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MIRSim-RL: A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning

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Authors

  • Qingkai Li
  • Zijian Ma
  • Chenxing Li
  • Yinlong Liu
  • Tobias Recker

External Research Organisations

  • Tsinghua University
  • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • University of Tübingen
  • Festo SE & Co. KG
  • University of Macau

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)56-67
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence
Volume1
Publication statusPublished - 23 Feb 2025
Event17th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2025 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 23 Feb 202525 Feb 2025

Abstract

The field of mobile robotics has undergone a transformation in recent years due to advances in manipulation arms. One notable development is the integration of a 7-degree robotic arm into mobile platforms, which has greatly enhanced their ability to autonomously navigate while simultaneously executing complex manipulation tasks. As such, the key success of these systems heavily relies on continuous path planning and precise con trol of arm movements. In this paper, we evaluate a whole-body control framework that tackles the dynamic instabilities associated with the floating base of mobile platforms in a simulation closely modeling real-world configurations and parameters. Moreover, we employ reinforcement learning to enhance the controller’s per formance. We provide results from a detailed ablation study that shows the overall performance of various RL algorithms when optimized for task-specific behaviors over time. Our experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of achieving real-time control of the mobile robotic platform through this hybrid control frame work.

Keywords

    Reinforcement Learning, Simulated Mobile Robot Platform, Whole-Body Control

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MIRSim-RL: A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning. / Li, Qingkai; Ma, Zijian; Li, Chenxing et al.
In: International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1, 23.02.2025, p. 56-67.

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Li, Q, Ma, Z, Li, C, Liu, Y, Recker, T, Brauchle, D, Seyler, J, Zhao, M & Eivazi, S 2025, 'MIRSim-RL: A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning', International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 1, pp. 56-67. https://doi.org/10.5220/0013159400003890
Li, Q., Ma, Z., Li, C., Liu, Y., Recker, T., Brauchle, D., Seyler, J., Zhao, M., & Eivazi, S. (2025). MIRSim-RL: A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning. International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 1, 56-67. https://doi.org/10.5220/0013159400003890
Li Q, Ma Z, Li C, Liu Y, Recker T, Brauchle D et al. MIRSim-RL: A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning. International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence. 2025 Feb 23;1:56-67. doi: 10.5220/0013159400003890
Li, Qingkai ; Ma, Zijian ; Li, Chenxing et al. / MIRSim-RL : A Simulated Mobile Industry Robot Platform and Benchmarks for Reinforcement Learning. In: International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence. 2025 ; Vol. 1. pp. 56-67.
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