Nearest-Neighbor-based Collision Avoidance for Quadrotors via Reinforcement Learning

Ramzi Ourari,Kai Cui,Ahmed Elshamanhory,Heinz Koeppl,Ramzi Ourari,Kai Cui,Ahmed Elshamanhory,Heinz Koeppl

Collision avoidance algorithms are of central interest to many drone applications. In particular, decentralized approaches may be the key to enabling robust drone swarm solutions in cases where centralized communication becomes computationally prohibitive. In this work, we draw biological inspiration from flocks of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) and apply the insight to end-to-end learned decentrali...