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Motion mimicking, i.e., encouraging the control policy to mimic human motion, facilitates the learning of complex tasks via reinforcement learning (RL) for humanoid robots. Although standard RL frameworks demonstrate impressive locomotion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Ludwig Chee-Ying Tay , I-Chia Chang , Yan Gu

Reinforcement learning (RL) has demonstrated its capability in solving various tasks but is notorious for its low sample efficiency. In this paper, we propose RLingua, a framework that can leverage the internal knowledge of large language…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Liangliang Chen , Yutian Lei , Shiyu Jin , Ying Zhang , Liangjun Zhang

Deep learning based computer vision fails to work when labeled images are scarce. Recently, Meta learning algorithm has been confirmed as a promising way to improve the ability of learning from few images for computer vision. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Yunxiao Qin , Chenxu Zhao , Zezheng Wang , Junliang Xing , Jun Wan , Zhen Lei

Humanoid robots have the potential to mimic human motions with high visual fidelity, yet translating these motions into practical, physical execution remains a significant challenge. Existing techniques in the graphics community often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Yashuai Yan , Esteve Valls Mascaro , Tobias Egle , Dongheui Lee

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has the potential to enable robots with fast, nonlinear, and unstable dynamics to reach the limits of their performance. However, most recent advances rely on carefully designed physics-based simulators and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Devdutt Subhasish , Henrik Hose , Sebastian Trimpe

Model-based approaches for planning and control for bipedal locomotion have a long history of success. It can provide stability and safety guarantees while being effective in accomplishing many locomotion tasks. Model-free reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Yu-Ming Chen , Hien Bui , Michael Posa

We study the problem of using low computational cost to automate the choices of learners and hyperparameters for an ad-hoc training dataset and error metric, by conducting trials of different configurations on the given training data. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Chi Wang , Qingyun Wu , Markus Weimer , Erkang Zhu

We present Sym2Real, a fully data-driven framework that provides a principled way to train low-level adaptive controllers in a highly data-efficient manner. Using only about 10 trajectories, we achieve robust control of both a quadrotor and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Easop Lee , Samuel A. Moore , Boyuan Chen

Learning-based methods, particularly Reinforcement Learning (RL), hold great promise for streamlining deployment, enhancing performance, and achieving generalization in the control of autonomous multirotor aerial vehicles. Deep RL has been…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Jonas Eschmann , Dario Albani , Giuseppe Loianno

Reinforcement learning (RL) solves sequential decision-making problems via a trial-and-error process interacting with the environment. While RL achieves outstanding success in playing complex video games that allow huge trial-and-error,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Fan-Ming Luo , Tian Xu , Hang Lai , Xiong-Hui Chen , Weinan Zhang , Yang Yu

Accurate motion control in the face of disturbances within complex environments remains a major challenge in robotics. Classical model-based approaches often struggle with nonlinearities and unstructured disturbances, while RL-based methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Feng Gao , Chao Yu , Yu Wang , Yi Wu

This paper proposes a new neural architecture for collaborative ranking with implicit feedback. Our model, LRML (\textit{Latent Relational Metric Learning}) is a novel metric learning approach for recommendation. More specifically, instead…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Yi Tay , Anh Tuan Luu , Siu Cheung Hui

Modern Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms promise to solve difficult motor control problems directly from raw sensory inputs. Their attraction is due in part to the fact that they can represent a general class of methods that allow to…

High-mix low-volume (HMLV) industrial assembly, common in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), requires the same precision, safety, and reliability as high-volume automation while remaining flexible to product variation and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Jannick Stranghöner , Philipp Hartmann , Marco Braun , Sebastian Wrede , Klaus Neumann

In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, wherein artificial intelligence and the automation of machines occupy a central role, the deployment of robots is indispensable. However, the manufacturing process using robots, especially in…

Contact-rich manipulation tasks with stiff frictional elements like connector insertion are difficult to model with rigid-body simulators. In this work, we propose a new approach for modeling these environments by learning a quasi-static…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Kevin Tracy , Zachary Manchester , Ajinkya Jain , Keegan Go , Stefan Schaal , Tom Erez , Yuval Tassa

In this paper, we study the problem of learning a repertoire of low-level skills from raw images that can be sequenced to complete long-horizon visuomotor tasks. Reinforcement learning (RL) is a promising approach for acquiring…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Bohan Wu , Suraj Nair , Li Fei-Fei , Chelsea Finn

This work developed a kernel-based residual learning framework for quadrupedal robotic locomotion. Initially, a kernel neural network is trained with data collected from an MPC controller. Alongside a frozen kernel network, a residual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-16 Milo Carroll , Zhaocheng Liu , Mohammadreza Kasaei , Zhibin Li

We introduce Hierarchical Transformers for Meta-Reinforcement Learning (HTrMRL), a powerful online meta-reinforcement learning approach. HTrMRL aims to address the challenge of enabling reinforcement learning agents to perform effectively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Gresa Shala , André Biedenkapp , Josif Grabocka

Recent large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in modeling real-world knowledge and enhancing knowledge-based generation tasks. In this paper, we further explore the potential of using LLMs to aid in the design…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Weicheng Ma , Luyang Zhao , Chun-Yi She , Yitao Jiang , Alan Sun , Bo Zhu , Devin Balkcom , Soroush Vosoughi