Parental Guidance: Efficient Lifelong Learning through Evolutionary Distillation
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| author | Zhang, Octi Peng, Quanquan Scalise, Rosario Boots, Bryon |
| author_facet | Zhang, Octi Peng, Quanquan Scalise, Rosario Boots, Bryon |
| contents | Developing robotic agents that can perform well in diverse environments while showing a variety of behaviors is a key challenge in AI and robotics. Traditional reinforcement learning (RL) methods often create agents that specialize in narrow tasks, limiting their adaptability and diversity. To overcome this, we propose a preliminary, evolution-inspired framework that includes a reproduction module, similar to natural species reproduction, balancing diversity and specialization. By integrating RL, imitation learning (IL), and a coevolutionary agent-terrain curriculum, our system evolves agents continuously through complex tasks. This approach promotes adaptability, inheritance of useful traits, and continual learning. Agents not only refine inherited skills but also surpass their predecessors. Our initial experiments show that this method improves exploration efficiency and supports open-ended learning, offering a scalable solution where sparse reward coupled with diverse terrain environments induces a multi-task setting. |
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| spellingShingle | Parental Guidance: Efficient Lifelong Learning through Evolutionary Distillation Zhang, Octi Peng, Quanquan Scalise, Rosario Boots, Bryon Robotics Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing F.2.2, I.2.7 Developing robotic agents that can perform well in diverse environments while showing a variety of behaviors is a key challenge in AI and robotics. Traditional reinforcement learning (RL) methods often create agents that specialize in narrow tasks, limiting their adaptability and diversity. To overcome this, we propose a preliminary, evolution-inspired framework that includes a reproduction module, similar to natural species reproduction, balancing diversity and specialization. By integrating RL, imitation learning (IL), and a coevolutionary agent-terrain curriculum, our system evolves agents continuously through complex tasks. This approach promotes adaptability, inheritance of useful traits, and continual learning. Agents not only refine inherited skills but also surpass their predecessors. Our initial experiments show that this method improves exploration efficiency and supports open-ended learning, offering a scalable solution where sparse reward coupled with diverse terrain environments induces a multi-task setting. |
| title | Parental Guidance: Efficient Lifelong Learning through Evolutionary Distillation |
| topic | Robotics Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing F.2.2, I.2.7 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18531 |