There are multiple errors in the published article.

The fifth author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Zoraiz Ali. The correct citation is: Alharthi R, Noreen I, Khan A, Aljrees T, Ali Z, Innab N (2025) Novel deep reinforcement learning based collision avoidance approach for path planning of robots in unknown environment. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0312559. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312559.

The ORCID iD is missing for the second author. Author Iram Noreen’s ORCID iD is 0000-0003-4683-4839 (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-4839).

There is an error in affiliation 2 for author Iram Noreen. The correct affiliation 2 is: Department of Computer Science, Bahria University, Lahore Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.

The Funding statement for this article is incorrect. The correct Funding statement is as follows: The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research, University of Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia, for funding this work through the Research Group Project No. (0025-1443-S).

The following Acknowledgments section is missing from the published article. The Acknowledgments is as follows: The authors would like to express sincere gratitude to AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for supporting this research.