Learning to Drive a Bicycle Using Reinforcement Learning and Shaping

We present and solve a real-world problem of learning to drive a bicycle. We solve the problem by online reinforcement learning using the Sarsa(   )-algorithm. Then we solve the composite problem of learning to balance a bicycle and then drive to a goal. In our approach the reinforcement function is independent of the task the agent tries to learn to solve.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: ICML
• Authors: Jette Randløv, Preben Alstrøm
• Keywords: Composite Problem, ICML 1998, Machine Learning, Real-world Problem, Reinforcement Learning