DataSheet1_Multi-expert synthesis for versatile locomotion and manipulation skills.pdf

This work focuses on generating multiple coordinated motor skills for intelligent systems and studies a Multi-Expert Synthesis (MES) approach to achieve versatile robotic skills for locomotion and manipulation. MES embeds and uses expert skills to solve new composite tasks, and is able to synthesise and coordinate different and multiple skills smoothly. We proposed essential and effective design guidelines for training successful MES policies in simulation, which were deployed on both floating- and fixed-base robots. We formulated new algorithms to systematically determine task-relevant state variables for each individual experts which improved robustness and learning efficiency, and an explicit enforcement objective to diversify skills among different experts. The capabilities of MES policies were validated in both simulation and real experiments for locomotion and bi-manual manipulation. We demonstrated that the MES policies achieved robust locomotion on the quadruped ANYmal by fusing the gait recovery and trotting skills. For object manipulation, the MES policies learned to first reconfigure an object in an ungraspable pose and then grasp it through cooperative dual-arm manipulation.</p

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This work focuses on generating multiple coordinated motor skills for intelligent systems and studies a Multi-Expert Synthesis (MES) approach to achieve versatile robotic skills for locomotion and manipulation. MES embeds and uses expert skills to solve new composite tasks, and is able to synthesise and coordinate different and multiple skills smoothly. We proposed essential and effective design guidelines for training successful MES policies in simulation, which were deployed on both floating- and fixed-base robots. We formulated new algorithms to systematically determine task-relevant state variables for each individual experts which improved robustness and learning efficiency, and an explicit enforcement objective to diversify skills among different experts. The capabilities of MES policies were validated in both simulation and real experiments for locomotion and bi-manual manipulation. We demonstrated that the MES policies achieved robust locomotion on the quadruped ANYmal by fusing the gait recovery and trotting skills. For object manipulation, the MES policies learned to first reconfigure an object in an ungraspable pose and then grasp it through cooperative dual-arm manipulation.</p

Summary statistics for perception of bike-sharing variables.

<p>Summary statistics for perception of bike-sharing variables.</p

Marginal effects for the BOP model.

<p>Marginal effects for the BOP model.</p

Proportional distribution of usage and satisfaction degree of bike-sharing.

<p>Proportional distribution of usage and satisfaction degree of bike-sharing.</p

Cross-tabulation by bike-sharing usage and level of satisfaction.

<p>Cross-tabulation by bike-sharing usage and level of satisfaction.</p

Bike-sharing system (bicycles and docking stations) deployment in Ningbo.

<p>Bike-sharing system (bicycles and docking stations) deployment in Ningbo.</p

The rapid growth of bike-sharing programmes.

<p>The rapid growth of bike-sharing programmes.</p

Average daily use of bike-sharing across all months.

<p>Average daily use of bike-sharing across all months.</p

Summary statistics for travel patterns, and built environments variables.

<p>Summary statistics for travel patterns, and built environments variables.</p