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lerobot_piper/lerobot/common/policies/policy_protocol.py
Quentin Gallouédec 508bd92d03 Remove update method from the policy (#99)
Co-authored-by: Alexander Soare <alexander.soare159@gmail.com>
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"""A protocol that all policies should follow.
This provides a mechanism for type-hinting and isinstance checks without requiring the policies classes
subclass a base class.
The protocol structure, method signatures, and docstrings should be used by developers as a reference for
how to implement new policies.
"""
from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable
from torch import Tensor
@runtime_checkable
class Policy(Protocol):
"""The required interface for implementing a policy."""
name: str
def reset(self):
"""To be called whenever the environment is reset.
Does things like clearing caches.
"""
def forward(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor]) -> dict:
"""Run the batch through the model and compute the loss for training or validation.
Returns a dictionary with "loss" and maybe other information.
"""
def select_action(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor]):
"""Return one action to run in the environment (potentially in batch mode).
When the model uses a history of observations, or outputs a sequence of actions, this method deals
with caching.
"""