Conclusion
We proposed a TATD-HER curriculum learning method to learn manipulation skills on multi-step complex tasks. The method addresses the complicated task with both explicit and implicit curriculum learning mechanisms. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed TATD-HER method and show that the combination of explicit and implicit curriculum learning techniques is crucial for learning complex manipulation skills. Future work involves applying our method to more complex tasks.
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61773378, U1713222, U1806204) and Equipment Pre-research Field Fund (Grant No. 61403120407).
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Liu, N., Lu, T., Cai, Y. et al. Manipulation skill learning on multi-step complex task based on explicit and implicit curriculum learning. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 65, 114201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2648-7
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