Continual Harness: A reset-free self-improving harness for embodied agents
The Continual Harness is a self-improving system designed for embodied agents, enabling them to adapt without human intervention. It allows agents to refine their strategies and skills in real-time while interacting with environments like Pokémon games. This innovative approach significantly reduces the need for episode resets and enhances the agents' performance through online learning.
- ▪Continual Harness automates the self-improvement process for embodied agents, eliminating the need for human involvement.
- ▪The system has demonstrated success by completing Pokémon games without losing battles, showcasing its advanced decision-making capabilities.
- ▪By utilizing long-context memory and online prompt optimization, the harness improves efficiency and reduces operational costs.
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| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 15:32:07 +0000 |
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▶ A reset-free self-improving harness for embodied agents CONTINUAL HARNESS Online Adaptation for Self-Improving Foundation Agents BLUE — cleared YELLOW LEGACY (hard) — cleared CRYSTAL — 0 KO L98Seth Karten*1 L98Joel Zhang*2 L72Tersoo Upaa Jr1 L72Ruirong Feng1 L72Wenzhe Li1 L72Chengshuai Shi1 L99Chi Jin1 L99Kiran Vodrahalli3 * Equal contribution. 1 Princeton University · 2 ARISE Foundation · 3 Google DeepMind APaper BarXiv XCode YBibTeX RESET-FREE SELF-IMPROVEMENT◆ HUMAN-OUT-OF-THE-LOOP◆ ONLINE PROCESS-REWARD CO-LEARNING◆ POKÉMON RED · EMERALD · BLUE · YELLOW · CRYSTAL◆ FRONTIER MODELS + GEMMA-4 OPEN-SOURCE STUDENTS◆ RESET-FREE SELF-IMPROVEMENT◆ HUMAN-OUT-OF-THE-LOOP◆ ONLINE PROCESS-REWARD CO-LEARNING◆ POKÉMON RED · EMERALD · BLUE · YELLOW · CRYSTAL◆ FRONTIER MODELS + GEMMA-4 OPEN-SOURCE…
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