Rule-based High-Level Coaching for Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning in Search-and-Rescue UAV Missions Under Limited-Simulation Training
This paper presents a hierarchical decision-making framework for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) missions motivated by search-and-rescue (SAR) scenarios under limited simulation training. The framework combines a fixed rule-based high-level advisor with an online goal-conditioned low-level reinforcement learning (RL) controller. To stress-test early adaptation, we also consider a strict no-pretraining deployment regime. The high-level advisor is defined offline from a structured task specification and compiled into deterministic rules. It provides interpretable mission- and safety-aware guidance through recommended actions, avoided actions, and regime-dependent arbitration weights. The low-level controller learns online from task-defined dense rewards and reuses experience through a mode-aware prioritized replay mechanism augmented with rule-derived metadata. We evaluate the framework on two tasks: battery-aware multi-goal delivery and moving-target delivery in obstacle-rich environments. Across both tasks, the proposed method improves early safety and sample efficiency primarily by reducing collision terminations, while preserving the ability to adapt online to scenario-specific dynamics.
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