Summary of On Foundation Models For Dynamical Systems From Purely Synthetic Data, by Martin Ziegler et al.
On Foundation Models for Dynamical Systems from Purely Synthetic Data
by Martin Ziegler, Andres Felipe Posada-Moreno, Friedrich Solowjow, Sebastian Trimpe
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Robotics (cs.RO); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 explores the potential of foundation models for control domain applications. Foundation models have shown impressive properties like generalization, data efficiency, and robustness across various domains. To adapt these models to dynamical systems, researchers pretrain a transformer-based model on synthetic data. The model can generalize well across different systems, as demonstrated in simulation and hardware experiments, including cart-pole and Furuta pendulum setups. Fine-tuning the model also leads to improved performance. These results show that foundation models can be effective for dynamical systems, outperforming specialist models in terms of generalization, data efficiency, and robustness. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Foundation models are powerful tools that can be used in many different areas, including control systems. This paper shows how these models can be trained to work well on complex problems like controlling a cart-pole or a pendulum. The model is trained on pretend data before being tested on real problems, and it does very well. It’s even better than other models that are specifically designed for this kind of problem. This means that foundation models could be used in many different control systems to make them work better. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Fine tuning * Generalization * Synthetic data * Transformer
