Research-grade DonkeyCar RL autoresearch and sweep system.
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Paul Huliganga 9ffe1c5d40 fix: efficiency gate now TERMINATES after 20 low-efficiency steps (was zero-reward only)
Previously circles ran 20+ seconds because the efficiency gate only returned
0 reward without terminating. After 20 consecutive steps of efficiency < 0.15
(~0.7 seconds at 27 steps/sec), episode now terminates with -1.0.

Also confirmed from telemetry diagnostic: CTE does report correctly when
car goes off-track (rises steadily to 6.2m before tree collision).
The grass exploit runs long only when the open grass area has no obstacles.
Efficiency gate termination is the most reliable catch for both circles
and open-grass driving (straight-line grass = high efficiency, but
active_node progress terminator catches that case).
2026-04-19 17:26:38 -04:00
.harness feat: Wave 1 complete — real PPO training, model save, GP+UCB autoresearch, 37 tests passing 2026-04-13 10:03:15 -04:00
agent fix: efficiency gate now TERMINATES after 20 low-efficiency steps (was zero-reward only) 2026-04-19 17:26:38 -04:00
docs docs: ADR-020/021 + session log — throttle/hill history and grass exploit root cause 2026-04-19 16:14:28 -04:00
tests fix: reward v6.1 — active_node progress terminator kills circle/stuck exploits 2026-04-19 17:01:41 -04:00
.gitignore feat: Wave 1 complete — real PPO training, model save, GP+UCB autoresearch, 37 tests passing 2026-04-13 10:03:15 -04:00
AGENT.md feat: Wave 1 complete — real PPO training, model save, GP+UCB autoresearch, 37 tests passing 2026-04-13 10:03:15 -04:00
DECISIONS.md docs: ADR-020/021 + session log — throttle/hill history and grass exploit root cause 2026-04-19 16:14:28 -04:00
IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md feat: Phase 3 — behavioral control, enhanced evaluator, 53 tests 2026-04-14 09:28:43 -04:00
PROJECT-KICKOFF.md feat: Wave 1 complete — real PPO training, model save, GP+UCB autoresearch, 37 tests passing 2026-04-13 10:03:15 -04:00
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README.md feat: Wave 1 complete — real PPO training, model save, GP+UCB autoresearch, 37 tests passing 2026-04-13 10:03:15 -04:00
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README.md

donkeycar-rl-autoresearch

Purpose

Status

  • Scaffolded with the agent harness
  • Spec not filled yet

Runbook

  • Fill PROJECT-SPEC.md
  • Create IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md from the spec
  • Start the implementation loop