Autonomous Droplet Navigation via Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Zero-Shot Transfer and Emergent Dynamics

arXiv:2610.08852 · cs.RO, cs.LG, cs.SY, eess.SY · Submitted 2026-10-03 · Read on arXiv

cs.RO, cs.LG, cs.SY, eess.SY

Submitted: 2026-10-03

Updated: 2026-10-03

Comments: Accepted for presentation at the Robotics & Automation in Self-Driving Laboratories 2026 Workshop, IROS 2026. https://sites.tufts.edu/selfdrivinglabs-iros2026/

Code: https://github.com/rajneeshanand/DropletRunner

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Reinforcement Learning — 6× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Zero-Shot Transfer — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Transfer Learning — 2× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Ablation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hysteresis — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• World Model — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

Sources

• Autonomous Droplet Navigation via Model-Based Reinforcement Learning

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