Title
Image-Based Visual Servoing Controller For Multirotor Aerial Robots Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel Image-Based Visual Servoing (IBVS) controller for multirotor aerial robots based on a recent deep reinforcement learning algorithm named Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients (DDPG). The proposed RL-IBVS controller is successfully trained in a Gazebo-based simulation scenario in order to learn the appropriate IBVS policy for directly mapping a state, based on errors in the image, to the linear velocity commands of the aerial robot. A thorough validation of the proposed controller has been conducted in simulated and real flight scenarios, demonstrating outstanding capabilities in object following applications. Moreover, we conduct a detailed comparison of the RL-IBVS controller with respect to classic and partitioned IBVS approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/IROS.2018.8594249
2018 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS)
Field
DocType
ISSN
Constant linear velocity,Computer vision,Control theory,Task analysis,Computer science,Control engineering,Visual servoing,Artificial intelligence,Deep learning,Robot,Multirotor,Reinforcement learning
Conference
2153-0858
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos Sampedro1546.46
Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos2202.44
Ignacio Gil310.36
Luis Mejias414315.42
Pascual Campoy543646.75