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  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Marine Engineering

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  • Path planning for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in complex marine environments is challenging due to conflicting objectives of obstacle avoidance and goal approach.
  • High environmental randomness and multiple dynamic obstacles further complicate USV navigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel path planning method for USVs navigating complex marine environments with dynamic obstacles.
  • To address the inherent conflict between obstacle avoidance and goal-seeking behaviors in USV path planning.

Main Methods:

  • A path planning method based on multiobjective reinforcement learning (MORL) is developed.
  • The method utilizes a double deep Q-network with prioritized experience replay (PER-DDQN) for training sub-target scene strategies (obstacle avoidance and goal approach).
  • An ensemble learning framework integrates these sub-target policies for optimal action selection in the main navigation scene.

Main Results:

  • The proposed MORL method achieved a 93% success rate in path planning simulations.
  • The planned paths were 3.28% shorter than those generated by PER-DDQN and 1.97% shorter than those from dueling DQN.

Conclusions:

  • The developed MORL framework effectively integrates multiple objectives for USV path planning in challenging environments.
  • This approach offers improved efficiency and success rates compared to traditional reinforcement learning methods.