• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.110-113
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• 2022

Non-playable game character plays an important role in improving the concentration of the game and the interest of the user, and recently implementation of NPC with reinforcement learning has been in the spotlight. In this paper, we estimate an AI target tracking method via reinforcement learning, and implement an AI-based tracking agency of specific target object with avoiding traps through Unity ML-Agents Toolkit. The implementation is built in Unity game engine, and simulations are conducted through a number of experiments. The experimental results show that outstanding performance of the tracking target with avoiding traps is shown with good enough results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.548-551
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• 2019

강화 학습은 일반적으로 제어 로봇과 관련이 있는 순차적 의사결정을 위한 학습의 한 형태이다. 이 강화 학습은 행동에 대한 보상을 최대로 하는 정책을 학습하는 것을 목표로 한다. 하지만, 강화 학습을 실제 세계에 적용하기에는 많은 제약사항이 존재하며 실제 세계의 복잡한 환경에서 좋은 정책을 학습하는 것은 매우 어렵다. Unity는 강화 학습 시뮬레이션을 위한 전용 Toolkit을 제공한다. 이러한 이유로 Unity를 시뮬레이터로서 사용하는 것이 좋은 정책을 학습하는 훈련의 근거가 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 강화 학습을 실제 세계에 바로 적용시키기 전에 Unity Machine Learning Agents Toolkit을 사용하여 실제 세계와 비슷한 환경을 만들고 강화 학습을 통해 에이전트를 미리 학습시켜보는 과정을 수행해봄으로써 시뮬레이터의 필요성을 부각시킨다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.205-211
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• 2024

The purpose of this study is to implement an agent that intelligently performs tracking and movement through reinforcement learning using the Unity and ML-Agents. In this study, we conducted an experiment to compare the learning performance between training one agent in a single learning simulation environment and parallel training of several agents simultaneously in a multi-learning simulation environment. From the experimental results, we could be confirmed that the parallel training method is about 4.9 times faster than the single training method in terms of learning speed, and more stable and effective learning occurs in terms of learning stability.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.29-34
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• 2021

In order to apply reinforcement learning to a robot in a real environment, it is necessary to use simulation in a virtual environment because numerous iterative learning is required. In addition, it is difficult to apply a learning algorithm that requires a lot of computation for a robot with low-spec. hardware. In this study, ML-Agent, a reinforcement learning frame provided by Unity, was used as a virtual simulation environment to apply reinforcement learning to the obstacle collision avoidance problem of mobile robots with low-spec hardware. A DQN supported by ML-Agent is adopted as a reinforcement learning algorithm and the results for a real robot show that the number of collisions occurred less then 2 times per minute.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.1-6
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• 2021

Most of the match-3 puzzle games supports automatic play using the MCTS algorithm. However, implementing reinforcement learning agents is not an easy job because it requires both the knowledge of machine learning and the way of complex interactions within the development environment. This study proposes a method in which we can easily design reinforcement learning agents and implement game play agents by applying PPO(Proximal Policy Optimization) algorithms. And we could identify the performance was increased about 44% than the conventional method. The tools we used are the Unity 3D game engine and Unity ML SDK. The experimental result shows that agents became to learn game rules and make better strategic decisions as experiments go on. On average, the puzzle gameplay agents implemented in this study played puzzle games better than normal people. It is expected that the designed agent could be used to speed up the game level design process.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.11-16
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• 2023

The technology of 3D reconstruction, primarily relying on point cloud data, is essential for digitizing objects or spaces. This paper aims to utilize reinforcement learning to achieve the acquisition of point clouds in a given environment. To accomplish this, a simulation environment is constructed using Unity, and reinforcement learning is implemented using the Unity package known as ML-Agents. The process of point cloud acquisition involves initially setting a goal and calculating a traversable path around the goal. The traversal path is segmented at regular intervals, with rewards assigned at each step. To prevent the agent from deviating from the path, rewards are increased. Additionally, rewards are granted each time the agent fixates on the goal during traversal, facilitating the learning of optimal points for point cloud acquisition at each traversal step. Experimental results demonstrate that despite the variability in traversal paths, the approach enables the acquisition of relatively accurate point clouds.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.61-66
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• 2024

This paper aims to design a simulation for path-finding of objects in a simulation or game environment using reinforcement learning techniques. The main feature of this study is that the objects in the simulation are trained to avoid obstacles at random locations generated on a given track and to automatically explore path to get items. To implement the simulation, ML Agents provided by Unity Game Engine were used, and a learning policy based on PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization) was established to form a reinforcement learning environment. Through the reinforcement learning-based simulation designed in this study, we were able to confirm that the object moves on the track by avoiding obstacles and exploring path to acquire items as it learns, by analyzing the simulation results and learning result graph.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.152-163
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• 2022

In this paper, we present a method to enable an unmanned aerial vehicle to drop the sonobuoy, an essential element of anti-submarine warfare, in an optimal deployment. To this end, an environment simulating the distribution of sound detection performance was configured through the Unity game engine, and the environment directly configured using Unity ML-Agents and the reinforcement learning algorithm written in Python from the outside communicated with each other and learned. In particular, reinforcement learning is introduced to prevent the accumulation of wrong actions and affect learning, and to secure the maximum detection area for the sonobuoy while the vehicle flies to the target point in the shortest time. The optimal placement of the sonobuoy was achieved by applying the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm. As a result of the learning, the agent flew through the sea area and passed only the points to achieve the optimal placement among the 70 target candidates. This means that an autonomous aerial vehicle that deploys a sonobuoy in the shortest time and maximum detection area, which is the requirement for optimal placement, has been implemented.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.800-803
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• 2020

실 환경 로봇에 강화학습을 적용하기 위해서는 가상 환경 시뮬레이션이 필요하다. 그러나 가상 환경을 구축하는 플랫폼은 모두 다르고, 학습 알고리즘의 구현에 따른 성능 편차가 크다는 문제점이 있다. 또한 학습을 적용하고자 하는 대상이 실세계의 하드웨어 사양이 낮은 스마트 로봇인 경우, 계산량이 많은 학습 알고리즘을 적용하기는 쉽지 않다. 본 연구는 해당 문제를 해결하기 위해 Unity3D에서 제공하는 강화학습 프레임인 ML-Agents 모듈을 사용하여 실 환경의 저사양 스마트 로봇에 장애물을 회피하고 탐색하는 모델의 강화학습을 적용해본다. 본 연구의 유의점은 가상 환경과 실 환경의 유사함과 일정량의 노이즈 발생 처리이다. 로봇의 간단한 행동은 원만하게 학습 및 적용가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.61-70
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• 2019

In this paper, we apply reinforcement learning in the field of management simulation game to check whether game agents achieve autonomously given goal. In this system, we apply PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization) algorithm in the Unity Machine Learning (ML) Agent environment and the game agent is designed to automatically find a way to play. Five game scenario simulation experiments were conducted to verify their usefulness. As a result, it was confirmed that the game agent achieves the goal through learning despite the change of environment variables in the game.