Learning from Demonstrations over Riemannian Manifolds using Neural ODEs: An Extended Abstract

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05422v1
• Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:38:47 GMT
• Title: Learning from Demonstrations over Riemannian Manifolds using Neural ODEs: An Extended Abstract
• Abstract summary: We develop a framework for learning on a robot using geodesic paths.<n>We numerically estimate geodesics via neural ordinary differential equations.<n>These geodesics can be decoded back into the original task space before deploying on the robot.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Learning from demonstratins (LfD) is usually performed over Euclidean spaces, while the robot state, e.g. orientation, naturally evolves over curved spaces. Therefore, to ensure natural, complex motion generation, we investigate learning from demonstrations over Riemannian manifolds that are capable of encoding both position and orientation data. Here, geodesic paths provide for natural motion between two arbitrary points within the manifold. We propose to numerically estimate geodesics via neural ordinary differential equations, mitigating large computational overhead of existing approaches. Finally, these geodesics can be decoded back into the original task space before deploying on the robot. In this extended abstract, we discuss the architecture of our framework, provide some initial insights from our simulation experiments, including comparison to other geodesic computation mechanisms, and discuss the challenges and prospects for future work.

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