Hello, it’s time for my yearly post! The goal of this one is to be a handy reference for behavior cloning as applied to manipulation – something I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on over the past 6-9 months. The field has been progressing at an absurdly rapid pace of late (somehow we’re at a point where robots can do laundry), so I thought it’d be a good exercise to summarize where we’re at right now and how we got here (at least from my perspective and based on what I’ve read so far). I’m hoping this becomes a useful resource for any manipulation enthusiasts stumbling upon it, and of course, for future me as well!
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