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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Incremental Learning of Goal-Directed Actions in a Dynamic Environment by a Robot Using Active Inference.

Takazumi Matsumoto, Wataru Ohata, Jun Tani

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Intermittent Active Inference.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Five Fristonian Formulae.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. The Many Roles of Precision in Action.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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3 authors.

Takazumi MatsumotoCognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1388-2906
Wataru OhataCognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2590-8982
Jun TaniCognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9131-9206

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated how a physical robot can adapt goal-directed actions in dynamically changing environments, in real-time, using an active inference-based approach with incremental learning from human tutoring examples. Using our active inference-based model, while good generalization can be achieved with appropriate parameters, when faced with sudden, large changes in the environment, a human may have to intervene to correct actions of the robot in order to reach the goal, as a caregiver might guide the hands of a child performing an unfamiliar task. In order for the robot to learn from the human tutor, we propose a new scheme to accomplish incremental learning from these proprioceptive-exteroceptive experiences combined with mental rehearsal of past experiences. Our experimental results demonstrate that using only a few tutoring examples, the robot using our model was able to significantly improve its performance on new tasks without catastrophic forgetting of previously learned tasks.

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active inferencefree energy principlegoal-directed action planningincremental learning

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PMID37998198
PMCPMC10670890

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