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Active learning using mean shift optimization for robot grasping

2009

Conference Paper

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When children learn to grasp a new object, they often know several possible grasping points from observing a parent‘s demonstration and subsequently learn better grasps by trial and error. From a machine learning point of view, this process is an active learning approach. In this paper, we present a new robot learning framework for reproducing this ability in robot grasping. For doing so, we chose a straightforward approach: first, the robot observes a few good grasps by demonstration and learns a value function for these grasps using Gaussian process regression. Subsequently, it chooses grasps which are optimal with respect to this value function using a mean-shift optimization approach, and tries them out on the real system. Upon every completed trial, the value function is updated, and in the following trials it is more likely to choose even better grasping points. This method exhibits fast learning due to the data-efficiency of Gaussian process regression framework and the fact th at t he mean-shift method provides maxima of this cost function. Experiments were repeatedly carried out successfully on a real robot system. After less than sixty trials, our system has adapted its grasping policy to consistently exhibit successful grasps.

Author(s): Kroemer, O. and Detry, R. and Piater, J. and Peters, J.
Journal: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009)
Pages: 2610-2615
Year: 2009
Month: October
Day: 0
Publisher: IEEE Service Center

Department(s): Empirische Inferenz
Bibtex Type: Conference Paper (inproceedings)

DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354345
Event Name: 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009)
Event Place: St. Louis, MO, USA

Address: Piscataway, NJ, USA
Digital: 0
ISBN: 978-1-424-43803-7
Language: en
Organization: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
School: Biologische Kybernetik

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@inproceedings{6065,
  title = {Active learning using mean shift optimization for robot grasping},
  author = {Kroemer, O. and Detry, R. and Piater, J. and Peters, J.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009)},
  pages = {2610-2615},
  publisher = {IEEE Service Center},
  organization = {Max-Planck-Gesellschaft},
  school = {Biologische Kybernetik},
  address = {Piscataway, NJ, USA},
  month = oct,
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1109/IROS.2009.5354345},
  month_numeric = {10}
}