PANDORA: Diffusion Policy Learning for Dexterous Robotic Piano Playing

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Hauptverfasser: Huang, Yanjia, Li, Renjie, Tu, Zhengzhong
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author Huang, Yanjia
Li, Renjie
Tu, Zhengzhong
author_facet Huang, Yanjia
Li, Renjie
Tu, Zhengzhong
contents We present PANDORA, a novel diffusion-based policy learning framework designed specifically for dexterous robotic piano performance. Our approach employs a conditional U-Net architecture enhanced with FiLM-based global conditioning, which iteratively denoises noisy action sequences into smooth, high-dimensional trajectories. To achieve precise key execution coupled with expressive musical performance, we design a composite reward function that integrates task-specific accuracy, audio fidelity, and high-level semantic feedback from a large language model (LLM) oracle. The LLM oracle assesses musical expressiveness and stylistic nuances, enabling dynamic, hand-specific reward adjustments. Further augmented by a residual inverse-kinematics refinement policy, PANDORA achieves state-of-the-art performance in the ROBOPIANIST environment, significantly outperforming baselines in both precision and expressiveness. Ablation studies validate the critical contributions of diffusion-based denoising and LLM-driven semantic feedback in enhancing robotic musicianship. Videos available at: https://taco-group.github.io/PANDORA
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spellingShingle PANDORA: Diffusion Policy Learning for Dexterous Robotic Piano Playing
Huang, Yanjia
Li, Renjie
Tu, Zhengzhong
Machine Learning
Robotics
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
We present PANDORA, a novel diffusion-based policy learning framework designed specifically for dexterous robotic piano performance. Our approach employs a conditional U-Net architecture enhanced with FiLM-based global conditioning, which iteratively denoises noisy action sequences into smooth, high-dimensional trajectories. To achieve precise key execution coupled with expressive musical performance, we design a composite reward function that integrates task-specific accuracy, audio fidelity, and high-level semantic feedback from a large language model (LLM) oracle. The LLM oracle assesses musical expressiveness and stylistic nuances, enabling dynamic, hand-specific reward adjustments. Further augmented by a residual inverse-kinematics refinement policy, PANDORA achieves state-of-the-art performance in the ROBOPIANIST environment, significantly outperforming baselines in both precision and expressiveness. Ablation studies validate the critical contributions of diffusion-based denoising and LLM-driven semantic feedback in enhancing robotic musicianship. Videos available at: https://taco-group.github.io/PANDORA
title PANDORA: Diffusion Policy Learning for Dexterous Robotic Piano Playing
topic Machine Learning
Robotics
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14545