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Robotics research in LfD and BC: Impact of LLMs and ViTs discussed

The r/MachineLearning subreddit is discussing the current state of research in Learning from Demonstrations (LfD) and Behavioral Cloning (BC). A key question is whether these fields are being influenced by recent advancements in frontier Large Language Models (LLMs), or if they are progressing independently. Participants are also inquiring about the adoption and impact of Vision Transformers (ViTs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs) within LfD and BC research, and if there are any other notable recent advancements in these areas. AI

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Robotics research in LfD and BC: Impact of LLMs and ViTs discussed

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/moschles ·

    Roboticists working in Learning-from-Demonstrations and Behavioral Cloning : What is going on in your field these days? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is LfD and BC research being effected by recent advances in (so-called) Frontier LLMs? Or is research in LfD and BC sort of going along in an independent direction from these? </p> <p>Are you seeing any use from ViTs or VLAs? </p> <p>Any other re…