We argue that hierarchical methods can become the key for modular robots achieving reconfigurability. We present a hierarchical approach for modular robots that allows a robot to simultaneously learn multiple tasks. Our evaluation results present an environment composed of two different modular robot configurations, namely 3 degrees-of-freedom (DoF) and 4DoF with two corresponding targets. During the training, we switch between configurations and targets aiming to evaluate the possibility of training a neural network that is able to select appropriate motor primitives and robot configuration to achieve the target. The trained neural network is then transferred and executed on a real robot with 3DoF and 4DoF configurations. We demonstrate how this technique generalizes to robots with different configurations and tasks.
@article{arxiv.1802.04132,
title = {Hierarchical Learning for Modular Robots},
author = {Risto Kojcev and Nora Etxezarreta and Alejandro Hernández and Víctor Mayoral},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.04132},
year = {2018}
}