Summary of Unveiling the Significance Of Toddler-inspired Reward Transition in Goal-oriented Reinforcement Learning, by Junseok Park et al.
Unveiling the Significance of Toddler-Inspired Reward Transition in Goal-Oriented Reinforcement Learning
by Junseok Park, Yoonsung Kim, Hee Bin Yoo, Min Whoo Lee, Kibeom Kim, Won-Seok Choi, Minsu Lee, Byoung-Tak Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Toddler-Inspired Reward Transition framework explores the implications of varying reward transitions on Reinforcement Learning (RL) tasks. The approach draws inspiration from how toddlers learn to exploit prior experiences for goal-directed learning with denser rewards. By transitioning from sparse to potential-based dense rewards, optimal strategies can be shared regardless of reward changes. Experimental results demonstrate that proper reward transitions significantly impact sample efficiency and success rates in egocentric navigation and robotic arm manipulation tasks. The proposed Sparse-to-Dense (S2D) transition is particularly effective, smoothing the policy loss landscape and promoting wide minima for enhanced generalization in RL models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how to make robots learn better by changing how they get rewards. It’s like how children learn – they start with small steps and then get bigger rewards when they do things right. The researchers tried different ways of giving rewards and found that one way, called the Sparse-to-Dense (S2D) transition, works really well. This helps robots learn faster and do better on tasks. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Generalization * Reinforcement learning
