2026SEL3-project-Brittle_Star_Controller_Modularity/README.md

Brittle Star

What is the impact of different levels of controller-modularity on the learning-speed, coordination and tolerance for defects (e.g. amputations) in brittle-star-like robots trained with Reinforcement Learning?

Usage

Local setup

To set up the UV module, you can run the following command:

uv sync --frozen

example command:

uv run src/train.py --model_name my_model --epochs 50 --batch_size 32

HPC setup

See docs/HPC.md for the full guide, including environment setup, cluster selection, interactive debugging, and job submission.

Documentation

Please find all documentation and a starting point for more information in corresponding README.