Implement Real-Time Chunking (RTC) for action chunking policies using flow
matching denoising. RTC enables smooth action transitions between consecutive
chunks by using prefix guidance during denoising.
Key features:
- RTCProcessor class with denoise_step method for RTC guidance
- Tracker system for debug tracking using time-based dictionary storage
- RTCDebugVisualizer with comprehensive visualization utilities
- Integration with SmolVLA policy for flow matching models
- Support for multiple prefix attention schedules (ZEROS, ONES, LINEAR, EXP)
- Configurable execution horizon and max guidance weight
- Example scripts for dataset evaluation and real-time control
Technical details:
- Uses autograd-based gradient computation for RTC corrections
- Time-based tracking eliminates duplicate step issues
- Proxy methods in RTCProcessor for cleaner API
- Full integration with LeRobot's policy and dataset systems
Files added/modified:
- src/lerobot/configs/types.py: Add RTCAttentionSchedule enum
- src/lerobot/policies/rtc/: Core RTC implementation
- configuration_rtc.py: RTC configuration
- modeling_rtc.py: RTCProcessor with denoise_step
- debug_handler.py: Tracker for debug information
- debug_visualizer.py: Visualization utilities
- src/lerobot/policies/smolvla/modeling_smolvla.py: RTC integration
- examples/rtc/: Example scripts and evaluation tools
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Co-Authored-By: Alexander Soare <alexander.soare159@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Eugene Mironov