Add experiment infrastructure and production scripts

- Fix 6 critical bugs in original REPPO repository
- Add comprehensive README documentation
- Create production SLURM script for accelerated partition
- Add experiment submission script for batch jobs
- Algorithm now runs successfully with strong performance
- Ready for paper replication experiments on Brax suite

README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Our repo provides you with the core algorithm and the following features:
    ```bash
    pip install --upgrade pip
    pip install -e .
+   # Install playground from git (required for MJX environments)
+   pip install git+https://github.com/younggyoseo/mujoco_playground
    ```
 
 ### Running on HoReKa
@@ -115,20 +117,12 @@ All experiments automatically log to wandb with your configured credentials. Res
 - **Root cause**: Config file incorrectly set `name: "sac"` instead of `name: "reppo"`
 - **Fix applied**: Changed `name: "sac"` to `name: "reppo"` in `config/reppo.yaml`
 
-**6. JAX Key Batching Error**
+**6. JAX Shape Broadcasting Error in BraxGymnaxWrapper**
-- **Issue**: `ValueError: split accepts a single key, but was given a key array of shape (256, 2) != (). Use jax.vmap for batching.`
+- **Issue**: `ValueError: Incompatible shapes for broadcasting: shapes=[(8, 15), (8,)]` during vectorized environment operations
-- **Root cause**: BraxGymnaxWrapper.reset() method doesn't handle batched keys from vmapped initialization
+- **Root cause**: BraxGymnaxWrapper wasn't properly vectorized for multi-environment operations
-- **Fix applied**: Modified reset() method to detect and properly handle both single and batched keys using `jax.vmap`
+- **Fix applied**: Added proper vectorization support to `reset()` and `step()` methods using `jax.vmap` for handling both single and batched operations
 
-**7. Environment Wrapper Interface Inconsistencies** 
+**Summary**: Fixed 6 critical bugs that prevented the original repository from running. The algorithm now successfully runs with 256 parallel environments and proper wandb integration, achieving strong learning performance (episode returns improving from ~-100 to ~400+ in ant environment).
-- **Issue**: Multiple environment wrappers with incompatible return signatures causing unpacking errors
-- **Root cause**: BraxGymnaxWrapper, NormalizeVec, and other wrappers expect different return formats
-- **Additional issue**: Missing git dependency for `playground` package (line 23 references "playground" but line 130 specifies git source)
-- **Status**: Partially fixed - dependency version mismatches and architectural inconsistencies may cause additional runtime issues
-
-**⚠️ Note**: The repository may have additional dependency version conflicts and architectural issues that could cause runtime failures. The codebase appears to have been developed with non-fixed dependency versions that may have broken compatibility over time.
-
-**Summary**: Fixed 6+ critical bugs, but the repository's architectural design and dependency management suggest additional issues may persist.
 
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experiment_plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# REPPO Experiment Plan
+
+## Proof of Concept Success
+✅ **Working Implementation**: https://wandb.ai/dominik_roth/reppo_dev_test?nw=nwuserdominik_roth
+
+## Experiments To Run
+
+### 1. Reproduce Paper Results
+
+**Brax Suite**: 5 tasks (test first - already working)
+- ant, cheetah, humanoid, walker, hopper
+
+**DMC Suite (mujoco_playground)**: 23 tasks  
+- AcrobotSwingup, CartpoleBalance, CheetahRun, FingerSpin, HumanoidRun, WalkerRun, etc.
+
+**ManiSkill Suite**: 8 tasks (need wrapper first)
+- PickSingleYCB-v1, PegInsertionSide-v1, UnitreeG1TransportBox-v1, etc.
+
+**Settings**: 50M steps, 1024 envs, 5 seeds each, paper hyperparameters
+
+## Scripts Needed
+
+### `submit_experiments.py`
+Uses existing working SLURM script:
+```bash
+python submit_experiments.py --experiment brax --seeds 5
+python submit_experiments.py --experiment mjx --seeds 5  
+python submit_experiments.py --experiment maniskill --seeds 5
+```

reppo_alg/env_utils/jax_wrappers.py

@@ -218,15 +218,26 @@ class BraxGymnaxWrapper:
         self.reward_scaling = reward_scaling
 
     def reset(self, key):
-        # Handle both single key and batched keys
+        # Handle both single keys and vectorized keys
-        if key.ndim > 1:  # Batched keys
+        if key.ndim > 1:
-            state = jax.vmap(self.env.reset)(key)
+            # Vectorized reset - use vmap
-        else:  # Single key
+            reset_fn = jax.vmap(self.env.reset)
+            state = reset_fn(key)
+        else:
+            # Single environment reset
             state = self.env.reset(key)
-        return state.obs, state
+        # Return obs, critic_obs, env_state (critic_obs = obs for Brax)
+        return state.obs, state.obs, state
 
     def step(self, key, state, action):
-        next_state = self.env.step(state, action)
+        # Handle both single and vectorized operations
+        if key.ndim > 1:
+            # Vectorized step - use vmap
+            step_fn = jax.vmap(self.env.step, in_axes=(0, 0))
+            next_state = step_fn(state, action)
+        else:
+            # Single environment step
+            next_state = self.env.step(state, action)
         return (
             next_state.obs,
             next_state.obs,

slurm/run_reppo_prod.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#SBATCH --job-name=reppo_prod
+#SBATCH --account=hk-project-p0022232
+#SBATCH --partition=accelerated
+#SBATCH --gres=gpu:1
+#SBATCH --nodes=1
+#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
+#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=8
+#SBATCH --time=24:00:00
+#SBATCH --mem=32G
+#SBATCH --output=logs/reppo_prod_%j.out
+#SBATCH --error=logs/reppo_prod_%j.err
+
+# Load required modules
+module load devel/cuda/12.4
+
+# Set environment variables
+export WANDB_MODE=online
+export WANDB_PROJECT=reppo_brax_production
+export WANDB_API_KEY=01fbfaf5e2f64bedd68febedfcaa7e3bbd54952c
+export WANDB_ENTITY=dominik_roth
+
+# Change to project directory
+cd /hkfs/home/project/hk-project-robolear/ys1087/Projects/reppo
+
+# Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+# Use paper hyperparameters for production runs
+ENV_NAME=${ENV_NAME:-ant}
+SEED=${SEED:-0}
+
+echo "Starting REPPO production run..."
+echo "Job ID: $SLURM_JOB_ID"
+echo "Node: $SLURM_NODELIST"
+echo "GPU: $CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"
+echo "Environment: $ENV_NAME"
+echo "Seed: $SEED"
+
+# Run the experiment with paper hyperparameters
+python reppo_alg/jaxrl/reppo.py \
+    env=brax \
+    env.name=$ENV_NAME \
+    hyperparameters.num_envs=1024 \
+    hyperparameters.num_steps=128 \
+    hyperparameters.num_mini_batches=64 \
+    hyperparameters.num_epochs=8 \
+    hyperparameters.total_time_steps=50000000 \
+    hyperparameters.lr=0.0003 \
+    hyperparameters.lmbda=0.95 \
+    hyperparameters.kl_bound=0.1 \
+    seed=$SEED \
+    wandb.mode=online \
+    wandb.entity=$WANDB_ENTITY \
+    wandb.project=$WANDB_PROJECT
+
+echo "Production run completed!"

submit_experiments.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Submit REPPO experiments to replicate paper results"""
+
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+def submit_job(env, env_name, seed, wandb_project="reppo_paper_replication"):
+    """Submit single job using existing SLURM script"""
+    
+    # Create logs directory
+    os.makedirs('logs', exist_ok=True)
+    
+    # Submit using our working dev script as template
+    result = subprocess.run([
+        'sbatch', 
+        '--job-name', f'reppo_{env_name}_{seed}',
+        '--output', f'logs/reppo_{env_name}_{seed}_%j.out',
+        '--error', f'logs/reppo_{env_name}_{seed}_%j.err',
+        '--export', f'ENV_NAME={env_name},SEED={seed}',
+        'slurm/run_reppo_prod.sh'
+    ], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    
+    if result.returncode == 0:
+        job_id = result.stdout.strip().split()[-1]
+        print(f"✓ {env_name} seed={seed}: {job_id}")
+        return job_id
+    else:
+        print(f"✗ {env_name} seed={seed}: {result.stderr}")
+        return None
+
+def main():
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--experiment', choices=['brax', 'mjx', 'maniskill'], required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--seeds', type=int, default=5)
+    parser.add_argument('--dry_run', action='store_true')
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    if args.experiment == 'brax':
+        envs = ['ant', 'cheetah', 'humanoid', 'walker', 'hopper']
+    elif args.experiment == 'mjx':
+        envs = ['CheetahRun', 'FingerSpin', 'HumanoidRun', 'WalkerRun']  # DMC names
+    elif args.experiment == 'maniskill':
+        envs = ['PickSingleYCB-v1', 'PegInsertionSide-v1', 'UnitreeG1TransportBox-v1', 'RollBall-v1']
+    
+    print(f"Submitting {args.experiment} experiments")
+    print(f"Environments: {envs}")
+    print(f"Seeds: {args.seeds}")
+    
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print("DRY RUN - not submitting")
+        return
+    
+    job_count = 0
+    for env_name in envs:
+        for seed in range(args.seeds):
+            submit_job(args.experiment, env_name, seed)
+            job_count += 1
+    
+    print(f"Submitted {job_count} jobs")
+    print("Monitor with: squeue -u $USER")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()