João Silvério
I am a researcher and the group leader of the Interactive Skill Learning group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Prior to joining DLR I spent 5 years at IIT in Genova, Italy, where I got my PhD in 2017, and 2.5 years in Switzerland, at the Idiap Research Institute, as a postdoc.
My research focuses primarily on efficient robot skill acquisition via imitation and reinforcement learning. I investigate compact skill representations which leverage prior knowledge in the form of object poses, geometries and uncertainties to achieve data-efficient learning and generalization.
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Open positions
There are multiple internship and MSc thesis positions open in my group! If you have a machine learning background and would like to investigate robot skill learning, send me your CV and cover letter (max. 1 page) by e-mail.
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News
- 20/4/24 - New paper "Guiding real-world reinforcement learning for in-contact manipulation tasks with Shared Control Templates" accepted at AuRo!
- 23/3/24 - Our paper "A probabilistic approach to multi-modal adaptive virtual fixtures" has been accepted at RA-L!
- 29/1/24 - Two papers accepted at ICRA'24! More details in the list below.
- 8/5/23 - ICRA'23 paper presentations available on Infovaya, see them here and here.
- 17/1/23 - Two papers accepted at ICRA'23! (see list of publications below)
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Guiding real-world reinforcement learning for in-contact manipulation tasks with Shared Control Templates
A. Padalkar, G. Quere, A. Raffin, J. Silvério, F. Stulp
Autonomous Robots (AuRo), 2024
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A probabilistic approach to multi-modal adaptive virtual fixtures
M. Mühlbauer, T. Hulin, B. Weber, S. Calinon, F. Stulp, A. Albu-Schäffer, J. Silvério
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024
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Open X-Embodiment: Robotic learning datasets and RT-X models
Open X-Embodiment Collaboration
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024
https://robotics-transformer-x.github.io/
Best Conference Paper Award Finalist Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation Finalist Best Student Paper Award Finalist
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A probabilistic approach for learning and adapting shared control skills with the human in the loop
G. Quere, F. Stulp, D. Filliat, J. Silvério
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024
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Probabilistic learning and adaptation of shared control skills for assistive robots
G. Quere, F. Stulp, D. Filliat, J. Silvério
16th International Workshop on Human-friendly Robotics (HFR), 2023
Best late-breaking results poster award winner
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A non-parametric skill representation with soft null space projectors for fast generalization
J. Silvério, Y. Huang
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
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Guiding reinforcement learning with shared control templates
A. Padalkar, G. Quere, F. Steinmetz, A. Raffin, M. Nieuwenhuisen, J. Silvério, F. Stulp
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
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Learning to exploit elastic actuators for quadruped locomotion
A. Raffin, D. Seidel, J. Kober, A. Albu-Schäffer, J. Silvério, F. Stulp
arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.07171, 2022
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Mixture of experts on Riemannian manifolds for visual-servoing fixtures
M. Mühlbauer, F. Stulp, A. Albu-Schäffer, J. Silvério
IROS'22 Workshop "Probabilistic Robotics in the Age of Deep Learning", 2022
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Bilateral teleoperation with object-adaptive mapping
X. Gao, J. Silvério, S. Calinon, M. Li, X. Xiao
Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021
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A probabilistic framework for learning geometry-based robot manipulation skills
F.J. Abu-Dakka, Y. Huang, J. Silvério, V. Kyrki
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), 2021
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A laser-based dual-arm system for precise control of collaborative robots
J. Silvério, G. Clivaz, S. Calinon
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021
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Ergodic exploration using tensor train: applications in insertion tasks
S. Shetty, J. Silvério, S. Calinon
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2021
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Motion mappings for continuous bilateral teleoperation
X. Gao, J. Silvério, E. Pignat, S. Calinon, M. Li, X. Xiao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2021
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Learning from demonstration using products of experts: applications to manipulation and task prioritization
E. Pignat, J. Silvério, S. Calinon
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2021
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Towards orientation learning and adaptation in Cartesian space
Y. Huang, F.J. Abu-Dakka, J. Silvério, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2020
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Fourier movement primitives: an approach for learning rhythmic robot skills from demonstrations
T. Kulak, J. Silvério, S. Calinon
Robotics: Science and Systems (R:SS), 2020
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Uncertainty-aware imitation learning using kernelized movement primitives
J. Silvério, Y. Huang, F.J. Abu-Dakka, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019
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Kernelized movement primitives
Y. Huang, L. Rozo, J. Silvério, D.G. Caldwell
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2019
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Generalized orientation learning in robot task space
Y. Huang, F.J. Abu-Dakka,, J. Silvério, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019
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Non-parametric imitation learning of robot motor skills
Y. Huang, L. Rozo, J. Silvério, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019
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Learning Task Priorities from Demonstrations
J. Silvério, S. Calinon, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2019
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Towards minimal intervention control with competing constraints
Y. Huang, J. Silvério, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
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An uncertainty-aware minimal intervention control strategy learned from demonstrations
J. Silvério, Y. Huang, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
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Probabilistic learning of torque controllers from kinematic and force constraints
J. Silvério, Y. Huang, L. Rozo, S. Calinon, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
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Hybrid probabilistic trajectory optimization using null-space exploration
Y. Huang, J. Silvério, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018
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Generalized task-parameterized skill learning
Y. Huang, J. Silvério, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018
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Bimanual skill learning with pose and joint space constraints
J. Silvério, S. Calinon, L. Rozo, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2018
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An approach for imitation learning on Riemannian manifolds
M. Zeestraten, I. Havoutis, J. Silvério, S. Calinon, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017
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Exploiting interaction dynamics for learning collaborative robot behaviors
L. Rozo, J. Silvério, S. Calinon, D.G. Caldwell
IJCAI'16 Workshop "Interactive Machine Learning", 2016
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Learning controllers for reactive and proactive behaviors in human-robot collaboration
L. Rozo, J. Silvério, S. Calinon, D.G. Caldwell
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016
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Learning bimanual end-effector poses from demonstrations using task-parameterized dynamical systems
J. Silvério, L. Rozo, S. Calinon, D.G. Caldwell
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015
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