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Transfer learning in robotics: An upcoming breakthrough? A review of promises and challenges

Jaquier, Noémie 1; Welle, Michael C. ; Gams, Andrej; Yao, Kunpeng; Fichera, Bernardo; Billard, Aude; Ude, Aleš; Asfour, Tamim 1; Kragic, Danica
1 Institut für Anthropomatik und Robotik (IAR), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Transfer learning is a conceptually-enticing paradigm in pursuit of truly intelligent embodied agents. The core concept-reusing prior knowledge to learn in and from novel situations-is successfully leveraged by humans to handle novel situations. In recent years, transfer learning has received renewed interest from the community from different perspectives, including imitation learning, domain adaptation, and transfer of experience from simulation to the real world, among others. In this paper, we unify the concept of transfer learning in robotics and provide the first taxonomy of its kind considering the key concepts of robot, task, and environment. Through a review of the promises and challenges in the field, we identify the need of transferring at different abstraction levels, the need of quantifying the transfer gap and the quality of transfer, as well as the dangers of negative transfer. Via this position paper, we hope to channel the effort of the community towards the most significant roadblocks to realize the full potential of transfer learning in robotics.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000174572
Veröffentlicht am 27.09.2024
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Anthropomatik und Robotik (IAR)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 09.2024
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0278-3649, 1741-3176
KITopen-ID: 1000174572
Erschienen in The International Journal of Robotics Research
Verlag SAGE Publications
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 13.09.2024
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