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Multi-task Gaussian Process Learning of Robot Inverse Dynamics
Kian Ming A Chai · Chris Williams · Stefan Klanke · Sethu Vijayakumar

Tue Dec 09 07:30 PM -- 12:00 AM (PST) @
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The inverse dynamics problem for a robotic manipulator is to compute the torques needed at the joints to drive it along a given trajectory; it is beneficial to be able to learn this function for adaptive control. A given robot manipulator will often need to be controlled while holding different loads in its end effector, giving rise to a multi-task learning problem. We show how the structure of the inverse dynamics problem gives rise to a multi-task Gaussian process prior over functions, where the inter-task similarity depends on the underlying dynamic parameters. Experiments demonstrate that this multi-task formulation generally improves performance over either learning only on single tasks or pooling the data over all tasks.

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Kian Ming A Chai (University of Edinburgh)
Chris Williams (University of Edinburgh)
Stefan Klanke (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)
Sethu Vijayakumar (University of Edinburgh)

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