SEDRo: A Simulated Environment for Developmental Robotics

TL;DR

SEDRo is a simulated environment designed to support developmental robotics research by providing diverse human-like experiences from fetal to toddler stages, enabling evaluation of learning models in a human-like developmental context.

Contribution

This paper introduces SEDRo, a novel simulated environment that offers diverse developmental experiences to facilitate human-like learning research in robotics.

Findings

Provides a range of developmental stages from fetus to 12 months.

Uses developmental psychology tests for evaluating learning progress.

Aims to lower research entry barriers in developmental robotics.

Abstract

Even with impressive advances in application-specific models, we still lack knowledge about how to build a model that can learn in a human-like way and do multiple tasks. To learn in a human-like way, we need to provide a diverse experience that is comparable to humans. In this paper, we introduce our ongoing effort to build a simulated environment for developmental robotics (SEDRo). SEDRo provides diverse human experiences ranging from those of a fetus to a 12th-month-old. A series of simulated tests based on developmental psychology will be used to evaluate the progress of a learning model. We anticipate SEDRo to lower the cost of entry and facilitate research in the developmental robotics community.