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Adrian Prados¹, Gonzalo Espinoza¹, Luis Moreno¹

¹RoboticsLab, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Madrid, Spain.

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This study introduces an autonomous algorithm for robotic skill acquisition, automatically segmenting tasks into reusable motion primitives. This method simplifies learning by grouping common subtasks, reducing manual effort in robot training.

Area of Science:

Robotics
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Learning from Demonstration (LfD) relies heavily on motion primitives, which are often manually generated per task.
The manual generation of motion primitives is time-consuming and limits the scalability of LfD.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an automatic and unsupervised algorithm for segmenting robotic tasks and generating libraries of reusable motion primitives.
To reduce the manual effort required for acquiring robotic skills through Learning from Demonstration.

Main Methods:

Initial task segmentation using a heuristic method.
Probabilistic clustering of segments with Gaussian Mixture Models.
Grouping similar segments using Gaussian Optimal Transport on Gaussian Processes (GPs) to compare movement structures via energy cost.

Keywords:

Gaussian mixture models Gaussian process imitation learning learning from demonstration movement primitives

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Main Results:

Successfully generated libraries of motion primitives by autonomously segmenting tasks into common subtasks.
Validated the algorithm's effectiveness in real-world robotic manipulation tasks.
Demonstrated superior or comparable performance against state-of-the-art algorithms.

Conclusions:

The proposed algorithm enables efficient and autonomous acquisition of robotic skills through unsupervised task segmentation and primitive generation.
The method supports multimodal information and requires no prior task knowledge, enhancing its applicability.
Generated motion primitives effectively encapsulate movement structures, facilitating subsequent learning processes.