Nov 4, 2021
A model that translates everyday human activities into skills for an embodied artificial agent
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: robotics/AI
This could hopefully be used to train robot hands how to handle everyday objects, a billion times over.
Over the past decade or so, many roboticists and computer scientists have been trying to develop robots that can complete tasks in spaces populated by humans; for instance, helping users to cook, clean and tidy up. To tackle household chores and other manual tasks, robots should be able to solve complex planning tasks that involve navigating environments and interacting with objects following specific sequences.
While some techniques for solving these complex planning tasks have achieved promising results, most of them are not fully equipped to tackle them. As a result, robots cannot yet complete these tasks as well as human agents.