Coachable AI Agents Learn Styles for Interactive Gameplay.
Key takeaways
- RL agents can be made "coachable" to exhibit diverse styles beyond optimal task completion.
- The framework combines UVFAs with tailored training and data augmentation.
- Users gain real-time control over agent behavior and style.
- Demonstrated success in AAA games and humanoid robotics.
Who benefits
Summary
This paper introduces a framework for creating coachable AI agents that can learn and exhibit specific "styles" while still completing their primary tasks in complex domains. By combining universal value function approximators (UVFAs) with tailored training, the framework allows real-time control over agent behavior, demonstrated in AAA video games and a humanoid test domain.
Why it matters
Game developers, robotics engineers, and interactive AI designers can use this framework to create more engaging, customizable, and user-friendly AI systems that adapt to specific user preferences or dynamic operational needs.
How to implement this in your domain
- 1Explore UVFAs for developing flexible AI agent behaviors in your products.
- 2Design training scenarios that incorporate diverse "style" variations for agents.
- 3Implement data augmentation techniques to enhance style learning in RL.
- 4Develop user interfaces for real-time style selection and control of AI agents.
- 5Apply the framework to create more personalized experiences in games or simulations.
Original post by Roberto Capobianco (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Harm van Seijen (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Nolan D. Bard (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Neil Burch (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Fatima Davelouis (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Josh Davidson (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Alisa Devlic (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Yunshu Du (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Ishan Durugkar (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Siddhant Gangapurwala (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Daniel Hernandez (Sony AI, North America, various locations), G. Zacharias Holland (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Sahil Jain (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kenta Kawamoto (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Raksha Kumaraswamy (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Patrick MacAlpine (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Dustin R. Morrill (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Declan Oller (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Francesco Riccio (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Akanksha Saran (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Craig Sherstan (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Kaushik Subramanian (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Thomas J. Walsh (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Samuel Barrett (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kizza N. Frisbee (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Mady Govil (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Johannes G\"unther (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Varun R. Kompella (Sony AI, North America, various locations), James A. MacGlashan (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Maxwell Svetlik (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Michael D. Thomure (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Jaden B. Travnik (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kevin Waugh (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Elahe Aghapour (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Florian Fuchs (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Andreanne Lemay (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Shruti Mishra (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Takuma Seno (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Peter Stone (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Michael Spranger (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Peter R. Wurman (Sony AI, North America, various locations)
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View on XOriginally posted by Roberto Capobianco (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Harm van Seijen (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Nolan D. Bard (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Neil Burch (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Fatima Davelouis (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Josh Davidson (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Alisa Devlic (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Yunshu Du (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Ishan Durugkar (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Siddhant Gangapurwala (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Daniel Hernandez (Sony AI, North America, various locations), G. Zacharias Holland (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Sahil Jain (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kenta Kawamoto (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Raksha Kumaraswamy (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Patrick MacAlpine (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Dustin R. Morrill (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Declan Oller (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Francesco Riccio (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Akanksha Saran (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Craig Sherstan (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Kaushik Subramanian (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Thomas J. Walsh (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Samuel Barrett (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kizza N. Frisbee (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Mady Govil (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Johannes G\"unther (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Varun R. Kompella (Sony AI, North America, various locations), James A. MacGlashan (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Maxwell Svetlik (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Michael D. Thomure (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Jaden B. Travnik (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Kevin Waugh (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Elahe Aghapour (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Florian Fuchs (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Andreanne Lemay (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Shruti Mishra (Sony AI, Zurich, Switzerland), Takuma Seno (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Peter Stone (Sony AI, North America, various locations), Michael Spranger (Sony AI, Tokyo, Japan), Peter R. Wurman (Sony AI, North America, various locations) on X · view source
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