Low level quadcopter control using Reinforcement Learning: Developing a self-learning drone

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a learning paradigm where an agent learns a task by trial and error. The agent needs to explore its environment and by simultaneously receiving rewards it learns what is appropriate behaviour.<br/>Even though it has roots in machine learning, RL is essentially different from other machine learning methods. In...

Potential Field Methods for Safe Reinforcement Learning: Exploring Q-Learning and Potential Fields

A Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent learns about its environment through exploration. For most physical applications such as search and rescue UAVs, this exploration must take place with safety in mind. Unregulated exploration, especially at the beginning of a run, will lead to fatal situations such as crashes. One approach to mitigating these...