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Reinforcement Learning Examples

Single-gpu training reinforcement learning examples can be launched from isaacgymenvs with python train.py.

When training with the viewer (not headless), you can press v to toggle viewer sync. Disabling viewer sync will improve performance, especially in GPU pipeline mode. Viewer sync can be re-enabled at any time to check training progress.

List of Examples

Ant ant.py

An example of a simple locomotion task, the goal is to train quadruped robots (ants) to run forward as fast as possible. The Ant task includes examples of utilizing Isaac Gym's actor root state tensor, DOF state tensor, and force sensor tensor APIs. Actor root states provide data for the ant's root body, including position, rotation, linear and angular velocities. This information can be used to detect whether the ant has been moving towards the desired direction and whether it has fallen or flipped over. DOF states are used to retrieve the position and velocity of each DOF for the ant, and force sensors are used to indicate contacts with the ground plane on the ant's legs.

Actions are applied onto the DOFs of the ants to allow it to move, using the set_dof_actuation_force_tensor API.

During resets, we also show usage of set_actor_root_state_tensor_indexed and set_dof_state_tensor_indexed APIs for setting select ants into a valid starting state.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Ant.

Config files used for this task are:

Ant_running

Humanoid humanoid.py

The humanoid example is conceptually very similar to the Ant task. In this example, we also use actor root states to detect whether humanoids are been moving towards the desired direction and whether they have fallen. DOF states are used to retrieve the position and velocity of each DOF for the humanoids, and force sensors are used to indicate contacts with the ground plane on the humanoids' feet.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Humanoid.

Config files used for this task are:

Humanoid_running

Shadow Hand Object Manipulation shadow_hand.py

The Shadow Hand task is an example of a challenging dexterity manipulation task with complex contact dynamics. It resembles OpenAI's Learning Dexterity project and Robotics Shadow Hand training environments. It also demonstrates the use of tendons in the Shadow Hand model. In this example, we use get_asset_tendon_properties and set_asset_tendon_properties to get and set tendon properties for the hand. Motion of the hand is controlled using position targets with set_dof_position_target_tensor.

The goal is to orient the object in the hand to match the target orientation. There is a goal object that shows the target orientation to be achieved by the manipulated object. To reset both the target object and the object in hand, it is important to make one single call to set_actor_root_state_tensor_indexed to set the states for both objects. This task has 3 difficulty levels using different objects to manipulate - block, egg and pen and different observations schemes - openai, full_no_vel, full and full_state that can be set in the task config in observationType field. Moreover it supports asymmetric observations, when policy and value functions get different sets of observation.

The basic version of the task can be launched with command line argument task=ShadowHand.

Config files used for this task are:

Observations types:

  • openai: fingertip positions, object position and relative to the goal object orientation. These are the same set of observations as used in the OpenAI Learning Dexterity project
  • full_no_vel: the same as full but without any velocity information for joints, object and fingertips
  • full: a standard set of observations with joint positions and velocities, object pose, linear and angular velocities, the goal pose and fingertip transforms, and their linear and angular velocities
  • full_state: full set of observations plus readings from force-torque sensors attached to the fingertips and joint forces sensors. This is the default used by the base ShadowHand task

OpenAI Variant

In addition to the basic version of this task, there is an additional variant matching OpenAI's Learning Dexterity project. This variant uses the openai observations in the policy network, but asymmetric observations of the full_state in the value network. This can be launched with command line argument task=ShadowHandOpenAI_FF.

Config files used for this are:

Shadow_Hand_OpenAI

LSTM Training Variants

There are two other variants of training

  • ShadowHandOpenAI_LSTM
    • This variant uses LSTM policy and value networks instead of feed forward networks, and also asymmetric LSTM critic designed for the OpenAI variant of the task.
    • This can be launched with command line argument task=ShadowHandOpenAI_LSTM.
  • ShadowHand_LSTM
    • This variant uses LSTM policy and value networks instead of feed forward networks, but unlike the previous config, uses symmetric observations for the standard variant of Shadow Hand.
    • This can be launched with command line argument task=ShadowHand train=ShadowHandPPOLSTM.

OpenAI Testing Variant

This is a testing variant of the config to match test conditions from the Learning Dexterity paper such as a longer episode time and not re-applying domain randomizations after initial randomization. It is not intended to be used for training. Note that if the successTolerance config option is changed to 0.1 during training, running the testing variant with the standard 0.4 successTolerance will show improved performance. The testing variant will also output the average number of consecutive successes to the console, showing both the direct average of all environments as well as the average only over environments that have finished. Over time these numbers should converge.

To test the FF OpenAI variant, use these arguments: task=ShadowHandTest train=ShadowHandOpenAI_FFPPO test=True checkpoint=<CHECKPOINT_TO_LOAD>.

To test the LSTM OpenAI variant, use these arguments: task=ShadowHandTest train=ShadowHandOpenAI_LSTMPPO test=True checkpoint=<CHECKPOINT_TO_LOAD>.

Allegro Hand allegro_hand.py

This example performs the same cube manipulation task as the Shadow Hand environment, but using the Allegro hand instead of the Shadow hand.

It can be launched with command line argument task=AllegroHand.

Config files used for this task are:

Allegro_Hand_400

Anymal anymal.py

This example trains a model of the ANYmal quadruped robot from ANYbotics to follow randomly chosen x, y, and yaw target velocities.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Anymal.

Config files used for this task are:

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Anymal Rough Terrain anymal_terrain.py

A highly upgraded version of the original Anymal environment which supports traversing rough terrain and sim2real.

It can be launched with command line argument task=AnymalTerrain.

Note during test time use the last weights generated, rather than the usual best weights. Due to curriculum training, the reward goes down as the task gets more challenging, so the best weights do not typically correspond to the best outcome.

Note if you use the ANYmal rough terrain environment in your work, please ensure you cite the following work:

@misc{rudin2021learning,
      title={Learning to Walk in Minutes Using Massively Parallel Deep Reinforcement Learning}, 
      author={Nikita Rudin and David Hoeller and Philipp Reist and Marco Hutter},
      year={2021},
      journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.11978}

Note The IsaacGymEnvs implementation slightly differs from the implementation used in the paper above, which also uses a different RL library and PPO implementation. The original implementation will be made available here. Results reported in the Isaac Gym technical paper are based on that repository, not this one.

Trifinger trifinger.py

The Trifinger environment is modelled on the Real Robot Challenge 2020. The goal is to move the cube to the desired target location, which is represented by a superimposed cube.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Trifinger.

Note if you use the Trifinger environment in your work, please ensure you cite the following work:

@misc{isaacgym-trifinger,
  title     = {{Transferring Dexterous Manipulation from GPU Simulation to a Remote Real-World TriFinger}},
  author    = {Allshire, Arthur and Mittal, Mayank and Lodaya, Varun and Makoviychuk, Viktor and Makoviichuk, Denys and Widmaier, Felix and Wuthrich, Manuel and Bauer, Stefan and Handa, Ankur and Garg, Animesh},
  year      = {2021},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09779},
}

NASA Ingenuity Helicopter ingenuity.py

This example trains a simplified model of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter to navigate to a moving target. It showcases the use of velocity tensors and applying force vectors to rigid bodies. Note that we are applying force directly to the chassis, rather than simulating aerodynamics. This example also demonstrates using different values for gravitational forces, as well as dynamically writing a physics model from Python code at runtime. Ingenuity Helicopter visual 3D Model courtesy of NASA: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25043/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-3d-model/.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Ingenuity.

Config files used for this task are:

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Cartpole cartpole.py

Cartpole is a simple example that shows usage of the DOF state tensors. Position and velocity data are used as observation for the cart and pole DOFs. Actions are applied as forces to the cart using set_dof_actuation_force_tensor. During reset, we use set_dof_state_tensor_indexed to set DOF position and velocity of the cart and pole to a randomized state.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Cartpole.

Config files used for this task are:

image

Ball Balance ball_balance.py

This example trains balancing tables to balance a ball on the table top. This is a great example to showcase the use of force and torque sensors, as well as DOF states for the table and root states for the ball. In this example, the three-legged table has a force sensor attached to each leg using the create_force_sensor API. We use the force sensor tensor APIs to collect force and torque data on the legs, which guide position target outputs produced by the policy. The example shows usage of set_dof_position_target_tensor to set position targets to keep the ball balanced on the table.

It can be launched with command line argument task=BallBalance.

Config files used for this task are:

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Franka Cabinet franka_cabinet.py

The Franka example demonstrates interaction between Franka arm and cabinet, as well as setting states of objects inside the drawer. It also showcases control of the Franka arm using position targets. In this example, we use DOF state tensors to retrieve the state of the Franka arm, as well as the state of the drawer on the cabinet. Actions are applied using set_dof_position_target_tensor to set position targets for the Franka arm DOFs.

During reset, we use indexed versions of APIs to reset Franka, cabinet, and objects inside drawer to their initial states. set_actor_root_state_tensor_indexed is used to reset objects inside drawer, set_dof_position_target_tensor_indexed is used to reset Franka, and set_dof_state_tensor_indexed is used to reset Franka and cabinet.

It can be launched with command line argument task=FrankaCabinet.

Config files used for this task are:

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Quadcopter quadcopter.py

This example trains a very simple quadcopter model to reach and hover near a fixed position. The quadcopter model is generated procedurally and doesn't actually include any rotating blades. Lift is achieved by applying thrust forces to the "rotor" bodies, which are modeled as flat cylinders. This is a good example of using LOCAL_SPACE forces. In addition to thrust, the pitch and roll of each rotor is controlled using DOF position targets.

It can be launched with command line argument task=Quadcopter.

Config files used for this task are:

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AMP: Adversarial Motion Priors HumanoidAMP.py

This example trains a simulated human model to imitate different pre-recorded human animations stored in the mocap data - walking, running and backflip.

It can be launched with command line argument task=HumanoidAMP. The Animation file to train with can be set with motion_file in the task config (also see below for more information). Note: in test mode the viewer camera follows the humanoid from the first env. This can be changed in the environment yaml config by setting cameraFollow=False, or on the command line with a hydra override as follows: `++task.env.cameraFollow=False

A few motions from the CMU motion capture library (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/) are included with this repository, but additional animations can be converted from FBX into a trainable format using the poselib fbx_importer.py. You can learn more about poselib and this conversion tool in isaacgymenvs/tasks/amp/poselib/README.md

Several animations from the SFU Motion Capture Database (https://mocap.cs.sfu.ca/) are known to train well, including ones for martial arts moves such as a spin-kick, walking, jogging, and running animations, and several dance captures. The spinning kick portion of the SFU 0017_WushuKicks001 (shown below) trains in 6 minutes on a GA100 GPU. The SFU motions are not included directly in this repository due to licensing restrictions.

Config files used for this task are:

Note When training using new motion clips, the single most important hyperparameter to tune for AMP is disc_grad_penalty in HumanoidAMPPPO.yaml. Typical values are between [0.1, 10]. For a new motion, start with large values first, and if the policy is not able to closely imitate the motion, then try smaller coefficients for the gradient penalty. The HumanoidAMPPPOLowGP.yaml training configuration is provided as a convenience for this purpose.

Use the following command lines for training the currently included AMP motions:
(Walk is the default config motion, so doesn't need the motion file specified)
python train.py task=HumanoidAMP experiment=AMP_walk
python train.py task=HumanoidAMP ++task.env.motion_file=amp_humanoid_run.npy experiment=AMP_run
python train.py task=HumanoidAMP ++task.env.motion_file=amp_humanoid_dance.npy experiment=AMP_dance

(Backflip and Hop require the LowGP training config)
python train.py task=HumanoidAMP train=HumanoidAMPPPOLowGP ++task.env.motion_file=amp_humanoid_backflip.npy experiment=AMP_backflip
python train.py task=HumanoidAMP train=HumanoidAMPPPOLowGP ++task.env.motion_file=amp_humanoid_hop.npy experiment=AMP_hop

(Cartwheel requires hands in the contact body list and the LowGP training config; the default motion for the HumanoidAMPHand task is Cartwheel)
python train.py task=HumanoidAMPHand train=HumanoidAMPPPOLowGP experiment=AMP_cartwheel

Note If you use the AMP: Adversarial Motion Priors environment in your work, please ensure you cite the following work:

@article{
	2021-TOG-AMP,
	author = {Peng, Xue Bin and Ma, Ze and Abbeel, Pieter and Levine, Sergey and Kanazawa, Angjoo},
	title = {AMP: Adversarial Motion Priors for Stylized Physics-Based Character Control},
	journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.},
	issue_date = {August 2021},
	volume = {40},
	number = {4},
	month = jul,
	year = {2021},
	articleno = {1},
	numpages = {15},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3450626.3459670},
	doi = {10.1145/3450626.3459670},
	publisher = {ACM},
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	keywords = {motion control, physics-based character animation, reinforcement learning},
}

Images below are from SFU SpinKick training. image