TY - JOUR
T1 - A Simulation Platform for MARL Training and Evaluation in Swarm Confrontation
AU - Wu, Qizhen
AU - Chen, Lei
AU - Liu, Kexin
AU - Lu, Jinhu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2026/5/1
Y1 - 2026/5/1
N2 - In swarm confrontation, robots must swiftly formulate strategies in transient environments, a challenge well-suited for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). However, existing platforms suffer from the lack of comprehensive confrontation scenario modeling and scalable frameworks, hindering MARL's widespread applications. We introduce a novel platform for training, simulating, and evaluating MARL algorithms in swarm confrontation tasks. It constructs a holistic simulation framework by integrating robot, environment, and rule models for complex confrontation scenarios. Equipped with a decentralized task allocator and path planner for each robot, the platform enables scalable cooperation across dynamic environments. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our platform simulates confrontations involving up to twenty agents per side, providing empirical guidance for algorithm selection in various settings.
AB - In swarm confrontation, robots must swiftly formulate strategies in transient environments, a challenge well-suited for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). However, existing platforms suffer from the lack of comprehensive confrontation scenario modeling and scalable frameworks, hindering MARL's widespread applications. We introduce a novel platform for training, simulating, and evaluating MARL algorithms in swarm confrontation tasks. It constructs a holistic simulation framework by integrating robot, environment, and rule models for complex confrontation scenarios. Equipped with a decentralized task allocator and path planner for each robot, the platform enables scalable cooperation across dynamic environments. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our platform simulates confrontations involving up to twenty agents per side, providing empirical guidance for algorithm selection in various settings.
KW - Swarm
KW - reinforcement learning
KW - robotic confrontation
KW - simulation platform
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034107850
U2 - 10.1109/LRA.2026.3677714
DO - 10.1109/LRA.2026.3677714
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105034107850
SN - 2377-3766
VL - 11
SP - 6050
EP - 6057
JO - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
JF - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
IS - 5
ER -