""" Exp 28: Fine-tune exp26 best_model on generated track with throttle variation. What changed from exp26: - Warm start: exp26/best_model (best generated road model, 300k steps) - Track: donkey-generated-track-v0 (shadows, trees) instead of generated road - N_THROTTLE=3 (bins [0.0, 0.5, 1.0] -> clamped to [0.2, 0.5, 1.0]) exp26 used N_THROTTLE=1 (fixed throttle only). Adding throttle variation forces the model to learn to slow into corners — critical for mini-monaco. - Low LR=0.00005 to preserve driving skill while adapting to new visuals - 50K steps only — just enough to adapt without forgetting road geometry - Checkpoint every 5K, eval on generated track after each checkpoint - After training: eval best_model on mini-monaco (zero-shot generalization test) Goal: can adding visual diversity (shadows/trees) + throttle variation improve generalization to mini-monaco without catastrophic forgetting? """ import os import sys import time from datetime import datetime sys.path.insert(0, '/home/paulh/projects/donkeycar-rl-autoresearch/agent') _SAVE_DIR = '/home/paulh/projects/donkeycar-rl-autoresearch/agent/models/exp28-gentrack-finetune' _PIDFILE = os.path.join(_SAVE_DIR, 'current.pid') _WARM_MODEL = '/home/paulh/projects/donkeycar-rl-autoresearch/agent/models/exp26-warmstart/best_model.zip' os.makedirs(_SAVE_DIR, exist_ok=True) if os.path.exists(_PIDFILE): try: _old = int(open(_PIDFILE).read().strip()) if _old != os.getpid(): import signal os.kill(_old, 0) print(f'[exp28] Another instance already running (PID {_old}). Exiting.', flush=True) sys.exit(1) except (OSError, ValueError): pass import gymnasium as gym import numpy as np from stable_baselines3 import PPO from stable_baselines3.common.vec_env import DummyVecEnv, VecTransposeImage from discretize_action import DiscretizedActionWrapper from donkeycar_sb3_runner import ThrottleClampWrapper from multitrack_runner import StuckTerminationWrapper from reward_wrapper import SpeedRewardWrapper HOST = 'localhost' PORT = 9091 THROTTLE_MIN = 0.2 LR = 0.00005 TOTAL_STEPS = 50_000 CHECKPOINT_EVERY = 5_000 SCENE_RELOAD_WAIT = 5.0 TRAIN_TRACK = 'donkey-generated-track-v0' EVAL_TRACK = 'donkey-minimonaco-track-v0' N_STEER = 7 N_THROTTLE = 1 # must match exp26 (Discrete(7)) to allow warm-start # Same termination params as exp26 EFFICIENCY_WINDOW = 30 MIN_EFFICIENCY = 0.15 MAX_CTE = 8.0 MIN_LAP_TIME = 12.0 PROGRESS_PATIENCE = 100 MAX_STUCK_SECONDS = 5.0 MAX_EPISODE_SECONDS = 30.0 LOW_SPEED_THRESHOLD = 1.0 MAX_LOW_SPEED_SECONDS = 1.5 MAX_CTE_TERMINATION = 3.0 MAX_HIGH_CTE_SECONDS = 1.0 def log(msg): print(f'[{datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")}] {msg}', flush=True) def make_env(track_id, port): def _init(): raw = gym.make(track_id, conf={'host': HOST, 'port': port}) env = ThrottleClampWrapper(raw, throttle_min=THROTTLE_MIN) env = DiscretizedActionWrapper(env, n_steer=N_STEER, n_throttle=N_THROTTLE) env = StuckTerminationWrapper( env, stuck_steps=40, min_displacement=0.5, max_stuck_seconds=MAX_STUCK_SECONDS, max_episode_seconds=MAX_EPISODE_SECONDS, low_speed_threshold=LOW_SPEED_THRESHOLD, max_low_speed_seconds=MAX_LOW_SPEED_SECONDS, max_cte=MAX_CTE_TERMINATION, max_high_cte_seconds=MAX_HIGH_CTE_SECONDS, ) env = SpeedRewardWrapper( env, window_size=EFFICIENCY_WINDOW, min_efficiency=MIN_EFFICIENCY, max_cte=MAX_CTE, min_lap_time=MIN_LAP_TIME, progress_patience=PROGRESS_PATIENCE, ) return env return _init def connect_env(track_id=TRAIN_TRACK): new_env = DummyVecEnv([make_env(track_id, PORT)]) new_env = VecTransposeImage(new_env) return new_env def reconnect_env(old_env, track_id=TRAIN_TRACK): try: old_env.close() except Exception as e: log(f' env.close() warning: {e}') time.sleep(SCENE_RELOAD_WAIT) return connect_env(track_id) log('=' * 60) log('Exp 28: gentrack fine-tune from exp26 best_model') log(f' Sim: {HOST}:{PORT} -> {TRAIN_TRACK}') log(f' Warm model: {_WARM_MODEL}') log(f' Discrete: {N_STEER} steer bins, throttle fixed at {THROTTLE_MIN} (N_THROTTLE=1, matches exp26)') log(f' LR={LR}, total={TOTAL_STEPS:,}, checkpoint every {CHECKPOINT_EVERY:,}') log(f' After training: zero-shot eval on {EVAL_TRACK}') log('=' * 60) log('Connecting to sim...') env = connect_env() log(f' obs={env.observation_space.shape}, action={env.action_space}') log(f'Loading warm-start model from exp26...') model = PPO.load(_WARM_MODEL, env=env, device='cpu') # SB3 restores lr_schedule from checkpoint; _update_learning_rate() calls # lr_schedule(progress) each gradient step — overriding param_groups isn't enough. # Must replace the schedule itself. from stable_baselines3.common.utils import get_schedule_fn model.learning_rate = LR model.lr_schedule = get_schedule_fn(LR) for param_group in model.policy.optimizer.param_groups: param_group['lr'] = LR log(f' Warm model loaded. LR={LR}') with open(_PIDFILE, 'w') as f: f.write(str(os.getpid())) best_total_steps = float('-inf') best_total_reward = float('-inf') steps_done = 0 run_tag = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S') + '_gentrack_finetune' log_path = os.path.join(_SAVE_DIR, f'run_{run_tag}.log') best_model_path = os.path.join(_SAVE_DIR, 'best_model.zip') import logging _file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_path) _file_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(message)s')) _stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout) _stream_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(message)s')) file_log = logging.getLogger('exp28') file_log.setLevel(logging.INFO) file_log.propagate = False file_log.addHandler(_file_handler) file_log.addHandler(_stream_handler) def flog(msg): ts = datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S') file_log.info(f'[{ts}] {msg}') flog('=' * 60) flog(f'Exp 28 started — PID {os.getpid()}') flog(f'Log: {log_path}') flog(f'Warm start: exp26 best_model') flog(f'Track: {TRAIN_TRACK} | N_STEER={N_STEER}, N_THROTTLE={N_THROTTLE}') flog('=' * 60) # ── Training loop ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── while steps_done < TOTAL_STEPS: seg_steps = min(CHECKPOINT_EVERY, TOTAL_STEPS - steps_done) model.learn(total_timesteps=seg_steps, reset_num_timesteps=False) steps_done += seg_steps ckpt = os.path.join(_SAVE_DIR, f'checkpoint_{steps_done:07d}') model.save(ckpt) model.save(os.path.join(_SAVE_DIR, 'model')) flog(f'[{steps_done:,}/{TOTAL_STEPS:,}] Checkpoint saved: {ckpt}.zip') flog(f' Reconnecting for fresh track...') env = reconnect_env(env) model.set_env(env) flog(f' Connected (new track layout)') try: obs = env.reset() ep_rewards = np.zeros(env.num_envs) ep_steps = np.zeros(env.num_envs) done_mask = np.zeros(env.num_envs, dtype=bool) for _ in range(2000): action, _ = model.predict(obs, deterministic=True) obs, rewards, dones, infos = env.step(action) for i in range(env.num_envs): if not done_mask[i]: ep_rewards[i] += rewards[i] ep_steps[i] += 1 if dones[i]: done_mask[i] = True if done_mask.all(): break total_steps_eval = int(ep_steps.sum()) total_reward_eval = float(ep_rewards.sum()) status = '✅' if ep_steps[0] >= 2000 else f'❌@{int(ep_steps[0])}' flog(f' Eval: gentrack={total_reward_eval:.1f}r/{int(ep_steps[0])}s {status}') if (total_steps_eval > best_total_steps or (total_steps_eval == best_total_steps and total_reward_eval > best_total_reward)): best_total_steps = total_steps_eval best_total_reward = total_reward_eval model.save(best_model_path) flog(f' NEW BEST: steps={best_total_steps} reward={best_total_reward:.1f}') except Exception as e: flog(f' Eval error: {e}') env.close() flog('Training complete.') # ── Zero-shot eval on mini-monaco ──────────────────────────────────────────── flog('') flog('=' * 60) flog(f'ZERO-SHOT EVAL: best_model on {EVAL_TRACK}') flog('=' * 60) MINI_EPISODES = 5 MINI_MAX_STEPS = 3000 time.sleep(SCENE_RELOAD_WAIT) eval_env = connect_env(track_id=EVAL_TRACK) try: eval_model = PPO.load(best_model_path, env=eval_env, device='cpu') rewards_mini, steps_mini = [], [] for ep in range(1, MINI_EPISODES + 1): obs = eval_env.reset() total_r, steps, done = 0.0, 0, False while not done and steps < MINI_MAX_STEPS: action, _ = eval_model.predict(obs, deterministic=True) obs, r, d, info = eval_env.step(action) total_r += float(r[0]) steps += 1 done = bool(d[0]) raw_info = info[0] if isinstance(info, (list, tuple)) else info hit = raw_info.get('hit', '?') if isinstance(raw_info, dict) else '?' status = '✅ timeout' if steps >= MINI_MAX_STEPS else f'❌ hit={hit}@{steps}' flog(f' ep{ep}: {total_r:.1f}r / {steps}s {status}') rewards_mini.append(total_r) steps_mini.append(steps) time.sleep(0.3) flog(f' Mean: {np.mean(steps_mini):.0f} steps / {np.mean(rewards_mini):.1f} reward') flog(f' {"✅ GENERALIZES" if np.mean(steps_mini) > 500 else "❌ DOES NOT GENERALIZE"}') except Exception as e: flog(f' Mini-monaco eval error: {e}') finally: eval_env.close() flog('') flog('Exp 28 complete.') flog(f'Log: {log_path}')