In this paper, we propose a learning algorithm that speeds up the search in task and motion planning problems. Our algorithm proposes solutions to three different challenges that arise in learning to improve planning efficiency: what to predict, how to represent a planning problem instance, and how to transfer knowledge from one problem instance to another. We propose a method that predicts constraints on the search space based on a generic representation of a planning problem instance, called score-space, where we represent a problem instance in terms of the performance of a set of solutions attempted so far. Using this representation, we transfer knowledge, in the form of constraints, from previous problems based on the similarity in score-space. We design a sequential algorithm that efficiently predicts these constraints, and evaluate it in three different challenging task and motion planning problems. Results indicate that our approach performs orders of magnitudes faster than an unguided planner.
For learning to guide search in continuousspace planning problems, REF describe an approach for predicting constraints on the solution space rather than a value function or an action itself.
Learning to guide task and motion planning using score-space representation
The International Journal of Robotics Research
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