An experimental comparison of Bayesian optimization for bipedal locomotion

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1951-1958

  Calandra, Roberto ^a   Seyfarth, André ^a   Peters, Jan ^a,b   Deisenroth, Marc Peter ^a,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN;

BAYESIAN OPTIMIZATION; BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; CONTROLLER PARAMETRIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; GAIT-OPTIMIZATION; HUMAN EXPERTISE; ROBOT LOCOMOTION;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 84905854494     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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