Towards Endowing Collaborative Robots with Fast Learning for Minimizing Tutors' Demonstrations: What and When to Do?

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2020

Authors

Cunha, A (Author) Other; Ferreira, F (Author) Other; Erlhagen, W (Author) Other; Sousa, E (Author) Other; Louro, L (Author) Other; Vicente, P (Author) Other; Monteiro, S (Author) Other; Bicho, E (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: FOURTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE: ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, ROBOT 2019, VOL 1

Pages: 368-378

4th Iberian Robotics Conference (Robot) - Advances in Robotics

Porto, PORTUGAL, NOV 20-22, 2019

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Authenticus ID: P-00R-XQS

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35990-4_30

Abstract (EN): Programming by demonstration allows non-experts in robot programming to train the robots in an intuitive manner. However, this learning paradigm requires multiple demonstrations of the same task, which can be time-consuming and annoying for the human tutor. To overcome this limitation, we propose a fast learning system - based on neural dynamics - that permits collaborative robots to memorize sequential information from single task demonstrations by a human-tutor. Important, the learning system allows not only to memorize long sequences of sub-goals in a task but also the time interval between them. We implement this learning system in Sawyer (a collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics) and test it in a construction task, where the robot observes several human-tutors with different preferences on the sequential order to perform the task and different behavioral time scales. After learning, memory recall (of what and when to do a sub-task) allows the robot to instruct inexperienced human workers, in a particular human-centered task scenario.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11