Robotics, Autonomous Intelligence and Learning Lab


The RAIL Lab, established in 2014, is dedicated to conducting cutting-edge research in the field of artificially intelligent systems. With a focus on both fundamental and applied research, our vision is to serve as a prominent centre of excellence and a hub for AI activities in Africa. We aim to make significant contributions to the field of AI while also applying our findings to benefit society at large.

Robotics, Autonomous Intelligence and Learning Lab

Latest Research


GameTraversalBenchmark: Evaluating Planning Abilities Of Large Language Models Through Traversing 2D Game Maps

Large language models (LLMs) have recently demonstrated great success in generating and understanding natural language. While they have …

Optimal Task Generalisation in Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

While task generalisation is widely studied in the context of single-agent reinforcement learning (RL), little research exists in the …

ROSARL: Reward-Only Safe Reinforcement Learning

An important problem in reinforcement learning is designing agents that learn to solve tasks safely in an environment. A common …

Analysing the Effect of Latent Space Mutation Strategies for PCGML

Procedural Content Generation Via Machine Learning (PCGML), describes an evolving area of research, that incorporates the use of …

MinePlanner: A Benchmark for Long-Horizon Planning in Large Minecraft Worlds

We propose a new benchmark for planning tasks based on the Minecraft game. Our benchmark contains 45 tasks overall, but also provides …