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Behavior cloning (BC)

Behavior cloning (BC)

Sep 30, 20261 min read

  • terminology
  • imitation

One-line meaning

Supervised learning of a policy from demonstrated observation–action pairs.

Nuance

Good imitation on recorded states need not imply recovery from unseen errors or changed object poses.

Related concepts

  • Imitation learning (IL)
  • DAgger
  • Action Chunking with Transformers (ACT)

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  • Diffusion policy
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