Abhishek Gupta

In this discussion, Abhishek Gupta, a PhD student at UC Berkeley specializing in reinforcement learning for robotics, shares his exciting journey from Lego competitions to groundbreaking research. He dives into how robots learn reward functions from video data and the importance of supervised experts. Gupta also tackles real-world challenges of robotic learning, including multitask learning and the innovative concept of 'gradient surgery' to boost efficiency. The conversation highlights the fascinating relationship between humans and robots in everyday settings.