Optimized Coordination Strategy for Multi-Aerospace Systems in Pick-and-Place Tasks by Deep Neural Network
In this paper, we present an advanced strategy for the coordinated control of a multi-agent aerospace system, utilizing Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) within a reinforcement learning framework. Our approach centers on optimizing autonomous task assignment to enhance the system's operational efficiency in object relocation tasks, framed as an aerospace-oriented pick-and-place scenario. By modeling this coordination challenge within a MuJoCo environment, we employ a deep reinforcement learning algorithm to train a DNN-based policy to maximize task completion rates across the multi-agent system. The objective function is explicitly designed to maximize effective object transfer rates, leveraging neural network capabilities to handle complex state and action spaces in high-dimensional aerospace environments. Through extensive simulation, we benchmark the proposed method against a heuristic combinatorial approach rooted in game-theoretic principles, demonstrating a marked performance improvement, with the trained policy achieving up to 16% higher task efficiency. Experimental validation is conducted on a multi-agent hardware setup to substantiate the efficacy of our approach in a real-world aerospace scenario.
Authors
- Zhong-Bo Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-0381)
- Letian Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-9907)
- Kangtong Mo
- Xingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-1997)
- Linyue Chu
- Zhang Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3495-5596)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/dsins64146.2024.10992160
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.90