About DeepCubeAI

DeepCubeAI is an algorithm that learns a discrete world model and employs Deep Reinforcement Learning methods to learn a heuristic function that generalizes over start and goal states. We then integrate the learned model and the learned heuristic function with heuristic search, such as Q* search, to solve sequential decision making problems [paper] [Code] [PyPI] [Slides] [Poster]

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Key Contributions

DeepCubeAI is comprised of three key components:

1. Discrete World Model

   • Learns a world model that represents states in a discrete latent space.
   • This approach tackles two challenges: model degradation and state re-identification.
     • Prediction errors less than 0.5 are corrected by rounding.
     • Re-identifies states by comparing two binary vectors.

2. Generalizable Heuristic Function

   • Utilizes Deep Q-Network (DQN) and hindsight experience replay (HER) to learn a heuristic function that generalizes over start and goal states.

3. Optimized Search

   • Integrates the learned model and the learned heuristic function with heuristic search to solve problems. It uses Q* search, a variant of A* search optimized for DQNs, which enables faster and more memory-efficient planning. ‌

Main Results

• Accurate reconstruction of ground truth images after thousands of timesteps.
• Achieved 100% success on Rubik's Cube (canonical goal), Sokoban, IceSlider, and DigitJump.
• 99.9% success on Rubik's Cube with reversed start/goal states.
• Demonstrated significant improvement in solving complex planning problems and generalizing to unseen goals.