3 papers
cs.RO2026
Sim-to-Real Transfer and Robustness Evaluation of Reinforcement Learning Control with Integrated Perception on an ASV for Floating Waste Capture
Luis F. W. Batista, Stéphanie Aravecchia, Cédric Pradalier
Autonomous surface vessels for floating-waste removal operate under varying hydrodynamics, external disturbances, and challenging water-surface perception. We present a field-valid…
cs.RO2025
Evaluating Robustness of Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Surface Vehicle Control in Field Tests
Luis F. W. Batista, Stéphanie Aravecchia, Seth Hutchinson +1
Despite significant advancements in Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), their robustness in real-world conditions, particularly under external…
cs.CV2024
SPVSoAP3D: A Second-order Average Pooling Approach to enhance 3D Place Recognition in Horticultural Environments
T. Barros, C. Premebida, S. Aravecchia +2
3D LiDAR-based place recognition has been extensively researched in urban environments, yet it remains underexplored in agricultural settings. Unlike urban contexts, horticultural…