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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Playing Flappy Bird Based on Motion Recognition Using a Transformer Model and LIDAR Sensor.

Iveta Dirgová Luptáková, Martin Kubovčík, Jiří Pospíchal

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Iveta Dirgová LuptákováInstitute of Computer Technologies and Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia.
Martin KubovčíkInstitute of Computer Technologies and Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia.
Jiří PospíchalInstitute of Computer Technologies and Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-2617-7184

Funding

Cultural and Educational Grant Agency MŠVVaŠ SR KEGA 020UCM-4/2022Erasmus+ project FAAI: The Future is in Applied Artificial Intelligence 2022-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000088359, work package WP4
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Abstract

A transformer neural network is employed in the present study to predict Q-values in a simulated environment using reinforcement learning techniques. The goal is to teach an agent to navigate and excel in the Flappy Bird game, which became a popular model for control in machine learning approaches. Unlike most top existing approaches that use the game's rendered image as input, our main contribution lies in using sensory input from LIDAR, which is represented by the ray casting method. Specifically, we focus on understanding the temporal context of measurements from a ray casting perspective and optimizing potentially risky behavior by considering the degree of the approach to objects identified as obstacles. The agent learned to use the measurements from ray casting to avoid collisions with obstacles. Our model substantially outperforms related approaches. Going forward, we aim to apply this approach in real-world scenarios.

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agent controlFlappy Bird gamemotion sensorsray castingreinforcement learningroboticssignal processingtime series processingtransformer model

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PMID38544168
PMCPMC10975254

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