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Learning Anticipation Policies for Robot Table Tennis

Wang, Zhikun ; Lampert, Christoph H. ; Mülling, Katharina ; Schölkopf, Bernhard ; Peters, Jan (2011)
Learning Anticipation Policies for Robot Table Tennis.
In: 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Buchkapitel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Playing table tennis is a difficult task for robots, especially due to their limitations of acceleration. A key bottleneck is the amount of time needed to reach the desired hitting position and velocity of the racket for returning the incoming ball. Here, it often does not suffice to simply extrapolate the ball's trajectory after the opponent returns it but more information is needed. Humans are able to predict the ball's trajectory based on the opponent's moves and, thus, have a considerable advantage. Hence, we propose to incorporate an anticipation system into robot table tennis players, which enables the robot to react earlier while the opponent is performing the striking movement. Based on visual observation of the opponent's racket movement, the robot can predict the aim of the opponent and adjust its movement generation accordingly. The policies for deciding how and when to react are obtained by reinforcement learning. We conduct experiments with an existing robot player to show that the learned reaction policy can significantly improve the performance of the overall system.

Typ des Eintrags: Buchkapitel
Erschienen: 2011
Autor(en): Wang, Zhikun ; Lampert, Christoph H. ; Mülling, Katharina ; Schölkopf, Bernhard ; Peters, Jan
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Learning Anticipation Policies for Robot Table Tennis
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2011
Ort: San Francisco
Verlag: IEEE
Buchtitel: 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Veranstaltungstitel: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems (IROS)
Veranstaltungsort: San Francisco, CA
Veranstaltungsdatum: 25-30 September 2011
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Playing table tennis is a difficult task for robots, especially due to their limitations of acceleration. A key bottleneck is the amount of time needed to reach the desired hitting position and velocity of the racket for returning the incoming ball. Here, it often does not suffice to simply extrapolate the ball's trajectory after the opponent returns it but more information is needed. Humans are able to predict the ball's trajectory based on the opponent's moves and, thus, have a considerable advantage. Hence, we propose to incorporate an anticipation system into robot table tennis players, which enables the robot to react earlier while the opponent is performing the striking movement. Based on visual observation of the opponent's racket movement, the robot can predict the aim of the opponent and adjust its movement generation accordingly. The policies for deciding how and when to react are obtained by reinforcement learning. We conduct experiments with an existing robot player to show that the learned reaction policy can significantly improve the performance of the overall system.

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Intelligent Autonomous Systems

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Intelligente Autonome Systeme
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