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lerobot/examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py
Eugene Mironov 8a915c6b6f [RTC] Real Time Chunking for Pi0, Smolvla, Pi0.5 (#1698)
* Add Real-Time Chunking (RTC) support for flow matching models

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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* Fix rtc_config attribute access in SmolVLA

Use getattr() to safely check for rtc_config attribute existence
instead of direct attribute access. This fixes AttributeError when
loading policies without rtc_config in their config.

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* fixup! Fix rtc_config attribute access in SmolVLA

* Add RTCConfig field to SmolVLAConfig

Add rtc_config as an optional field in SmolVLAConfig to properly
support Real-Time Chunking configuration. This replaces the previous
getattr() workarounds with direct attribute access, making the code
cleaner and more maintainable.

Changes:
- Import RTCConfig in configuration_smolvla.py
- Add rtc_config: RTCConfig | None = None field
- Revert getattr() calls to direct attribute access in modeling_smolvla.py

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* Refactor RTC enabled checks to use _rtc_enabled helper

Add _rtc_enabled() helper method in VLAFlowMatching class to simplify
and clean up RTC enabled checks throughout the code. This reduces
code duplication and improves readability.

Changes:
- Add _rtc_enabled() method in VLAFlowMatching
- Replace verbose rtc_config checks with _rtc_enabled() calls
- Maintain exact same functionality with cleaner code

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* Rename track_debug method to track

Simplify the method name from track_debug to just track for better
readability and consistency. The method already has clear documentation
about its debug tracking purpose.

Changes:
- Rename RTCProcessor.track_debug() to track()
- Update all call sites in modeling_smolvla.py and modeling_rtc.py

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* Use output_dir for saving all evaluation images

Update eval_dataset.py to save all comparison images to the
configured output_dir instead of the current directory. This provides
better organization and allows users to specify where outputs should be
saved.

Changes:
- Add os import at top level
- Create output_dir at start of run_evaluation()
- Save all comparison images to output_dir
- Remove duplicate os imports
- Update init_rtc_processor() docstring to be more concise

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* fixup! Use output_dir for saving all evaluation images

* Fix logging buffering and enable tracking when RTC config provided

- Add force=True to logging.basicConfig to override existing configuration
- Enable line buffering for stdout/stderr for real-time log output
- Modify init_rtc_processor to create processor when rtc_config exists
  even if RTC is disabled, allowing tracking of denoising data

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* Refactor SmolVLA plotting to use tracker data instead of local variables

Remove local tracking variables (correction, x1_t, error) from the
denoising loop and instead retrieve plotting data from the RTC tracker
after each denoise step. This makes the code cleaner and uses the
tracker as the single source of truth for debug/visualization data.

Changes:
- Remove initialization of correction, x1_t, error before denoising loop
- After each Euler step, retrieve most recent debug step from tracker
- Extract correction, x1_t, err from debug step for plotting
- Update tracking condition to use is_debug_enabled() method

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* Move plotting logic from modeling_smolvla to eval_dataset script

Refactor to improve separation of concerns:

modeling_smolvla.py changes:
- Remove all plotting logic from sample_actions method
- Remove viz_xt_axs, viz_vt_axs, viz_x1t_axs parameters
- Remove matplotlib and RTCDebugVisualizer imports
- Remove viz_fig, viz_axs, denoise_step_counter instance variables
- Simplify denoising loop to only track data in rtc_processor

eval_dataset.py changes:
- Add _plot_denoising_steps_from_tracker helper method
- Retrieve debug steps from tracker after inference
- Plot x_t, v_t, x1_t, correction, and error from tracker data
- Enable debug tracking (cfg.rtc.debug = True) for visualization
- Remove viz axes parameters from predict_action_chunk calls

modeling_rtc.py changes:
- Remove v_t from track() call (handled by user change)

Benefits:
- Cleaner modeling code focused on inference
- Evaluation script owns all visualization logic
- Better separation of concerns
- Tracker is single source of truth for debug data

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* Refactor plotting loging

* fixup! Refactor plotting loging

* Improve visualization: separate correction plot and fix axis scaling

Changes:
- Create separate figure for correction data instead of overlaying on v_t
- Add _rescale_axes helper method to properly scale all axes
- Add 10% margin to y-axis for better visualization
- Fix v_t chart vertical compression issue

Benefits:
- Clearer v_t plot without correction overlay
- Better axis scaling with proper margins
- Separate correction figure for focused analysis
- Improved readability of all denoising visualizations

Output files:
- denoising_xt_comparison.png (x_t trajectories)
- denoising_vt_comparison.png (v_t velocity - now cleaner)
- denoising_correction_comparison.png (NEW - separate corrections)
- denoising_x1t_comparison.png (x1_t state with error)

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* fixup! Improve visualization: separate correction plot and fix axis scaling

* fixup! fixup! Improve visualization: separate correction plot and fix axis scaling

* fixup! fixup! fixup! Improve visualization: separate correction plot and fix axis scaling

* Fix traacking

* Right kwargs for the policy

* Add tests for tracker

* Fix tests

* Drop not required methods

* Add torch compilation for eval_dataset

* delete policies

* Add matplotliv to dev

* fixup! Add matplotliv to dev

* Experiemnt with late detach

* Debug

* Fix compilation

* Add RTC to PI0

* Pi0

* Pi0 eval dataset

* fixup! Pi0 eval dataset

* Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* fixup! Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* fixup! fixup! Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* fixup! fixup! fixup! Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* fixup! fixup! fixup! fixup! Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* fixup! fixup! fixup! fixup! fixup! Turn off compilation for pi0/pi05

* Add workable flow

* Small fixes

* Add more tests

* Add validatio at the end

* Update README

* Silent validation

* Fix tests

* Add tests for modeling_rtc

* Add tests for flow matching models with RTC

* fixup! Add tests for flow matching models with RTC

* fixup! fixup! Add tests for flow matching models with RTC

* Add one more test

* fixup! Add one more test

* Fix test to use _rtc_enabled() instead of is_rtc_enabled()

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* fixup! Fix test to use _rtc_enabled() instead of is_rtc_enabled()

* fixup! fixup! Fix test to use _rtc_enabled() instead of is_rtc_enabled()

* Add RTC initialization tests without config for PI0.5 and SmolVLA

Add test_pi05_rtc_initialization_without_rtc_config and
test_smolvla_rtc_initialization_without_rtc_config to verify that
policies can initialize without RTC config and that _rtc_enabled()
returns False in this case.

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* Fix PI0.5 init_rtc_processor to use getattr instead of direct model access

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* Fix SmolVLA init_rtc_processor to use getattr instead of direct model access

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* Fix PI0.5 RTC tests to use quantile stats (q01, q99) for normalization

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* fixup! Fix PI0.5 RTC tests to use quantile stats (q01, q99) for normalization

* Fixup eval with real robot

* fixup! Fixup eval with real robot

* fixup! fixup! Fixup eval with real robot

* Extract simulator logic from eval_with real robot and add proper headers to files

* Update images

* Fix tests

* fixup! Fix tests

* add docs for rtc

* enhance doc and add images

* Fix instal instructions

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
#
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# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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"""
Evaluate Real-Time Chunking (RTC) performance on dataset samples.
This script takes two random samples from a dataset:
- Uses actions from the first sample as previous chunk
- Generates new actions for the second sample with and without RTC
It compares action predictions with and without RTC on dataset samples,
measuring consistency and ground truth alignment.
Usage:
# Basic usage with smolvla policy
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=helper2424/smolvla_check_rtc_last3 \
--dataset.repo_id=helper2424/check_rtc \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=mps \
--rtc.max_guidance_weight=10.0 \
--rtc.prefix_attention_schedule=EXP \
--seed=10
# Basic usage with pi0.5 policy
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=lerobot/pi05_libero_finetuned \
--dataset.repo_id=HuggingFaceVLA/libero \
--rtc.execution_horizon=10 \
--device=mps
--seed=10
# Basic usage with pi0.5 policy with cuda device
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=lerobot/pi05_libero_finetuned \
--dataset.repo_id=HuggingFaceVLA/libero \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=cuda
# Basic usage with pi0 policy with cuda device
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=lerobot/pi0_libero_finetuned \
--dataset.repo_id=HuggingFaceVLA/libero \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=cuda
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=lipsop/reuben_pi0 \
--dataset.repo_id=ReubenLim/so101_cube_in_cup \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=cuda
# With torch.compile for faster inference (PyTorch 2.0+)
# Note: CUDA graphs disabled by default due to in-place ops in denoising loop
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=helper2424/smolvla_check_rtc_last3 \
--dataset.repo_id=helper2424/check_rtc \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=mps \
--use_torch_compile=true \
--torch_compile_mode=max-autotune
# With torch.compile on CUDA (CUDA graphs disabled by default)
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=helper2424/smolvla_check_rtc_last3 \
--dataset.repo_id=helper2424/check_rtc \
--rtc.execution_horizon=8 \
--device=cuda \
--use_torch_compile=true \
--torch_compile_mode=reduce-overhead
# Enable CUDA graphs (advanced - may cause tensor aliasing errors)
uv run python examples/rtc/eval_dataset.py \
--policy.path=helper2424/smolvla_check_rtc_last3 \
--dataset.repo_id=helper2424/check_rtc \
--use_torch_compile=true \
--torch_compile_backend=inductor \
--torch_compile_mode=max-autotune \
--torch_compile_disable_cudagraphs=false
"""
import gc
import logging
import os
import random
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
import numpy as np
import torch
try:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
MATPLOTLIB_AVAILABLE = True
except ImportError:
MATPLOTLIB_AVAILABLE = False
plt = None
from lerobot.configs import parser
from lerobot.configs.default import DatasetConfig
from lerobot.configs.policies import PreTrainedConfig
from lerobot.configs.types import RTCAttentionSchedule
from lerobot.datasets.factory import resolve_delta_timestamps
from lerobot.datasets.lerobot_dataset import LeRobotDataset, LeRobotDatasetMetadata
from lerobot.policies.factory import get_policy_class, make_pre_post_processors
from lerobot.policies.rtc.configuration_rtc import RTCConfig
from lerobot.policies.rtc.debug_visualizer import RTCDebugVisualizer
from lerobot.utils.hub import HubMixin
from lerobot.utils.utils import init_logging
def set_seed(seed: int):
"""Set random seed for reproducibility."""
random.seed(seed)
np.random.seed(seed)
torch.manual_seed(seed)
if torch.cuda.is_available():
torch.cuda.manual_seed(seed)
torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
torch.mps.manual_seed(seed)
torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
def _check_matplotlib_available():
"""Check if matplotlib is available, raise helpful error if not."""
if not MATPLOTLIB_AVAILABLE:
raise ImportError(
"matplotlib is required for RTC debug visualizations. "
"Please install it by running:\n"
" uv pip install matplotlib"
)
@dataclass
class RTCEvalConfig(HubMixin):
"""Configuration for RTC evaluation."""
# Policy configuration
policy: PreTrainedConfig | None = None
# Dataset configuration
dataset: DatasetConfig = field(default_factory=DatasetConfig)
# RTC configuration
rtc: RTCConfig = field(
default_factory=lambda: RTCConfig(
enabled=True,
execution_horizon=20,
max_guidance_weight=10.0,
prefix_attention_schedule=RTCAttentionSchedule.EXP,
debug=True,
debug_maxlen=1000,
)
)
# Device configuration
device: str | None = field(
default=None,
metadata={"help": "Device to run on (cuda, cpu, mps, auto)"},
)
# Output configuration
output_dir: str = field(
default="rtc_debug_output",
metadata={"help": "Directory to save debug visualizations"},
)
# Seed configuration
seed: int = field(
default=42,
metadata={"help": "Random seed for reproducibility"},
)
inference_delay: int = field(
default=4,
metadata={"help": "Inference delay for RTC"},
)
# Torch compile configuration
use_torch_compile: bool = field(
default=False,
metadata={"help": "Use torch.compile for faster inference (PyTorch 2.0+)"},
)
torch_compile_backend: str = field(
default="inductor",
metadata={"help": "Backend for torch.compile (inductor, aot_eager, cudagraphs)"},
)
torch_compile_mode: str = field(
default="default",
metadata={"help": "Compilation mode (default, reduce-overhead, max-autotune)"},
)
torch_compile_disable_cudagraphs: bool = field(
default=True,
metadata={
"help": "Disable CUDA graphs in torch.compile. Required due to in-place tensor "
"operations in denoising loop (x_t += dt * v_t) which cause tensor aliasing issues."
},
)
def __post_init__(self):
# Parse policy path
policy_path = parser.get_path_arg("policy")
if policy_path:
cli_overrides = parser.get_cli_overrides("policy")
self.policy = PreTrainedConfig.from_pretrained(policy_path, cli_overrides=cli_overrides)
self.policy.pretrained_path = policy_path
else:
raise ValueError("Policy path is required (--policy.path)")
# Auto-detect device if not specified
if self.device is None or self.device == "auto":
if torch.cuda.is_available():
self.device = "cuda"
elif torch.backends.mps.is_available():
self.device = "mps"
else:
self.device = "cpu"
logging.info(f"Auto-detected device: {self.device}")
@classmethod
def __get_path_fields__(cls) -> list[str]:
"""This enables the parser to load config from the policy using `--policy.path=local/dir`"""
return ["policy"]
class RTCEvaluator:
"""Evaluator for RTC on dataset samples."""
def __init__(self, cfg: RTCEvalConfig):
self.cfg = cfg
self.device = cfg.device
# Load dataset with proper delta_timestamps based on policy configuration
# Calculate delta_timestamps using the same logic as make_dataset factory
logging.info(f"Loading dataset: {cfg.dataset.repo_id}")
# Get dataset metadata to extract FPS
ds_meta = LeRobotDatasetMetadata(cfg.dataset.repo_id)
# Calculate delta_timestamps from policy's delta_indices
delta_timestamps = resolve_delta_timestamps(cfg.policy, ds_meta)
# Create dataset with calculated delta_timestamps
self.dataset = LeRobotDataset(
cfg.dataset.repo_id,
delta_timestamps=delta_timestamps,
)
logging.info(f"Dataset loaded: {len(self.dataset)} samples, {self.dataset.num_episodes} episodes")
# Create preprocessor/postprocessor
self.preprocessor, self.postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(
policy_cfg=cfg.policy,
pretrained_path=cfg.policy.pretrained_path,
preprocessor_overrides={
"device_processor": {"device": self.device},
},
)
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Ready to run evaluation with sequential policy loading:")
logging.info(" 1. policy_prev_chunk - Generate reference chunk, then destroy")
logging.info(" 2. policy_no_rtc - Generate without RTC, then destroy")
logging.info(" 3. policy_rtc - Generate with RTC, then destroy")
logging.info(" Note: Only one policy in memory at a time for efficient memory usage")
logging.info("=" * 80)
def _init_policy(self, name: str, rtc_enabled: bool, rtc_debug: bool):
"""Initialize a single policy instance with specified RTC configuration.
Args:
name: Name identifier for logging purposes
rtc_enabled: Whether to enable RTC for this policy
rtc_debug: Whether to enable debug tracking for this policy
Returns:
Configured policy instance with optional torch.compile applied
"""
logging.info(f"Initializing {name}...")
# Load policy from pretrained
policy_class = get_policy_class(self.cfg.policy.type)
config = PreTrainedConfig.from_pretrained(self.cfg.policy.pretrained_path)
if self.cfg.policy.type == "pi05" or self.cfg.policy.type == "pi0":
config.compile_model = self.cfg.use_torch_compile
policy = policy_class.from_pretrained(self.cfg.policy.pretrained_path, config=config)
policy = policy.to(self.device)
policy.eval()
# Configure RTC
rtc_config = RTCConfig(
enabled=rtc_enabled,
execution_horizon=self.cfg.rtc.execution_horizon,
max_guidance_weight=self.cfg.rtc.max_guidance_weight,
prefix_attention_schedule=self.cfg.rtc.prefix_attention_schedule,
debug=rtc_debug,
debug_maxlen=self.cfg.rtc.debug_maxlen,
)
policy.config.rtc_config = rtc_config
policy.init_rtc_processor()
logging.info(f" RTC enabled: {rtc_enabled}")
logging.info(f" RTC debug: {rtc_debug}")
logging.info(f" Policy config: {config}")
# Apply torch.compile to predict_action_chunk method if enabled
if self.cfg.use_torch_compile:
policy = self._apply_torch_compile(policy, name)
logging.info(f"{name} initialized successfully")
return policy
def _apply_torch_compile(self, policy, policy_name: str):
"""Apply torch.compile to the policy's predict_action_chunk method.
Args:
policy: Policy instance to compile
policy_name: Name for logging purposes
Returns:
Policy with compiled predict_action_chunk method
"""
# PI models handle their own compilation
if policy.type == "pi05" or policy.type == "pi0":
return policy
try:
# Check if torch.compile is available (PyTorch 2.0+)
if not hasattr(torch, "compile"):
logging.warning(
f" [{policy_name}] torch.compile is not available. Requires PyTorch 2.0+. "
f"Current version: {torch.__version__}. Skipping compilation."
)
return policy
logging.info(f" [{policy_name}] Applying torch.compile to predict_action_chunk...")
logging.info(f" Backend: {self.cfg.torch_compile_backend}")
logging.info(f" Mode: {self.cfg.torch_compile_mode}")
logging.info(f" Disable CUDA graphs: {self.cfg.torch_compile_disable_cudagraphs}")
logging.info(" Note: Debug tracker excluded from compilation via @torch._dynamo.disable")
# Compile the predict_action_chunk method
# - Debug tracker is excluded from compilation via @torch._dynamo.disable
# - CUDA graphs disabled to prevent tensor aliasing from in-place ops (x_t += dt * v_t)
compile_kwargs = {
"backend": self.cfg.torch_compile_backend,
"mode": self.cfg.torch_compile_mode,
}
# Disable CUDA graphs if requested (prevents tensor aliasing issues)
if self.cfg.torch_compile_disable_cudagraphs:
compile_kwargs["options"] = {"triton.cudagraphs": False}
original_method = policy.predict_action_chunk
compiled_method = torch.compile(original_method, **compile_kwargs)
policy.predict_action_chunk = compiled_method
logging.info(f" ✓ [{policy_name}] Successfully compiled predict_action_chunk")
except Exception as e:
logging.error(f" [{policy_name}] Failed to apply torch.compile: {e}")
logging.warning(f" [{policy_name}] Continuing without torch.compile")
return policy
def _destroy_policy(self, policy, policy_name: str):
"""Explicitly destroy a policy and free all associated memory.
This method performs aggressive cleanup to ensure maximum memory is freed,
which is critical for large models (e.g., VLAs with billions of parameters).
Args:
policy: Policy instance to destroy
policy_name: Name for logging purposes
"""
logging.info(f" Destroying {policy_name} and freeing memory...")
try:
# Step 1: Move policy to CPU to free GPU/MPS memory
policy.cpu()
# Step 2: Delete the policy object
del policy
# Step 3: Force garbage collection to reclaim memory immediately
gc.collect()
# Step 4: Clear device-specific caches
if torch.cuda.is_available():
torch.cuda.empty_cache()
torch.cuda.synchronize() # Ensure all operations complete
if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
torch.mps.empty_cache()
logging.info(f"{policy_name} destroyed and memory freed")
except Exception as e:
logging.warning(f" Warning: Error during {policy_name} cleanup: {e}")
def run_evaluation(self):
"""Run evaluation on two random dataset samples using three separate policies.
Note: Policies are deinitalized after each step to free memory. Large models
(e.g., VLA models with billions of parameters) cannot fit three instances in
memory simultaneously. By deleting and garbage collecting after each step,
we ensure only one policy is loaded at a time.
"""
# Create output directory
os.makedirs(self.cfg.output_dir, exist_ok=True)
logging.info(f"Output directory: {self.cfg.output_dir}")
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Starting RTC evaluation")
logging.info(f"Inference delay: {self.cfg.inference_delay}")
logging.info("=" * 80)
# Load two random samples from dataset
data_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(self.dataset, batch_size=1, shuffle=True)
loader_iter = iter(data_loader)
first_sample = next(loader_iter)
second_sample = next(loader_iter)
preprocessed_first_sample = self.preprocessor(first_sample)
preprocessed_second_sample = self.preprocessor(second_sample)
# ============================================================================
# Step 1: Generate previous chunk using policy_prev_chunk
# ============================================================================
# This policy is only used to generate the reference chunk and then freed
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Step 1: Generating previous chunk with policy_prev_chunk")
logging.info("=" * 80)
# Initialize policy 1
policy_prev_chunk_policy = self._init_policy(
name="policy_prev_chunk",
rtc_enabled=False,
rtc_debug=False,
)
with torch.no_grad():
prev_chunk_left_over = policy_prev_chunk_policy.predict_action_chunk(
preprocessed_first_sample,
)[:, :25, :].squeeze(0)
logging.info(f" Generated prev_chunk shape: {prev_chunk_left_over.shape}")
# Destroy policy_prev_chunk to free memory for large models
self._destroy_policy(policy_prev_chunk_policy, "policy_prev_chunk")
# ============================================================================
# Step 2: Generate actions WITHOUT RTC using policy_no_rtc
# ============================================================================
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Step 2: Generating actions WITHOUT RTC with policy_no_rtc")
logging.info("=" * 80)
set_seed(self.cfg.seed)
# Initialize policy 2
policy_no_rtc_policy = self._init_policy(
name="policy_no_rtc",
rtc_enabled=False,
rtc_debug=True,
)
# Sample noise (use same noise for both RTC and non-RTC for fair comparison)
noise_size = (1, policy_no_rtc_policy.config.chunk_size, policy_no_rtc_policy.config.max_action_dim)
noise = policy_no_rtc_policy.model.sample_noise(noise_size, self.device)
noise_clone = noise.clone()
policy_no_rtc_policy.rtc_processor.reset_tracker()
with torch.no_grad():
no_rtc_actions = policy_no_rtc_policy.predict_action_chunk(
preprocessed_second_sample,
noise=noise,
)
no_rtc_tracked_steps = policy_no_rtc_policy.rtc_processor.tracker.get_all_steps()
logging.info(f" Tracked {len(no_rtc_tracked_steps)} steps without RTC")
logging.info(f" Generated no_rtc_actions shape: {no_rtc_actions.shape}")
# Destroy policy_no_rtc to free memory before loading policy_rtc
self._destroy_policy(policy_no_rtc_policy, "policy_no_rtc")
# ============================================================================
# Step 3: Generate actions WITH RTC using policy_rtc
# ============================================================================
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Step 3: Generating actions WITH RTC with policy_rtc")
logging.info("=" * 80)
set_seed(self.cfg.seed)
# Initialize policy 3
policy_rtc_policy = self._init_policy(
name="policy_rtc",
rtc_enabled=True,
rtc_debug=True,
)
policy_rtc_policy.rtc_processor.reset_tracker()
with torch.no_grad():
rtc_actions = policy_rtc_policy.predict_action_chunk(
preprocessed_second_sample,
noise=noise_clone,
inference_delay=self.cfg.inference_delay,
prev_chunk_left_over=prev_chunk_left_over,
execution_horizon=self.cfg.rtc.execution_horizon,
)
rtc_tracked_steps = policy_rtc_policy.rtc_processor.get_all_debug_steps()
logging.info(f" Tracked {len(rtc_tracked_steps)} steps with RTC")
logging.info(f" Generated rtc_actions shape: {rtc_actions.shape}")
# Save num_steps before destroying policy (needed for plotting)
try:
num_steps = policy_rtc_policy.config.num_steps
except Exception as e:
logging.error(f" Error getting num_steps: {e}")
num_steps = policy_rtc_policy.config.num_inference_steps
logging.warning(f" Using num_inference_steps: {num_steps} instead of num_steps")
# Destroy policy_rtc after final use
self._destroy_policy(policy_rtc_policy, "policy_rtc")
# Plot and save results
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Plotting results...")
self.plot_tracked_data(rtc_tracked_steps, no_rtc_tracked_steps, prev_chunk_left_over, num_steps)
# Plot final actions comparison
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Plotting final actions comparison...")
self.plot_final_actions_comparison(rtc_actions, no_rtc_actions, prev_chunk_left_over)
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("Evaluation completed successfully")
def plot_final_actions_comparison(self, rtc_actions, no_rtc_actions, prev_chunk_left_over):
"""Plot final action predictions comparison on a single chart.
Args:
rtc_actions: Final actions from RTC policy
no_rtc_actions: Final actions from non-RTC policy
prev_chunk_left_over: Previous chunk used as ground truth
"""
_check_matplotlib_available()
# Remove batch dimension if present
rtc_actions_plot = rtc_actions.squeeze(0).cpu() if len(rtc_actions.shape) == 3 else rtc_actions.cpu()
no_rtc_actions_plot = (
no_rtc_actions.squeeze(0).cpu() if len(no_rtc_actions.shape) == 3 else no_rtc_actions.cpu()
)
prev_chunk_plot = prev_chunk_left_over.cpu()
# Create figure with 6 subplots (one per action dimension)
fig, axes = plt.subplots(6, 1, figsize=(16, 12))
fig.suptitle("Final Action Predictions Comparison (Raw)", fontsize=16)
# Plot each action dimension
for dim_idx, ax in enumerate(axes):
# Plot previous chunk (ground truth) in red
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
[ax],
prev_chunk_plot[:, dim_idx : dim_idx + 1],
start_from=0,
color="red",
label="Previous Chunk (Ground Truth)",
linewidth=2.5,
alpha=0.8,
)
# Plot no-RTC actions in blue
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
[ax],
no_rtc_actions_plot[:, dim_idx : dim_idx + 1],
start_from=0,
color="blue",
label="No RTC",
linewidth=2,
alpha=0.7,
)
# Plot RTC actions in green
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
[ax],
rtc_actions_plot[:, dim_idx : dim_idx + 1],
start_from=0,
color="green",
label="RTC",
linewidth=2,
alpha=0.7,
)
# Add vertical lines for inference delay and execution horizon
inference_delay = self.cfg.inference_delay
execution_horizon = self.cfg.rtc.execution_horizon
if inference_delay > 0:
ax.axvline(
x=inference_delay - 1,
color="orange",
linestyle="--",
alpha=0.5,
label=f"Inference Delay ({inference_delay})",
)
if execution_horizon > 0:
ax.axvline(
x=execution_horizon,
color="purple",
linestyle="--",
alpha=0.5,
label=f"Execution Horizon ({execution_horizon})",
)
ax.set_ylabel(f"Dim {dim_idx}", fontsize=10)
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
# Set x-axis ticks to show all integer values
max_len = max(rtc_actions_plot.shape[0], no_rtc_actions_plot.shape[0], prev_chunk_plot.shape[0])
ax.set_xticks(range(0, max_len, max(1, max_len // 20))) # Show ~20 ticks
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, max_len - 0.5)
axes[-1].set_xlabel("Step", fontsize=10)
# Collect legend handles and labels from first subplot
handles, labels = axes[0].get_legend_handles_labels()
# Remove duplicates while preserving order
seen = set()
unique_handles = []
unique_labels = []
for handle, label in zip(handles, labels, strict=True):
if label not in seen:
seen.add(label)
unique_handles.append(handle)
unique_labels.append(label)
# Add legend outside the plot area (to the right)
fig.legend(
unique_handles,
unique_labels,
loc="center right",
fontsize=9,
bbox_to_anchor=(1.0, 0.5),
framealpha=0.9,
)
# Save figure
output_path = os.path.join(self.cfg.output_dir, "final_actions_comparison.png")
fig.tight_layout(rect=[0, 0, 0.85, 1]) # Leave space for legend on right
fig.savefig(output_path, dpi=150, bbox_inches="tight")
logging.info(f"Saved final actions comparison to {output_path}")
plt.close(fig)
def plot_tracked_data(self, rtc_tracked_steps, no_rtc_tracked_steps, prev_chunk_left_over, num_steps):
_check_matplotlib_available()
# Create side-by-side figures for denoising visualization
fig_xt, axs_xt = self._create_figure("x_t Denoising: No RTC (left) vs RTC (right)")
fig_vt, axs_vt = self._create_figure("v_t Denoising: No RTC (left) vs RTC (right)")
fig_corr, axs_corr = self._create_figure("Correction: No RTC (left) vs RTC (right)")
fig_x1t, axs_x1t = self._create_figure(
"x1_t Predicted State & Error: No RTC (left - empty) vs RTC (right)"
)
self._plot_denoising_steps_from_tracker(
rtc_tracked_steps,
axs_xt[:, 1], # Right column for x_t
axs_vt[:, 1], # Right column for v_t
axs_corr[:, 1], # Right column for correction
axs_x1t[:, 1], # Right column for x1_t
num_steps,
add_labels=True, # Add labels for RTC (right column)
)
self._plot_denoising_steps_from_tracker(
no_rtc_tracked_steps,
axs_xt[:, 0], # Left column for x_t
axs_vt[:, 0], # Left column for v_t
axs_corr[:, 0], # Left column for correction
axs_x1t[:, 0], # Left column for x1_t
num_steps,
add_labels=False, # No labels for No RTC (left column)
)
# Plot no-RTC x_t data on right chart as orange dashed line for comparison
self._plot_no_rtc_xt_reference(no_rtc_tracked_steps, axs_xt[:, 1], num_steps)
# Plot ground truth on x_t axes
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
axs_xt[:, 1], prev_chunk_left_over, start_from=0, color="red", label="Ground truth"
)
# Plot ground truth on x1_t axes
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
axs_x1t[:, 1], prev_chunk_left_over, start_from=0, color="red", label="Ground truth"
)
# Plot ground truth on x_t axes (no labels for left column)
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
axs_xt[:, 0], prev_chunk_left_over, start_from=0, color="red", label=None
)
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
axs_x1t[:, 0], prev_chunk_left_over, start_from=0, color="red", label=None
)
# Add legends outside the plot area for each figure
self._add_figure_legend(fig_xt, axs_xt)
self._add_figure_legend(fig_vt, axs_vt)
self._add_figure_legend(fig_corr, axs_corr)
self._add_figure_legend(fig_x1t, axs_x1t)
# Save denoising plots
self._save_figure(fig_xt, os.path.join(self.cfg.output_dir, "denoising_xt_comparison.png"))
self._save_figure(fig_vt, os.path.join(self.cfg.output_dir, "denoising_vt_comparison.png"))
self._save_figure(fig_corr, os.path.join(self.cfg.output_dir, "denoising_correction_comparison.png"))
self._save_figure(fig_x1t, os.path.join(self.cfg.output_dir, "denoising_x1t_comparison.png"))
def _create_figure(self, title):
fig, axs = plt.subplots(6, 2, figsize=(24, 12))
fig.suptitle(title, fontsize=16)
for ax in axs[:, 0]:
ax.set_title("No RTC (N/A)" if ax == axs[0, 0] else "", fontsize=12)
for ax in axs[:, 1]:
ax.set_title("RTC" if ax == axs[0, 1] else "", fontsize=12)
return fig, axs
def _add_figure_legend(self, fig, axs):
"""Add a legend outside the plot area on the right side.
Args:
fig: Matplotlib figure to add legend to
axs: Array of axes to collect legend handles from
"""
# Collect all handles and labels from the first row of axes (right column)
handles, labels = axs[0, 1].get_legend_handles_labels()
# Remove duplicates while preserving order
seen = set()
unique_handles = []
unique_labels = []
for handle, label in zip(handles, labels, strict=True):
if label not in seen:
seen.add(label)
unique_handles.append(handle)
unique_labels.append(label)
# Add legend outside the plot area (to the right, close to charts)
if unique_handles:
fig.legend(
unique_handles,
unique_labels,
loc="center left",
fontsize=8,
bbox_to_anchor=(0.87, 0.5),
framealpha=0.9,
ncol=1,
)
def _save_figure(self, fig, path):
fig.tight_layout(rect=[0, 0, 0.85, 1]) # Leave space for legend/colorbar on right
fig.savefig(path, dpi=150, bbox_inches="tight")
logging.info(f"Saved figure to {path}")
plt.close(fig)
def _plot_denoising_steps_from_tracker(
self, tracked_steps, xt_axs, vt_axs, corr_axs, x1t_axs, num_steps, add_labels=True
):
"""Plot denoising steps from tracker data.
Args:
tracked_steps: List of DebugStep objects containing debug steps
xt_axs: Matplotlib axes for x_t plots (array of 6 axes)
vt_axs: Matplotlib axes for v_t plots (array of 6 axes)
corr_axs: Matplotlib axes for correction plots (array of 6 axes)
x1t_axs: Matplotlib axes for x1_t plots (array of 6 axes)
num_steps: Total number of denoising steps for colormap
add_labels: Whether to add legend labels for the plots
"""
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info(f"Plotting {len(tracked_steps)} steps")
debug_steps = tracked_steps
if not debug_steps:
return
# Define colors for different denoise steps (using a colormap)
colors = plt.cm.viridis(np.linspace(0, 1, num_steps))
for step_idx, debug_step in enumerate(debug_steps):
color = colors[step_idx % len(colors)]
label = f"Step {step_idx}" if add_labels else None
# Plot x_t
if debug_step.x_t is not None:
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
xt_axs, debug_step.x_t, start_from=0, color=color, label=label
)
# Plot v_t
if debug_step.v_t is not None:
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
vt_axs, debug_step.v_t, start_from=0, color=color, label=label
)
# Plot correction on separate axes
if debug_step.correction is not None:
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
corr_axs,
debug_step.correction,
start_from=0,
color=color,
label=label,
)
# Plot x1_t (predicted state)
if x1t_axs is not None and debug_step.x1_t is not None:
x1t_label = f"x1_t Step {step_idx}" if add_labels else None
RTCDebugVisualizer.plot_waypoints(
x1t_axs,
debug_step.x1_t,
start_from=0,
color=color,
label=x1t_label,
)
# Plot error in orange dashed
if x1t_axs is not None and debug_step.err is not None:
error_chunk = (
debug_step.err[0].cpu().numpy()
if len(debug_step.err.shape) == 3
else debug_step.err.cpu().numpy()
)
num_dims = min(error_chunk.shape[-1], 6)
error_label = f"error Step {step_idx}" if add_labels else None
for j in range(num_dims):
x1t_axs[j].plot(
np.arange(0, error_chunk.shape[0]),
error_chunk[:, j],
color="orange",
linestyle="--",
alpha=0.7,
label=error_label,
)
# Recalculate axis limits after plotting to ensure proper scaling
self._rescale_axes(xt_axs)
self._rescale_axes(vt_axs)
self._rescale_axes(corr_axs)
self._rescale_axes(x1t_axs)
def _plot_no_rtc_xt_reference(self, no_rtc_tracked_steps, xt_axs, num_steps):
"""Plot final no-RTC x_t data as orange dashed line on the RTC chart for comparison.
Args:
no_rtc_tracked_steps: List of DebugStep objects containing no-RTC debug steps
xt_axs: Matplotlib axes for x_t plots (array of 6 axes, right column)
num_steps: Total number of denoising steps for colormap
"""
debug_steps = no_rtc_tracked_steps
if not debug_steps:
return
# Plot only the final x_t step as orange dashed line
final_step = debug_steps[-1]
logging.info("Plotting final no-RTC x_t step as orange dashed reference")
if final_step.x_t is not None:
x_t_chunk = (
final_step.x_t[0].cpu().numpy()
if len(final_step.x_t.shape) == 3
else final_step.x_t.cpu().numpy()
)
num_dims = min(x_t_chunk.shape[-1], 6)
for j in range(num_dims):
xt_axs[j].plot(
np.arange(0, x_t_chunk.shape[0]),
x_t_chunk[:, j],
color="orange",
linestyle="--",
alpha=0.7,
linewidth=2,
label="No RTC (final)" if j == 0 else "",
)
def _rescale_axes(self, axes):
"""Rescale axes to show all data with proper margins.
Args:
axes: Array of matplotlib axes to rescale
"""
for ax in axes:
ax.relim()
ax.autoscale_view()
# Add 10% margin to y-axis for better visualization
ylim = ax.get_ylim()
y_range = ylim[1] - ylim[0]
if y_range > 0: # Avoid division by zero
margin = y_range * 0.1
ax.set_ylim(ylim[0] - margin, ylim[1] + margin)
# Set x-axis ticks to show all integer values
xlim = ax.get_xlim()
max_len = int(xlim[1]) + 1
if max_len > 0:
ax.set_xticks(range(0, max_len, max(1, max_len // 20))) # Show ~20 ticks
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, max_len - 0.5)
@parser.wrap()
def main(cfg: RTCEvalConfig):
"""Main entry point for RTC evaluation."""
# Set random seed for reproducibility
set_seed(cfg.seed)
init_logging()
logging.info("=" * 80)
logging.info("RTC Dataset Evaluation")
logging.info(f"Config: {cfg}")
logging.info("=" * 80)
evaluator = RTCEvaluator(cfg)
evaluator.run_evaluation()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()