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    Khalil Chikhaoui Headshot
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    Khalil Chikhaoui
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    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
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    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Khalil Chikhaoui
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
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    Hakim Ghazzai
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    Affiliation
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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    Yehia Massoud
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    Affiliation
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Abstract

    Autonomous navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments is a difficult task due to the complexity of the surroundings and the battery limitations of the flying unit. In this paper, we present an autonomous framework for UAV navigation using deep reinforcement learning. We deploy a proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm for path planning with collision avoidance. The energy limitations of the UAV is taken into account to prevent crashes due to low battery situations. We develop a virtual environment that simulates a random three dimensional space with obstacles, and we use it to train the model and evaluate its performance. It is shown that 90% of the trips have been successfully accomplished.

    Slides
    • PPO-Based Reinforcement Learning for UAV Navigation in Urban Environments (application/pdf)