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
Deploying Ten Thousand Robots: Scalable Imitation Learning for Lifelong Multi-Agent Path Finding
He Jiang, Yutong Wang, Rishi Veerapaneni, Tanishq Duhan, Guillaume Sartoretti, Jiaoyang Li
Unveiling the Role of Expert Guidance: A Comparative Analysis of User-centered Imitation Learning and Traditional Reinforcement Learning
Amr Gomaa, Bilal Mahdy
ARCADE: Scalable Demonstration Collection and Generation via Augmented Reality for Imitation Learning
Yue Yang, Bryce Ikeda, Gedas Bertasius, Daniel Szafir
Diverse Policies Recovering via Pointwise Mutual Information Weighted Imitation Learning
Hanlin Yang, Jian Yao, Weiming Liu, Qing Wang, Hanmin Qin, Hansheng Kong, Kirk Tang, Jiechao Xiong, Chao Yu, Kai Li, Junliang Xing, Hongwu Chen, Juchao Zhuo, Qiang Fu, Yang Wei, Haobo Fu
Reward-free World Models for Online Imitation Learning
Shangzhe Li, Zhiao Huang, Hao Su
Diffusing States and Matching Scores: A New Framework for Imitation Learning
Runzhe Wu, Yiding Chen, Gokul Swamy, Kianté Brantley, Wen Sun
ALOHA Unleashed: A Simple Recipe for Robot Dexterity
Tony Z. Zhao, Jonathan Tompson, Danny Driess, Pete Florence, Kamyar Ghasemipour, Chelsea Finn, Ayzaan Wahid
DDIL: Improved Diffusion Distillation With Imitation Learning
Risheek Garrepalli, Shweta Mahajan, Munawar Hayat, Fatih Porikli
DeformPAM: Data-Efficient Learning for Long-horizon Deformable Object Manipulation via Preference-based Action Alignment
Wendi Chen, Han Xue, Fangyuan Zhou, Yuan Fang, Cewu Lu
ILAEDA: An Imitation Learning Based Approach for Automatic Exploratory Data Analysis
Abhijit Manatkar, Devarsh Patel, Hima Patel, Naresh Manwani
Mastering Contact-rich Tasks by Combining Soft and Rigid Robotics with Imitation Learning
Mariano Ramírez Montero, Ebrahim Shahabi, Giovanni Franzese, Jens Kober, Barbara Mazzolai, Cosimo Della Santina
Imitation Learning with Limited Actions via Diffusion Planners and Deep Koopman Controllers
Jianxin Bi, Kelvin Lim, Kaiqi Chen, Yifei Huang, Harold Soh
Force-Centric Imitation Learning with Force-Motion Capture System for Contact-Rich Manipulation
Wenhai Liu, Junbo Wang, Yiming Wang, Weiming Wang, Cewu Lu