no code implementations • 5 Jun 2022 • Dawei Chen, Samuel Yang-Zhao, John Lloyd, Kee Siong Ng
This paper introduces the factored conditional filter, a new filtering algorithm for simultaneously tracking states and estimating parameters in high-dimensional state spaces.
2 code implementations • 16 Jun 2021 • Alex Church, John Lloyd, Raia Hadsell, Nathan F. Lepora
Simulation has recently become key for deep reinforcement learning to safely and efficiently acquire general and complex control policies from visual and proprioceptive inputs.
no code implementations • 5 Feb 2021 • Nathan F. Lepora, Andrew Stinchcombe, Chris Ford, Alfred Brown, John Lloyd, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier
In this work, we report on the integrated sensorimotor control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand, an anthropomorphic soft robot hand designed around the principle of adaptive synergies, with the BRL tactile fingertip (TacTip), a soft biomimetic optical tactile sensor based on the human sense of touch.
Robotics
no code implementations • 3 Dec 2020 • John Lloyd, Nathan F. Lepora
We evaluate our method by pushing objects across planar and curved surfaces.
Robotics
1 code implementation • 6 Aug 2020 • Alex Church, John Lloyd, Raia Hadsell, Nathan F. Lepora
Artificial touch would seem well-suited for Reinforcement Learning (RL), since both paradigms rely on interaction with an environment.