Google DeepMind AI learns to creatively move around obstacles

Google DeepMind AI learns to creatively move around obstacles
Swapna Krishna, Engadget, 2017/07/11
As the teaser says, "Come for the reinforcement learning, stay for the GIFs." Stay for the short video, actually, to watch a human-shaped robot figure navigate complex landscapes. This aerticle summarizes the outcomes of a reserach paper (14 page PDF), It wasn't given instructions on how to do this; it learned how to jump and climb via reinforcement learning. More...