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JRM Vol.22 No.1 pp. 122-133
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0122
(2010)

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Acceleration of Reinforcement Learning by a Mobile Robot Using Generalized Inhibition Rules

Kousuke Inoue*, Tamio Arai**, and JunOta***

*Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan

**Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

***Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8568, Japan

Received:
March 26, 2009
Accepted:
December 25, 2009
Published:
February 20, 2010
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Keywords:
optical tactile sensor, elastic body, cubic polynomial deformation, 3D force information
Abstract
One very fundamental problem in behavioral learning by an agent is that it takes quite a long time to acquire optimal behavior. In order to solve this problem, in this paper, we propose an approach to make learning processes more efficient by the use of generalized knowledge. In this approach, the agent repeats learning processes for different tasks and extracts behavioral rules that are commonly harmful to task execution by the use of statistical method. After sufficient experience is accumulated, the generalized rules are extracted from the experience and are applied to subsequent learning processes, and, consequently, the learning processes are accelerated by inhibiting commonly harmful behaviors. In order to achieve generality of rule expression, the description of the rules is based on egocentric information, namely, raw data of observations and actions experienced by the agent. In order to avoid a perceptual aliasing problem, the rule expression includes information on sequential experience and a mechanism is introduced to control the balance of utility and generality of the rules. The proposedmethod is examined in navigation tasks by amobile robot in grid environments as an example of application. The results show that the proposed method accelerates learning processes.
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K. Inoue, T. Arai, and JunOta, “Acceleration of Reinforcement Learning by a Mobile Robot Using Generalized Inhibition Rules,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.22 No.1, pp. 122-133, 2010.
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