Environment Exploration
Environment exploration in robotics and AI focuses on enabling agents to efficiently and effectively learn about and navigate unknown environments, optimizing for factors like map creation, sensor fusion, and efficient decision-making. Current research emphasizes leveraging deep learning models, such as neural networks and transformers, for tasks like map prediction, sensor calibration (e.g., LiDAR-camera), and skill acquisition, often incorporating techniques like reinforcement learning and information gain calculations to guide exploration strategies. These advancements have implications for various fields, including autonomous navigation, game design, and personalized healthcare, by improving the robustness and adaptability of AI agents in complex and dynamic settings.
Papers
SynthScribe: Deep Multimodal Tools for Synthesizer Sound Retrieval and Exploration
Stephen Brade, Bryan Wang, Mauricio Sousa, Gregory Lee Newsome, Sageev Oore, Tovi Grossman
Joint Training or Not: An Exploration of Pre-trained Speech Models in Audio-Visual Speaker Diarization
Huan Zhao, Li Zhang, Yue Li, Yannan Wang, Hongji Wang, Wei Rao, Qing Wang, Lei Xie
A recurrent connectionist model of melody perception : An exploration using TRACX2
Daniel Defays, Robert French, Barbara Tillmann
Autonomous Exploration of Unknown 3D Environments Using a Frontier-Based Collector Strategy
Ivan D. Changoluisa Caiza, Ana Milas, Marco A. Montes Grova, Francisco Javier Perez-Grau, Tamara Petrovic