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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 19: Machine Learning in Dynamics and Statistical Physics (joint session DY/SOE)

SOE 19.1: Talk

Friday, September 9, 2022, 10:00–10:15, H19

Reinforcement learning of optimal active particle navigation — •Mahdi Nasiri and Benno Liebchen — Institut für Physik kondensierter Materie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 8, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany

In sufficiently complex environments, there is no simple way to determine the fastest route of an active particle that can freely steer towards a given target. In fact, while classical path planning algorithms (e.g. A*, Dijkstra) tend to fail to reach the global optimum, analytical approaches are incapable of handling generic complex environments. To overcome this gap in the literature, in the present work, we develop a policy gradient-based deep reinforcement learning method that employs a hybrid continuum-based representation of the environment and allows, for the first time, to determine the asymptotically optimal path in complex environments. Our results provide a key step forward towards a universal path planner for future intelligent active particles and nanorobots with potential applications in microsurgery as well as in drug and gene delivery.