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Diffusion policy

Diffusion policy

Sep 30, 20261 min read

  • terminology
  • policy
  • generative

One-line meaning

A policy that generates actions by iteratively denoising a sampled action sequence conditioned on observations.

Nuance

Sampling cost, conditioning, prediction horizon, and execution horizon determine runtime behavior; it is not synonymous with VLA.

Related concepts

  • Action chunk
  • Receding-horizon control
  • Behavior cloning (BC)

Sources

  • Diffusion Policy project.

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