Friday, 24 March, 2023

Researchers training household robots to learn by observing humans

<p>Researchers are exploring an even more natural technique that efficiently instructs a system by observing a human perform a task. The in-the-Wild Human Imitating Robot Learning, or WHIRL, is an algorithm that can teach a system by watching a film, as demonstrated by a team at Carnegie Mellon University. In their demonstrations, a widely viable mobile robotic arm picks up more than 20 domestic tasks, such as opening and closing drawers and bringing out the trash.</p>