Cartpole

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An inverted pendulum whose pivot point can be moved along a track to maintain balance

    "Using the same learning algorithm, network architecture and hyper-parameters, our algorithm robustly solves more than 20 simulated physics tasks, including classic problems such as cartpole swing-up, dexterous manipulation, legged locomotion and car driving."

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"Using the same learning algorithm, network architecture and hyper-parameters, our algorithm robustly solves more than 20 simulated physics tasks, including classic problems such as cartpole swing-up, dexterous manipulation, legged locomotion and car driving."

Etymology

From cart + pole, representing the pendulum as an upright pole balancing on top of a moving cart.

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