From f4e507ea28f3a8b3eb88c5d2290f465c63355e17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Simonini Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:53:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- unit7/README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/unit7/README.md b/unit7/README.md index 3f8ba26..1cd76da 100644 --- a/unit7/README.md +++ b/unit7/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -# Unit 7: Robotics Simulations with PyBullet πŸ€– +# Unit 7: Advantage Actor Critic (A2C) using Robotics Simulations with PyBullet πŸ€– One of the major industries that use Reinforcement Learning is robotics. Unfortunately, **having access to robot equipment is very expensive**. Fortunately, some simulations exist to train Robots: 1. PyBullet 2. MuJoco 3. Unity Simulations -We're going to use PyBullet today. And train two agents to walk: +We're going to learn about Advantage Actor Critic (A2C) and how to use PyBullet. And train two agents to walk: - A bipedal walker 🦿 - A spider πŸ•ΈοΈ @@ -13,21 +13,31 @@ We're going to use PyBullet today. And train two agents to walk: ![cover](https://github.com/huggingface/deep-rl-class/blob/main/unit7/assets/img/pybullet-envs.gif?raw=true) -We'll learn to use PyBullet environments and why we normalize input features. - Let's get started πŸ₯³ ## Required time ⏱️ The required time for this unit is, approximately: +- 1 hour for the theory. - 1 hour for the hands-on. ## Start this Unit πŸš€ Here are the steps for this Unit: +1️⃣ πŸ“– [Read Advantage Actor Critic Chapter](https://huggingface.co/blog/deep-rl-a2c). + +2️⃣ πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Then dive on the hands-on where you'll train two robots to walk. + The hands-on πŸ‘‰ [![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/huggingface/deep-rl-class/blob/main/unit7/unit7.ipynb) +Thanks to a leaderboard, you'll be able to compare your results with other classmates and exchange the best practices to improve your agent's scores Who will win the challenge for Unit 7 πŸ†? + The leaderboard πŸ‘‰ https://huggingface.co/spaces/chrisjay/Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Leaderboard +## Additional readings πŸ“š +- [Making Sense of the Bias / Variance Trade-off in (Deep) Reinforcement Learning](https://blog.mlreview.com/making-sense-of-the-bias-variance-trade-off-in-deep-reinforcement-learning-79cf1e83d565) +- [Bias-variance Tradeoff in Reinforcement Learning](https://www.endtoend.ai/blog/bias-variance-tradeoff-in-reinforcement-learning/) +- [Foundations of Deep RL Series, L3 Policy Gradients and Advantage Estimation by Pieter Abbeel](Foundations of Deep RL Series, L3 Policy Gradients and Advantage Estimation by Pieter Abbeel) + ## How to make the most of this course To make the most of the course, my advice is to: