On Designing a Learning Robot: Improving Morphology for Enhanced Task Performance and Learning

Maks Sorokin,Chuyuan Fu,Jie Tan,C. Karen Liu,Yunfei Bai,Wenlong Lu,Sehoon Ha,Mohi Khansari,Maks Sorokin,Chuyuan Fu,Jie Tan,C. Karen Liu,Yunfei Bai,Wenlong Lu,Sehoon Ha,Mohi Khansari

As robots become more prevalent, optimizing their design for better performance and efficiency is becoming increasingly important. However, current robot design practices overlook the impact of perception and design choices on a robot's learning capabilities. To address this gap, we propose a comprehensive methodology that accounts for the interplay between the robot's perception, hardware charact...