# Copyright (c) 2022-2026, The Isaac Lab Project Developers (https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md). # All rights reserved. # # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause """Script to evaluate a trained RLinf agent. This script runs evaluation using RLinf's distributed infrastructure, which is required for VLA model inference. Usage: # Evaluate a trained checkpoint (config YAML in the same directory as play.py) python play.py --config_name isaaclab_ppo_gr00t_assemble_trocar \\ --model_path /path/to/checkpoint # Evaluate with config YAML in a custom directory python play.py --config_path /path/to/config/dir \\ --config_name isaaclab_ppo_gr00t_assemble_trocar --model_path /path/to/checkpoint # Evaluate with video recording python play.py --config_name isaaclab_ppo_gr00t_assemble_trocar \\ --model_path /path/to/checkpoint --video Note: Evaluation requires the full RLinf infrastructure since VLA models are too large to run on a single GPU without FSDP. """ import warnings warnings.warn( "scripts/reinforcement_learning/rlinf/play.py is deprecated. Use " "`./isaaclab.sh play --rl_library rlinf --config_name ` instead. " "Example: `./isaaclab.sh play --rl_library rlinf " "--config_name isaaclab_ppo_gr00t_assemble_trocar`.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1, ) import argparse import logging import os from datetime import datetime from pathlib import Path SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.absolute() # required for RLinf to register IsaacLab tasks and converters os.environ.setdefault("RLINF_EXT_MODULE", "isaaclab_contrib.rl.rlinf.extension") # local imports import cli_args # noqa: E402 # isort: skip # add argparse arguments parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Evaluate a trained RLinf agent.") parser.add_argument("--num_envs", type=int, default=None, help="Number of environments to simulate.") parser.add_argument("--task", type=str, default=None, help="Name of the task (overrides YAML config if set).") parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=None, help="Seed used for the environment (overrides config if set)") parser.add_argument( "--model_path", type=str, default=None, help="Path to the model checkpoint (optional, can be set in config)." ) parser.add_argument( "--num_episodes", type=int, default=None, help="Number of evaluation episodes (overrides config if set)." ) parser.add_argument("--video", action="store_true", default=False, help="Enable video recording.") cli_args.add_rlinf_args(parser) args_cli = parser.parse_args() # Resolve config path and name from CLI args if not args_cli.config_name: parser.error("--config_name is required (e.g. --config_name isaaclab_ppo_gr00t_assemble_trocar)") config_name = args_cli.config_name config_dir = cli_args.resolve_config_dir(config_name, args_cli.config_path) os.environ["RLINF_CONFIG_FILE"] = str(Path(config_dir) / f"{config_name}.yaml") # Add config dir to PYTHONPATH so that Ray rollout workers can resolve # data_config_class references like "gr00t_config:IsaacLabDataConfig" if config_dir not in os.environ.get("PYTHONPATH", ""): os.environ["PYTHONPATH"] = config_dir + os.pathsep + os.environ.get("PYTHONPATH", "") """launch RLinf evaluation.""" import rlinf # noqa: F401 import torch.multiprocessing as mp # noqa: E402 from hydra import compose, initialize_config_dir # noqa: E402 from hydra.core.global_hydra import GlobalHydra # noqa: E402 from omegaconf import open_dict # noqa: E402 from rlinf.config import validate_cfg # noqa: E402 from rlinf.runners.embodied_eval_runner import EmbodiedEvalRunner # noqa: E402 from rlinf.scheduler import Cluster # noqa: E402 from rlinf.utils.placement import HybridComponentPlacement # noqa: E402 from rlinf.workers.env.env_worker import EnvWorker # noqa: E402 from rlinf.workers.rollout.hf.huggingface_worker import MultiStepRolloutWorker # noqa: E402 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) mp.set_start_method("spawn", force=True) def main(): """Launch RLinf evaluation.""" print(f"[INFO] Using config: {config_name}") print(f"[INFO] Config path: {config_dir}") # Initialize Hydra and load config GlobalHydra.instance().clear() initialize_config_dir(config_dir=config_dir, version_base="1.1") cfg = compose(config_name=config_name) # Get task_id from config (eval task) task_id = cfg.env.eval.init_params.id print(f"[INFO] Task: {task_id}") # Setup logging directory # Use hyphens instead of colons in time — colons are invalid in Windows paths. timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H-%M-%S") log_dir = SCRIPT_DIR / "logs" / "rlinf" / "eval" / f"{timestamp}-{task_id.replace('/', '_')}" log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) print(f"[INFO] Logging to: {log_dir}") # Apply runtime overrides with open_dict(cfg): # Set evaluation mode cfg.runner.only_eval = True # Set logging cfg.runner.logger.log_path = str(log_dir) # Override checkpoint if provided via CLI if args_cli.model_path: cfg.rollout.model.model_path = args_cli.model_path if args_cli.rl_model_path: cfg.rollout.model.rl_model_path = args_cli.rl_model_path # Enable video saving if requested if args_cli.video: cfg.env.eval.video_cfg.save_video = True cfg.env.eval.video_cfg.video_base_dir = str(log_dir / "videos") # Override task if provided via CLI if args_cli.task: cfg.env.eval.init_params.id = args_cli.task cfg.env.train.init_params.id = args_cli.task # Apply CLI args if args_cli.num_envs is not None: cfg.env.eval.total_num_envs = args_cli.num_envs if args_cli.seed is not None: cfg.actor.seed = args_cli.seed if args_cli.num_episodes is not None: cfg.algorithm.eval_rollout_epoch = args_cli.num_episodes # Validate config cfg = validate_cfg(cfg) # Print config summary print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("RLinf Evaluation Configuration") print("=" * 60) print(f" Task: {cfg.env.eval.init_params.id}") print(f" Num envs: {cfg.env.eval.total_num_envs}") print(f" Model: {cfg.rollout.model.model_path}") print(f" Videos: {cfg.env.eval.video_cfg.save_video}") if cfg.env.eval.video_cfg.save_video: print(f" Video dir: {cfg.env.eval.video_cfg.video_base_dir}") print(f" Log dir: {log_dir}") print("=" * 60 + "\n") # Create cluster and workers cluster = Cluster(cluster_cfg=cfg.cluster) component_placement = HybridComponentPlacement(cfg, cluster) # Create rollout worker rollout_placement = component_placement.get_strategy("rollout") rollout_group = MultiStepRolloutWorker.create_group(cfg).launch( cluster, name=cfg.rollout.group_name, placement_strategy=rollout_placement ) # Create env worker env_placement = component_placement.get_strategy("env") env_group = EnvWorker.create_group(cfg).launch(cluster, name=cfg.env.group_name, placement_strategy=env_placement) # Run evaluation runner = EmbodiedEvalRunner( cfg=cfg, rollout=rollout_group, env=env_group, ) runner.init_workers() runner.run() if __name__ == "__main__": main()