Intrinsic motivation and mental replay enable efficient online adaptation in stochastic recurrent networks

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Autoren

Externe Organisationseinheiten

  • Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
  • Universität Lübeck

Abstract

Autonomous robots need to interact with unknown, unstructured and changing environments, constantly facing novel challenges. Therefore, continuous online adaptation for lifelong-learning and the need of sample-efficient mechanisms to adapt to changes in the environment, the constraints, the tasks, or the robot itself are crucial. In this work, we propose a novel framework for probabilistic online motion planning with online adaptation based on a bio-inspired stochastic recurrent neural network. By using learning signals which mimic the intrinsic motivation signal cognitive dissonance in addition with a mental replay strategy to intensify experiences, the stochastic recurrent network can learn from few physical interactions and adapts to novel environments in seconds. We evaluate our online planning and adaptation framework on an anthropomorphic KUKA LWR arm. The rapid online adaptation is shown by learning unknown workspace constraints sample-efficiently from few physical interactions while following given way points.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)67-80
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftNeural networks
Jahrgang109.2019
AusgabenummerJanuary
Frühes Online-Datum22 Okt. 2018
DOIs
StatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2019
Extern publiziertJa