Title
Robot Learning by Collaborative Network Training: A Self-Supervised Method using Ranking
Abstract
We introduce Collaborative Network Training - a self-supervised method for training neural networks with aims of: 1) enabling task objective functions that are not directly differentiable w.r.t. the network output; 2) generating continuous-space actions; 3) more direct optimization for achieving a desired task; 4) learning parameters when a process for measuring performance is available, but labeled data is unavailable. The procedure involves three randomly initialized independent networks that use ranking to train one another on a single task. The method incorporates qualities from ensemble and reinforcement learning as well as gradient free optimization methods such as Nelder-Mead. We evaluate the method against various baselines using a variety of robotics-related tasks including inverse kinematics, controls, and planning in both simulated and real-world environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.5555/3306127.3331839
adaptive agents and multi-agents systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Robot learning,collaborative network training,controls
Robot learning,Ranking,Inverse kinematics,Computer science,Differentiable function,Artificial intelligence,Labeled data,Collaborative network,Artificial neural network,Machine learning,Reinforcement learning
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mason Bretan1182.28
Sageev Oore210118.63
Sanan Siddharth3162.27
Larry P. Heck41096100.58