Tom Silver

@tomssilver

Assistant Professor @Princeton. Developing robots that plan and learn to help people.

Princeton, NJ

tomsilver.github.io

Joined October 2011

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Tom Silver
@tomssilver
Nov 1
This week's #PaperILike is "On-line Policy Improvement using Monte-Carlo Search" (Tesauro & Galperin, 1996). A classic example of combined learning and planning, a precursor to AlphaZero (in backgammon), and an easy read. PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.05407
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Tom Silver
@tomssilver
Oct 25
This week's #PaperILike is "Human-robot collaborative task planning using anticipatory brain responses" (Ehrlich et al., PLOS One 2023). Talking is too much effort. I want robots to read my mind! (+nice HRI / collaborative planning insights) PDF: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10…
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Tom Silver
@tomssilver
Oct 20
Adding this to my catalogue of (very) surprising physical strategies discovered by coding agents...
Bowen Li
@Bw_Li1024
Oct 20
Me: Put the green box on target, clearing obstructions. Astra: You got it, boss 🫡 (Purely python solution generated in a red teamed sandbox using no any other tools, with $20 budget)
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Tom Silver
@tomssilver
Oct 18
This week's #PaperILike is a break from the usual: "Worms and science," a 2003 interview with Sydney Brenner. On choosing problems, hypothesis-driven vs data-driven science, and knowing when to move on (in his case, from molecular bio). PDF:
Worms and science
From pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tom Silver
@tomssilver
Oct 16
Check out Samrat’s extension to DATAFARM where there is now a human in the loop to do what TAMP alone cannot!
samrat
@samratsahoo_
Oct 16
Teleoperators collecting data to fine-tune VLAs are spending valuable time demonstrating actions robots already know how to do. TANDEM combines task and motion planning (TAMP) with human teleoperation only as needed, reducing human effort. (1/8)

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