Analysis of Randomization Effects on Sim2Real Transfer in Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation Tasks

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Autori principali: Josifovski, Josip, Malmir, Mohammadhossein, Klarmann, Noah, Žagar, Bare Luka, Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás, Knoll, Alois
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Pubblicazione: 2022
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author Josifovski, Josip
Malmir, Mohammadhossein
Klarmann, Noah
Žagar, Bare Luka
Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás
Knoll, Alois
author_facet Josifovski, Josip
Malmir, Mohammadhossein
Klarmann, Noah
Žagar, Bare Luka
Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás
Knoll, Alois
contents Randomization is currently a widely used approach in Sim2Real transfer for data-driven learning algorithms in robotics. Still, most Sim2Real studies report results for a specific randomization technique and often on a highly customized robotic system, making it difficult to evaluate different randomization approaches systematically. To address this problem, we define an easy-to-reproduce experimental setup for a robotic reach-and-balance manipulator task, which can serve as a benchmark for comparison. We compare four randomization strategies with three randomized parameters both in simulation and on a real robot. Our results show that more randomization helps in Sim2Real transfer, yet it can also harm the ability of the algorithm to find a good policy in simulation. Fully randomized simulations and fine-tuning show differentiated results and translate better to the real robot than the other approaches tested.
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spellingShingle Analysis of Randomization Effects on Sim2Real Transfer in Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation Tasks
Josifovski, Josip
Malmir, Mohammadhossein
Klarmann, Noah
Žagar, Bare Luka
Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás
Knoll, Alois
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Randomization is currently a widely used approach in Sim2Real transfer for data-driven learning algorithms in robotics. Still, most Sim2Real studies report results for a specific randomization technique and often on a highly customized robotic system, making it difficult to evaluate different randomization approaches systematically. To address this problem, we define an easy-to-reproduce experimental setup for a robotic reach-and-balance manipulator task, which can serve as a benchmark for comparison. We compare four randomization strategies with three randomized parameters both in simulation and on a real robot. Our results show that more randomization helps in Sim2Real transfer, yet it can also harm the ability of the algorithm to find a good policy in simulation. Fully randomized simulations and fine-tuning show differentiated results and translate better to the real robot than the other approaches tested.
title Analysis of Randomization Effects on Sim2Real Transfer in Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation Tasks
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.06282