MEReQ: Max-Ent Residual-Q Inverse RL for Sample-Efficient Alignment from Intervention

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16258v2
• Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:17:41 GMT
• Title: MEReQ: Max-Ent Residual-Q Inverse RL for Sample-Efficient Alignment from Intervention
• Authors: Yuxin Chen, Chen Tang, Chenran Li, Ran Tian, Wei Zhan, Peter Stone, Masayoshi Tomizuka,
• Abstract summary: We introduce MEReQ (Maximum-Entropy Residual-Q Inverse Reinforcement Learning), designed for sample-efficient alignment from human intervention. MereQ infers a residual reward function that captures the discrepancy between the human expert's and the prior policy's underlying reward functions. It then employs Residual Q-Learning (RQL) to align the policy with human preferences using this residual reward function.
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• Abstract: Aligning robot behavior with human preferences is crucial for deploying embodied AI agents in human-centered environments. A promising solution is interactive imitation learning from human intervention, where a human expert observes the policy's execution and provides interventions as feedback. However, existing methods often fail to utilize the prior policy efficiently to facilitate learning, thus hindering sample efficiency. In this work, we introduce MEReQ (Maximum-Entropy Residual-Q Inverse Reinforcement Learning), designed for sample-efficient alignment from human intervention. Instead of inferring the complete human behavior characteristics, MEReQ infers a residual reward function that captures the discrepancy between the human expert's and the prior policy's underlying reward functions. It then employs Residual Q-Learning (RQL) to align the policy with human preferences using this residual reward function. Extensive evaluations on simulated and real-world tasks demonstrate that MEReQ achieves sample-efficient policy alignment from human intervention.

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