Controllable Motion Generation via Diffusion Modal Coupling

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Main Authors: Wang, Luobin, Yu, Hongzhan, Yu, Chenning, Gao, Sicun, Christensen, Henrik
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Published: 2025
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author Wang, Luobin
Yu, Hongzhan
Yu, Chenning
Gao, Sicun
Christensen, Henrik
author_facet Wang, Luobin
Yu, Hongzhan
Yu, Chenning
Gao, Sicun
Christensen, Henrik
contents Diffusion models have recently gained significant attention in robotics due to their ability to generate multi-modal distributions of system states and behaviors. However, a key challenge remains: ensuring precise control over the generated outcomes without compromising realism. This is crucial for applications such as motion planning or trajectory forecasting, where adherence to physical constraints and task-specific objectives is essential. We propose a novel framework that enhances controllability in diffusion models by leveraging multi-modal prior distributions and enforcing strong modal coupling. This allows us to initiate the denoising process directly from distinct prior modes that correspond to different possible system behaviors, ensuring sampling to align with the training distribution. We evaluate our approach on motion prediction using the Waymo dataset and multi-task control in Maze2D environments. Experimental results show that our framework outperforms both guidance-based techniques and conditioned models with unimodal priors, achieving superior fidelity, diversity, and controllability, even in the absence of explicit conditioning. Overall, our approach provides a more reliable and scalable solution for controllable motion generation in robotics.
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spellingShingle Controllable Motion Generation via Diffusion Modal Coupling
Wang, Luobin
Yu, Hongzhan
Yu, Chenning
Gao, Sicun
Christensen, Henrik
Robotics
Machine Learning
Diffusion models have recently gained significant attention in robotics due to their ability to generate multi-modal distributions of system states and behaviors. However, a key challenge remains: ensuring precise control over the generated outcomes without compromising realism. This is crucial for applications such as motion planning or trajectory forecasting, where adherence to physical constraints and task-specific objectives is essential. We propose a novel framework that enhances controllability in diffusion models by leveraging multi-modal prior distributions and enforcing strong modal coupling. This allows us to initiate the denoising process directly from distinct prior modes that correspond to different possible system behaviors, ensuring sampling to align with the training distribution. We evaluate our approach on motion prediction using the Waymo dataset and multi-task control in Maze2D environments. Experimental results show that our framework outperforms both guidance-based techniques and conditioned models with unimodal priors, achieving superior fidelity, diversity, and controllability, even in the absence of explicit conditioning. Overall, our approach provides a more reliable and scalable solution for controllable motion generation in robotics.
title Controllable Motion Generation via Diffusion Modal Coupling
topic Robotics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02353