactions with the environment. However, the training of DR…

cs.RO2021

Multi-Agent Belief Sharing through Autonomous Hierarchical Multi-Level Clustering

Mirco Theile, Jonathan Ponniah, Or Dantsker +1

Coordination in multi-agent systems is challenging for agile robots such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where relative agent positions frequently change due to unconstrained m…

cs.MA2020★ 223 cited

Multi-UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Harald Bayerlein, Mirco Theile, Marco Caccamo +1

Harvesting data from distributed Internet of Things (IoT) devices with multiple autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging problem requiring flexible path planning…

cs.RO2020★ 72 cited

UAV Path Planning using Global and Local Map Information with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Mirco Theile, Harald Bayerlein, Richard Nai +2

Path planning methods for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are typically designed for one specific type of mission. This work presents a method for autonomous UAV path pl…

cs.LG2020★ 79 cited

UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Harald Bayerlein, Mirco Theile, Marco Caccamo +1

Autonomous deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) supporting next-generation communication networks requires efficient trajectory planning methods. We propose a new end-to-e…

cs.RO2020★ 100 cited

UAV Coverage Path Planning under Varying Power Constraints using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Mirco Theile, Harald Bayerlein, Richard Nai +2

Coverage path planning (CPP) is the task of designing a trajectory that enables a mobile agent to travel over every point of an area of interest. We propose a new method to control…