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This paper investigates exploration strategies of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) methods to learn navigation policies for mobile robots. In particular, we augment the normal external reward for training DRL algorithms with intrinsic…

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We introduce the Self-Adaptive Goal Generation - Robust Intelligent Adaptive Curiosity (SAGG-RIAC) architecture as an intrinsi- cally motivated goal exploration mechanism which allows active learning of inverse models in high-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-01-23 Adrien Baranes , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

Deep reinforcement learning methods exhibit impressive performance on a range of tasks but still struggle on hard exploration tasks in large environments with sparse rewards. To address this, intrinsic rewards can be generated using forward…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Jaedong Hwang , Zhang-Wei Hong , Eric Chen , Akhilan Boopathy , Pulkit Agrawal , Ila Fiete

Curiosity is the strong desire to learn or know more about something or someone. Since learning is often a social endeavor, social dynamics in collaborative learning may inevitably influence curiosity. There is a scarcity of research,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Tanmay Sinha , Zhen Bai , Justine Cassell

The sparsity of extrinsic rewards poses a serious challenge for reinforcement learning (RL). Currently, many efforts have been made on curiosity which can provide a representative intrinsic reward for effective exploration. However, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Zijian Gao , YiYing Li , Kele Xu , Yuanzhao Zhai , Dawei Feng , Bo Ding , XinJun Mao , Huaimin Wang

Curiosity is one of the main motives in many of the natural creatures with measurable levels of intelligence for exploration and, as a result, more efficient learning. It makes it possible for humans and many animals to explore efficiently…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Amir Ramezani Dooraki , Alexandros Iosifidis

The accumulation of adaptations in an open-ended manner during lifetime learning is a holy grail in reinforcement learning, intrinsic motivation, artificial curiosity, and developmental robotics. We present a specification for a cognitive…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-03-29 Chrisantha Fernando , Vera Vasas

Continual learning aims to empower artificial intelligence (AI) with strong adaptability to the real world. For this purpose, a desirable solution should properly balance memory stability with learning plasticity, and acquire sufficient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Liyuan Wang , Xingxing Zhang , Qian Li , Mingtian Zhang , Hang Su , Jun Zhu , Yi Zhong

We treat the problem of autonomous acquisition of manipulation skills where problem-solving strategies are initially available only for a narrow range of situations. We propose to extend the range of solvable situations by autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-06-28 Simon Hangl , Vedran Dunjko , Hans J. Briegel , Justus Piater

Curiosity is a vital metacognitive skill in educational contexts, leading to creativity, and a love of learning. And while many school systems increasingly undercut curiosity by teaching to the test, teachers are increasingly interested in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Tanmay Sinha , Zhen Bai , Justine Cassell

A compact information-rich representation of the environment, also called a feature abstraction, can simplify a robot's task of mapping its raw sensory inputs to useful action sequences. However, in environments that are non-stationary and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-01-18 Varun Raj Kompella , Laurenz Wiskott

This chapter examines the relationship between curiosity and metacognition as critical drivers of autonomous and self-regulated learning. We synthesize recent research to propose a unified framework integrating behavioral, computational,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Chloé Desvaux , Rania Abdelghani , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer , Hélène Sauzéon

Deep artificial neural networks famously struggle to learn from non-stationary streams of data. Without dedicated mitigation strategies, continual learning is associated with continuous forgetting of previous tasks and a progressive loss of…

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Computer-aided design of molecules has the potential to disrupt the field of drug and material discovery. Machine learning, and deep learning, in particular, have been topics where the field has been developing at a rapid pace.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Luca A. Thiede , Mario Krenn , AkshatKumar Nigam , Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Autonomous robots operating in open and changing environments cannot always rely on predefined inputs, outputs, and action routines. Although existing learning methods enable robots to improve their performance through environmental…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Hong Su

Model-based curiosity combines active learning approaches to optimal sampling with the information gain based incentives for exploration presented in the curiosity literature. Existing model-based curiosity methods look to approximate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Bernadette Bucher , Karl Schmeckpeper , Nikolai Matni , Kostas Daniilidis

Robots can rapidly acquire new skills from demonstrations. However, during generalisation of skills or transitioning across fundamentally different skills, it is unclear whether the robot has the necessary knowledge to perform the task.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-08-08 Nutan Chen , Alexej Klushyn , Alexandros Paraschos , Djalel Benbouzid , Patrick van der Smagt

The ability of a robot to detect and respond to changes in its environment is potentially very useful, as it draws attention to new and potentially important features. We describe an algorithm for learning to filter out previously…

Robotics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Stephen Marsland , Ulrich Nehmzow , Jonathan Shapiro

Psychological curiosity plays a significant role in human intelligence to enhance learning through exploration and information acquisition. In the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community, artificial curiosity provides a natural intrinsic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Chenyu Sun , Hangwei Qian , Chunyan Miao

Programming a robot to deal with open-ended tasks remains a challenge, in particular if the robot has to manipulate objects. Launching, grasping, pushing or any other object interaction can be simulated but the corresponding models are not…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Seungsu Kim , Alexandre Coninx , Stephane Doncieux