Object-centric learning for real-world videos by predicting temporal feature similarities

A Zadaianchuk, M Seitzer… - Advances in Neural …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Unsupervised video-based object-centric learning is a promising avenue to learn structured
representations from large, unlabeled video collections, but previous approaches have only …

Entity-centric reinforcement learning for object manipulation from pixels

D Haramati, T Daniel, A Tamar - arxiv preprint arxiv:2404.01220, 2024 - arxiv.org
Manipulating objects is a hallmark of human intelligence, and an important task in domains
such as robotics. In principle, Reinforcement Learning (RL) offers a general approach to …

Towards Empowerment Gain through Causal Structure Learning in Model-Based RL

H Cao, F Feng, M Fang, S Dong, T Yang, J Huo… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
In Model-Based Reinforcement Learning (MBRL), incorporating causal structures into
dynamics models provides agents with a structured understanding of the environments …

Causal Information Prioritization for Efficient Reinforcement Learning

H Cao, F Feng, T Yang, J Huo, Y Gao - arxiv preprint arxiv:2502.10097, 2025 - arxiv.org
Current Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods often suffer from sample-inefficiency,
resulting from blind exploration strategies that neglect causal relationships among states …

Fine-grained causal dynamics learning with quantization for improving robustness in reinforcement learning

I Hwang, Y Kwak, S Choi, BT Zhang, S Lee - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Causal dynamics learning has recently emerged as a promising approach to enhancing
robustness in reinforcement learning (RL). Typically, the goal is to build a dynamics model …

SkiLD: Unsupervised Skill Discovery Guided by Factor Interactions

Z Wang, J Hu, C Chuck, S Chen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Unsupervised skill discovery carries the promise that an intelligent agent can learn reusable
skills through autonomous, reward-free environment interaction. Existing unsupervised skill …

BECAUSE: Bilinear Causal Representation for Generalizable Offline Model-based Reinforcement Learning

H Lin, W Ding, J Chen, L Shi, J Zhu, B Li… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Offline model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) enhances data efficiency by utilizing
pre-collected datasets to learn models and policies, especially in scenarios where …

[PDF][PDF] Discovering and Using Structure in Autonomous Machine Learning

A Zadaianchuk - 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The ability to autonomously understand complex environments and act in them is an
essential goal in artificial agents' development. State-of-the-art agents may excel in …

From Skills to Plans: Automatic Skill Discovery and Symbolic Interpretation for Compositional Tasks

Y Wu, J Cao, Y Zhou, J Ma, Z Xu - openreview.net
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has struggled with pixel-based controlling tasks that
have numerous entities, long sequences, and logical dependencies. Methods using …

[NAVOD][C] SkiLD: Unsupervised Skill Discovery Guided by Local Dependencies

Z Wang, J Hu, C Chuck, S Chen, R Martín-Martín… - Workshop on Reinforcement …