The Malmo Platform for Artificial Intelligence Experimentation
- Matthew Johnson ,
- Katja Hofmann ,
- Tm Hutton ,
- David Bignell ,
- Katja Hofmann
25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16) |
Published by AAAI - Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
We present Project Malmo – an AI experimentation platform built on top of the popular computer game Minecraft, and designed to support fundamental research in artificial intelligence. As the AI research community pushes for artificial general intelligence (AGI), experimentation platforms are needed that support the development of flexible agents that learn to solve diverse tasks in complex environments. Minecraft is an ideal foundation for such a platform, as it exposes agents to complex 3D worlds, coupled with infinitely varied game-play. Project Malmo provides a sophisticated abstraction layer on top of Minecraft that supports a wide range of experimentation scenarios, ranging from navigation and survival to collaboration and problem solving tasks. In this demo we present the Malmo platform and its capabilities. The platform is publicly released as open source software at IJCAI, to support openness and collaboration in AI research.
Research in Focus: AI experimentation platform—Project Malmo
This session talks about Project Malmo, a unique AI experimentation platform based on the game Minecraft. Microsoft Research’s Katja Hofmann and Evelyne Viegas talk about the genesis of the platform, what researchers are using it for, and what they’ve learned from the use of the platform so far.