Human-Following and -guiding in Crowded Environments using Semantic Deep-Reinforcement-Learning for Mobile Service Robots

Linh Kästner,Bassel Fatloun,Zhengcheng Shen,Daniel Gawrisch,Jens Lambrecht,Linh Kästner,Bassel Fatloun,Zhengcheng Shen,Daniel Gawrisch,Jens Lambrecht

Assistance robots have gained widespread attention in various industries such as logistics and human assistance. The tasks of guiding or following a human in a crowded environment such as airports or train stations to carry weight or goods is still an open problem. In these use cases, the robot is not only required to intelligently interact with humans, but also to navigate safely among crowds. Th...