Decentralised Active Perception in Continuous Action Spaces for the Coordinated Escort Problem

Rhett Hull,Ki Myung Brian Lee,Jennifer Wakulicz,Chanyeol Yoo,James McMahon,Bryan Clarke,Stuart Anstee,Jijoong Kim,Robert Fitch,Rhett Hull,Ki Myung Brian Lee,Jennifer Wakulicz,Chanyeol Yoo,James McMahon,Bryan Clarke,Stuart Anstee,Jijoong Kim,Robert Fitch

We consider the coordinated escort problem, where a decentralised team of supporting robots implicitly assist the mission of higher-value principal robots. The defining challenge is how to evaluate the effect of supporting robots' actions on the principal robots' mission. To capture this effect, we define two novel auxiliary reward functions for supporting robots called satisfaction improvement an...