Paper ID: 2407.10383

Learning to Represent Surroundings, Anticipate Motion and Take Informed Actions in Unstructured Environments

Weiming Zhi

Contemporary robots have become exceptionally skilled at achieving specific tasks in structured environments. However, they often fail when faced with the limitless permutations of real-world unstructured environments. This motivates robotics methods which learn from experience, rather than follow a pre-defined set of rules. In this thesis, we present a range of learning-based methods aimed at enabling robots, operating in dynamic and unstructured environments, to better understand their surroundings, anticipate the actions of others, and take informed actions accordingly.

Submitted: Jul 15, 2024