Summary of Difftori: Differentiable Trajectory Optimization For Deep Reinforcement and Imitation Learning, by Weikang Wan et al.
DiffTORI: Differentiable Trajectory Optimization for Deep Reinforcement and Imitation Learning
by Weikang Wan, Ziyu Wang, Yufei Wang, Zackory Erickson, David Held
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper introduces DiffTORI, a novel approach to deep Reinforcement and Imitation learning that leverages differentiable trajectory optimization. By representing the policy as a trajectory optimization problem, DiffTORI can learn to generate actions that maximize task performance while addressing the “objective mismatch” issue of prior model-based RL algorithms. The method is benchmarked on 15 model-based RL tasks and 35 imitation learning tasks with high-dimensional sensory observations, outperforming state-of-the-art methods in both domains. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way to learn how things should be done, using something called trajectory optimization. It’s like giving instructions to a robot, but instead of telling it what to do step-by-step, you’re teaching it the best actions to take based on what’s happening around it. This approach helps robots learn faster and better than before, which is important because they need to be able to figure things out in new situations. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Optimization
