Co-Management of Computational and Mechanical Energy in Mobile Robots Using Reinforcement Learning
: Naseri, Afrooz; Shahsavari, Sajad; Plosila, Juha; Haghbayan, Hashem
: N/A
: European Control Conference
: 2025
: European Control Conference
: 2025 European Control Conference (ECC)
: 23
: 691
: 696
: 979-8-3315-0271-3
: 978-3-907144-12-1
: 2996-8917
: 2996-8895
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/ECC65951.2025.11187299
: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11187299
Optimizing energy consumption is a critical challenge in autonomous mobile robotics, essential for extending battery life. Mechanical and computational components are the primary energy consumers, and studies show that dynamically co-managing their power usage—such as adjusting processing frequency relative to mechanical speed—significantly improves efficiency. This improvement is primarily due to the relationship between decision-making processes based on mechanical speed and computational workload. In this paper, we propose an agile reinforcement learning algorithm for dynamic co-management, tested on a rover equipped with a brushless motor, a Jetson TX2 processor, and an event-based camera. Our approach effectively addresses scalability and accuracy issues in prior methods, achieving energy efficiency improvements between 16.98% and 60.86% compared to the most efficient existing techniques.
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This work was supported by the research Council of Finland -funded project 357220 - DOMINIC (Developmental Multi-Robot Systems in Cognitive Manufacturing)