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Autores principales: Xu, Ziyi, Bilaloglu, Cem, Li, Yiming, Calinon, Sylvain
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13996
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author Xu, Ziyi
Bilaloglu, Cem
Li, Yiming
Calinon, Sylvain
author_facet Xu, Ziyi
Bilaloglu, Cem
Li, Yiming
Calinon, Sylvain
contents In robotics, a common challenge in imitation learning is the mismatch between training and deployment conditions, caused, for example, by environmental changes or imperfect observation and control. When a robot follows a nominal trajectory under such mismatch, it may become stuck and fail to complete the task. This calls for adaptive online exploration strategies that remain grounded in demonstrations. To this end, we propose an adaptive ergodic imitation approach that constructs a target distribution from the geometry of the retrieved demonstrations and uses it to generate trajectories that adaptively interpolate between tracking and exploration. Our method extends ergodic control beyond its traditional role in area-coverage and search by incorporating demonstrations into a retrieval-based receding-horizon framework for adaptive imitation.
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spellingShingle Ergodic Imitation for Adaptive Exploration around Demonstrations
Xu, Ziyi
Bilaloglu, Cem
Li, Yiming
Calinon, Sylvain
Robotics
In robotics, a common challenge in imitation learning is the mismatch between training and deployment conditions, caused, for example, by environmental changes or imperfect observation and control. When a robot follows a nominal trajectory under such mismatch, it may become stuck and fail to complete the task. This calls for adaptive online exploration strategies that remain grounded in demonstrations. To this end, we propose an adaptive ergodic imitation approach that constructs a target distribution from the geometry of the retrieved demonstrations and uses it to generate trajectories that adaptively interpolate between tracking and exploration. Our method extends ergodic control beyond its traditional role in area-coverage and search by incorporating demonstrations into a retrieval-based receding-horizon framework for adaptive imitation.
title Ergodic Imitation for Adaptive Exploration around Demonstrations
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13996