Exploring Zero-Shot Emergent Communication in Embodied Multi-Agent Populations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.15896v2
• Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 07:45:05 GMT
• Title: Exploring Zero-Shot Emergent Communication in Embodied Multi-Agent Populations
• Authors: Kalesha Bullard, Franziska Meier, Douwe Kiela, Joelle Pineau, and Jakob Foerster
• Abstract summary: We study agents that learn to communicate via actuating their joints in a 3D environment. We show that under realistic assumptions, a non-uniform distribution of intents and a common-knowledge energy cost, these agents can find protocols that generalize to novel partners.
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• Abstract: Effective communication is an important skill for enabling information exchange and cooperation in multi-agent settings. Indeed, emergent communication is now a vibrant field of research, with common settings involving discrete cheap-talk channels. One limitation of this setting is that it does not allow for the emergent protocols to generalize beyond the training partners. Furthermore, so far emergent communication has primarily focused on the use of symbolic channels. In this work, we extend this line of work to a new modality, by studying agents that learn to communicate via actuating their joints in a 3D environment. We show that under realistic assumptions, a non-uniform distribution of intents and a common-knowledge energy cost, these agents can find protocols that generalize to novel partners. We also explore and analyze specific difficulties associated with finding these solutions in practice. Finally, we propose and evaluate initial training improvements to address these challenges, involving both specific training curricula and providing the latent feature that can be coordinated on during training.

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