Learning to Race in Minutes: Infoprop Dyna on the Mini Wheelbot

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Main Authors: Subhasish, Devdutt, Hose, Henrik, Trimpe, Sebastian
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Published: 2026
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author Subhasish, Devdutt
Hose, Henrik
Trimpe, Sebastian
author_facet Subhasish, Devdutt
Hose, Henrik
Trimpe, Sebastian
contents Reinforcement Learning (RL) has the potential to enable robots with fast, nonlinear, and unstable dynamics to reach the limits of their performance. However, most recent advances rely on carefully designed physics-based simulators and domain randomization to achieve successful sim-to-real transfer within reasonable wall-clock time. In this work, we bypass the need for such simulators and demonstrate that Infoprop Dyna, a state-of-the-art uncertainty-aware model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) framework, can enable robots to learn directly from real-world interactions. Using Infoprop Dyna, the Mini Wheelbot, an underactuated unicycle robot, learns to race around a track within 11 minutes of real-world experience.
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spellingShingle Learning to Race in Minutes: Infoprop Dyna on the Mini Wheelbot
Subhasish, Devdutt
Hose, Henrik
Trimpe, Sebastian
Machine Learning
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has the potential to enable robots with fast, nonlinear, and unstable dynamics to reach the limits of their performance. However, most recent advances rely on carefully designed physics-based simulators and domain randomization to achieve successful sim-to-real transfer within reasonable wall-clock time. In this work, we bypass the need for such simulators and demonstrate that Infoprop Dyna, a state-of-the-art uncertainty-aware model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) framework, can enable robots to learn directly from real-world interactions. Using Infoprop Dyna, the Mini Wheelbot, an underactuated unicycle robot, learns to race around a track within 11 minutes of real-world experience.
title Learning to Race in Minutes: Infoprop Dyna on the Mini Wheelbot
topic Machine Learning
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01096