Learning Throwing and Catching Skills - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Learning Throwing and Catching Skills

Kober, J., Muelling, K., and Peters, J.
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5167 - 5168, October, 2012

Abstract

In this video, we present approaches for learning throwing and catching skills. We first show how a hitting skill (i.e., table tennis) can be learned using a combination of imitation and reinforcement learning. This hitting skill is subsequently generalized to a catching skill. Secondly, we show how a robot can adapt a throwing skill to new targets. Finally, we demonstrate that a BioRob and a Barrett WAM can play catch together using the previously acquired skills.

BibTeX

@conference{Kober-2012-107889,
author = {Kober, J. and Muelling, K. and Peters, J.},
title = {Learning Throwing and Catching Skills},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
year = {2012},
month = {October},
pages = {5167 - 5168},
}