CoverNav · ACSOS 2023

CoverNav: Cover Following Navigation Planning in Unstructured Outdoor Environment with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Jumman Hossain, Abu-Zaher Faridee, Anjon Basak, Derrik Asher, Nirmalya Roy

Learning navigation behavior that follows available cover in unstructured outdoor environments.

CoverNav outdoor navigation scene and planned route
CoverNav outdoor navigation scene and planned route. Full-resolution image

Overview

Outdoor navigation requires a robot to reason about obstacles, traversability, and the structure of its surroundings.

CoverNav uses deep reinforcement learning to plan routes that follow cover while progressing toward the navigation goal.

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