Efficient Robot Skill Learning via Grounded Simulation Learning, Imitation Learning - Peter Stone

Explore efficient robot skill learning techniques in this comprehensive seminar on theoretical machine learning. Delve into grounded simulation learning, imitation learning from observation, and off-policy reinforcement learning as presented by Peter Stone from The University of Texas at Austin. Discover the evolution of RoboCup Soccer and RoboCup@Home, and examine the challenges of applying reinforcement learning to physical robots. Investigate the concept of grounded simulation learning, including simulator grounding and grounded action transformation. Learn about importance sampling policy evaluation, behavior policy search problems, and the optimal behavior policy. Gain insights into regression importance sampling and the process of transferring robot skills from the real world to simulations and back.