高精度机器人操作需的数据量随精度逼近极限呈超指数增长。
The Curse of Precision: A Data Scaling Law for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation

- 提出数据与精度的新型标度律,揭示数据需求随精度逼近极限急剧上升。
- 实验验证精度极限值可被系统组件改进,如加腕部相机或优化专家策略。
- 为高精度机器人系统开发提供理论框架和可量化评估方法。
尽管模仿学习的标度律多关注开放世界中的泛化能力,但封闭世界任务如机器人装配中数据量与精度的关系仍不明确。本文系统研究该关系,提出一种新标度律:为达到固定成功率,所需示范数 $N$ 随目标精度 $P$ 接近极限值 $c$ 超指数增长,满足 $/log(N) /propto 1/(P-c)$。关键发现是,极限精度 $c$ 并非任务的静态物理常数,而是由传感器、专家策略等整个智能体系统共同决定的涌现特性。在典型操作任务上的实验验证了该定律,并表明提升系统组件(如添加腕部相机或更优专家)可显著降低 $c$,从而扩展系统可实现的精度范围。本工作为机器人高精度操作提供了新理论框架和定量评估指标,也为系统开发与调试提供实用指导。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
While scaling laws for imitation learning have primarily focused on generalization in open-world settings, the relationship between data and precision in closed-world tasks like robotic assembly remains largely unexplored. This paper systematically investigates this relationship and introduces a novel scaling law. We find that to achieve a fixed success rate, the required number of demonstrations $N$ grows super-exponentially as the target precision $P$ approaches a limit $c$. This relationship is accurately captured by the model $\log(N) \propto 1/(P-c)$. Crucially, we reveal that the limit precision $c$ is not a static physical constant of the task but an emergent property of the entire agent system, including its sensors and expert policy. Through experiments on canonical manipulation tasks, we validate this law and demonstrate that improving system components, such as adding a wrist camera or using a more effective expert, measurably lowers $c$, thus expanding the system's achievable precision. Our work provides a new theoretical framework for precision in robotics and a quantitative metric to evaluate system capabilities. Furthermore, these findings provide a practical methodology for guiding the development and debugging of high-precision manipulation systems.
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