Hierarchical Equivariant Policy via Frame Transfer
Haibo Zhao, Dian Wang, Yizhe Zhu, Xupeng Zhu, Owen Lewis Howell, Linfeng Zhao, Yaoyao Qian, Robin Walters, Robert Platt
Abstract
Recent advances in hierarchical policy learning highlight the advantages of decomposing systems into high-level and low-level agents, enabling efficient long-horizon reasoning and precise finegrained control. However, the interface between these hierarchy levels remains underexplored, and existing hierarchical methods often ignore domain symmetry, resulting in the need for extensive demonstrations to achieve robust performance. To address these issues, we propose Hierarchical Equivariant Policy (HEP), a novel hierarchical policy framework. We propose a frame transfer interface for hierarchical policy learning, which uses the high-level agent's output as a coordinate frame for the low-level agent, providing a strong inductive bias while retaining flexibility. Additionally, we integrate domain symmetries into both levels and theoretically demonstrate the system's overall equivariance. HEP achieves stateof-the-art performance in complex robotic manipulation tasks, demonstrating significant improvements in both simulation and real-world settings.
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