?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Exploiting+qualitative+knowledge+to+enhance+skill+acquisition&rft.creator=Baroglio%2C+Cristina&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=One+of+the+most+interesting+problems+faced+by+Artificial+Intelligence+researchers+is+to+reproduce+a+capability+typical+of+living+beings%3A+that+of+learning+to+perform+motor+tasks%2C+a+problem+known+as+skill+acquisition.+A+very+difficult+purpose+because+the+overwhole+behavior+of+an+agent+is+the+result+of+quite+a+complex+activity%2C+involving+sensory%2C+planning+and+motor+processing.+In+this+paper%2C+I+present+a+novel+approach+for+acquiring+new+skills%2C+named+Soft+Teaching%2C+that+is+characterized+by+a+learning+by+experience+process%2C+in+which+an+agent+exploits+a+symbolic%2C+qualitative+description+of+the+task+to+perform%2C+that+cannot%2C+however%2C+be+used+directly+for+control+purposes.+A+specific+Soft+Teaching+technique%2C+named+Symmetries%2C+was+implemented+and+tested+against+a+continuous-domained+version+of+well-known+pole-balancing.&rft.publisher=Springer+Verlag&rft.contributor=van+Someren%2C+Maarten&rft.contributor=Widmer%2C+Gerhard&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F528%2F2%2Fpaper.ps&rft.identifier=++Baroglio%2C+Cristina++(1997)+Exploiting+qualitative+knowledge+to+enhance+skill+acquisition.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F528%2F