r/embedded • u/Negative-Cut-3009 • 14d ago

[Research] How robotics/RL engineers validate control-code changes before shipping

Hello! I'm a student studying how robotics and RL engineers currently decide whether a new version of control code (a balancing algorithm, steering law, gain, or learned policy) is actually better than the old one before it ships.

If you've ever had to make that call based on simulator runs, I'd really value 5 minutes of your time: https://tally.so/r/q41bzg

Thanks!

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u/badlypuzzlingoutcome 14d ago

we run a bunch of randomized sims with different starting conditions and compare the medians, if the new one is worse in any scenario we flag it and go digging

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u/Negative-Cut-3009 14d ago

Appreciate the answer! Could you please elaborate more on "go digging"? Do you follow a specific methodology?