Efficient Mapless Point Navigation in Indoor Environments Using Goal-Driven Deep Reinforcement Learning
摘要
This paper studies the mapless point navigation problem (MPNP) in the indoor environment. However, conventional navigation methods can not solve the MPNP efficiently due to the lack of prior information. We propose a goal-driven navigation method based on the deep reinforcement learning approach with a newly designed reward mechanism. In addition, a deep network ResNet18 is introduced to extract scene information. At the same time, the proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm is employed to assist the robot in obstacle avoidance. The experiment utilizes Unreal Engine 5 to create the experimental scene and analyzes the feasibility of the reinforcement learning algorithm. The training results demonstrate that this method yields excellent experimental performance and good generalization.