Demonstrating Arena-Web: A Web-based Development and Benchmarking Platform for Autonomous Navigation Approaches


Linh Kästner
Technical University Berlin
Reyk Carstens
Technical University Berlin
Lena Nahrwold
Technical University Berlin
Christopher Liebig
Technical University Berlin
Volodymyr Shcherbyna
Technical University Berlin
Subhin Lee
Technical University Berlin
Jens Lambrecht
Technical University Berlin
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Paper ID 88

Session 11. Control & Dynamics

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Poster Session Thursday, July 13

Poster 24

Abstract: In recent years, mobile robot navigation approaches have become increasingly important due to various application areas ranging from healthcare to warehouse logistics. In particular, Deep Reinforcement Learning approaches have gained popularity for robot navigation but are not easily accessible to non-experts and complex to develop. In recent years, efforts have been made to make these sophisticated approaches accessible to a wider audience. In this paper, we present Arena-Web, a web-based development and evaluation suite for developing, training, and testing DRL-based navigation planners for various robotic platforms and scenarios. The interface is designed to be intuitive and engaging to appeal to non-experts and make the technology accessible to a wider audience. With Arena-Web and its interface, training and developing Deep Reinforcement Learning agents is simplified and made easy without a single line of code. The web-app is free to use and openly available under the link stated in the supplementary materials.