Reinforcement Learning Neural Network to the Problem of Autonomous Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance

An approach to the problem of autonomous mobile robot obstacle avoidance using reinforcement learning neural network is proposed in this paper. Q-learning is one kind of reinforcement learning method that is similar to dynamic programming and the neural network has a powerful ability to store the values. We integrate these two methods with the aim to ensure autonomous robot behavior in complicated unpredictable environment. The simulation results show that the simulated robot using the reinforcement learning neural network can enhance its learning ability obviously and can finish the given task in a complex environment.