Continual Policy Distillation of Reinforcement Learning-based Controllers for Soft Robotic In-Hand Manipulation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04219v1
• Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 17:05:45 GMT
• Title: Continual Policy Distillation of Reinforcement Learning-based Controllers for Soft Robotic In-Hand Manipulation
• Authors: Lanpei Li, Enrico Donato, Vincenzo Lomonaco, Egidio Falotico,
• Abstract summary: Soft robotic hands offer flexibility and adaptability during object grasping and manipulation. We introduce a Continual Policy Distillation framework to acquire a versatile controller for in-hand manipulation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Dexterous manipulation, often facilitated by multi-fingered robotic hands, holds solid impact for real-world applications. Soft robotic hands, due to their compliant nature, offer flexibility and adaptability during object grasping and manipulation. Yet, benefits come with challenges, particularly in the control development for finger coordination. Reinforcement Learning (RL) can be employed to train object-specific in-hand manipulation policies, but limiting adaptability and generalizability. We introduce a Continual Policy Distillation (CPD) framework to acquire a versatile controller for in-hand manipulation, to rotate different objects in shape and size within a four-fingered soft gripper. The framework leverages Policy Distillation (PD) to transfer knowledge from expert policies to a continually evolving student policy network. Exemplar-based rehearsal methods are then integrated to mitigate catastrophic forgetting and enhance generalization. The performance of the CPD framework over various replay strategies demonstrates its effectiveness in consolidating knowledge from multiple experts and achieving versatile and adaptive behaviours for in-hand manipulation tasks.

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