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arxiv:2510.12403

Robot Learning: A Tutorial

Published on Oct 14
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Francesco Capuano
on Oct 15
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Robot learning transitions from model-based to data-driven methods, leveraging reinforcement learning and behavioral cloning to develop versatile, language-conditioned models for diverse tasks and robot types.

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Robot learning is at an inflection point, driven by rapid advancements in machine learning and the growing availability of large-scale robotics data. This shift from classical, model-based methods to data-driven, learning-based paradigms is unlocking unprecedented capabilities in autonomous systems. This tutorial navigates the landscape of modern robot learning, charting a course from the foundational principles of Reinforcement Learning and Behavioral Cloning to generalist, language-conditioned models capable of operating across diverse tasks and even robot embodiments. This work is intended as a guide for researchers and practitioners, and our goal is to equip the reader with the conceptual understanding and practical tools necessary to contribute to developments in robot learning, with ready-to-use examples implemented in lerobot.

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A comprehensive tutorial on Robot Learning, with step-by-step derivations of the most relevant techniques from first principles, and hands-on code examples implemented in lerobot

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That's a really nice overview, thanks for the contribution of Hugging Face for more universally affordable robot learning!

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Ahahaha, fwiw I take full responsibility for this bit πŸ˜‚

Jokes aside, what I really wanted to highlight was the key (hopefully, very much accepted) takeaway that robot learning just offers a lot more potential with a lot less modeling effort compared to classical techniques

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