Imitation Learning
Imitation learning aims to train agents to mimic expert behavior by learning from observational data, primarily focusing on efficiently transferring complex skills from humans or other advanced controllers to robots. Current research emphasizes improving data efficiency through techniques like active learning, data augmentation, and leveraging large language models to provide richer context and handle failures. This field is crucial for advancing robotics, autonomous driving, and other areas requiring complex control policies, as it offers a more data-driven and potentially less labor-intensive approach than traditional programming methods.
Papers
Scaling Laws for Imitation Learning in Single-Agent Games
Jens Tuyls, Dhruv Madeka, Kari Torkkola, Dean Foster, Karthik Narasimhan, Sham Kakade
Multi-Stage Cable Routing through Hierarchical Imitation Learning
Jianlan Luo, Charles Xu, Xinyang Geng, Gilbert Feng, Kuan Fang, Liam Tan, Stefan Schaal, Sergey Levine