6 papers
World Models for Autonomous Navigation of Terrestrial Robots from LIDAR Observations
Raul Steinmetz, Fabio Demo Rosa, Victor Augusto Kich +3
Autonomous navigation of terrestrial robots using Reinforcement Learning (RL) from LIDAR observations remains challenging due to the high dimensionality of sensor data and the samp…
CURLing the Dream: Contrastive Representations for World Modeling in Reinforcement Learning
Victor Augusto Kich, Jair Augusto Bottega, Raul Steinmetz +3
In this work, we present Curled-Dreamer, a novel reinforcement learning algorithm that integrates contrastive learning into the DreamerV3 framework to enhance performance in visual…
Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Online Reinforcement Learning
Victor Augusto Kich, Jair Augusto Bottega, Raul Steinmetz +3
Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have shown potential as an alternative to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) in neural networks, providing universal function approximation with fewer…
From Seedling to Harvest: The GrowingSoy Dataset for Weed Detection in Soy Crops via Instance Segmentation
Raul Steinmetz, Victor A. Kich, Henrique Krever +5
Deep learning, particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), has gained significant attention for its effectiveness in computer vision, especially in agricultural tasks. Recen…
Improving Generalization in Aerial and Terrestrial Mobile Robots Control Through Delayed Policy Learning
Ricardo B. Grando, Raul Steinmetz, Victor A. Kich +7
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach to enhancing motion control and decision-making through a wide range of robotic applications. While prior rese…
Advancing Behavior Generation in Mobile Robotics through High-Fidelity Procedural Simulations
Victor A. Kich, Jair A. Bottega, Raul Steinmetz +3
This paper introduces YamaS, a simulator integrating Unity3D Engine with Robotic Operating System for robot navigation research and aims to facilitate the development of both Deep…