Robots are mechanical structures with sensors, effectors and control system. Coupling of sensory inputs to effector outputs requires a robotic control law. Unfortunately, the construction of such control laws is a complicated task. Automatisation of this process requires the incorporation of machine learning techniques. Robots capable of learning are not necessarily synonymous with intelligent ...

In order to claim fully general intelligence in an autonomous agent, the ability to learn is one of the most central capabilities. Classical machine learning techniques have had many significant empirical successes, but large real-world problems that are of interest to generally intelligent agents require learning much faster (with much less training experience) than is currently possible. This...