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Awesome-Papers-Autonomous-Agent

This is a collection of recent papers focusing on autonomous agent. Here is how Wikipedia defines Agent:

In artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent is an agent acting in an intelligent manner; It perceives its environment, takes actions autonomously in order to achieve goals, and may improve its performance with learning or acquiring knowledge. An intelligent agent may be simple or complex: A thermostator other control systemis considered an example of an intelligent agent, as is a human being, as is any system that meets the definition, such as a firm, a state, or a biome.

Thus, the key of an agent is that it can <i>achieve goals</i>, <i>acquire knowledge</i> and <i>continually improve</i>. The traditional agents in RL research will not be considered in this collection. Though LLM-based agents have caught people's eyes in recent research, RL-based agents also take their special position. Specifically, this repo is interested in two types of agent: RL-based agent and LLM-based agent.

Note that this paper list is under active maintaince. Free free to open an issue if you found any missed papers that fit the topic.

Update history

• 2024/01/31: Add a special list for surveys on autonomous agent.
• 2023/12/08: Add papers accepted by ICML'23 and ICLR'23 :rocket:
• 2023/11/08: Add papers accepted by NeurIPS'23. Add related links (project page or github) to these accepted papers :tada:
• 2023/10/25: Classify all papers based on their research topics. Check ToC for the standard of classification :clap:
• 2023/10/18: Release first version of collection, including papers submitted to ICLR 2024 :rocket:

Table of Contents

• Surveys
• RL-based agent
  • Instruction following
  • Build agent based on World model
  • Language as knowledge
  • LLM as a tool
  • Generalization across tasks
  • Continual learning
  • Combine RL and LLM
  • Transformer-based policy
  • Trajectory to language
  • Trajectory predication
  • Others
• LLM-based agent
  • Multimodal
  • Train LLM for generalization & adaptation
  • Task-specific designing
  • Multi-agent (e.g., society, coperation)
  • Experimental analysis
  • Benchmark & Dataset
  • Applications
  • Algorithm design
  • Combined with RL
  • Others

Surveys

• A Survey on Large Language Model based Autonomous Agents
• The Rise and Potential of Large Language Model Based Agents: A Survey

RL-based agent

Instruction following

• [NeurIPS'23] Natural Language-conditioned Reinforcement Learning with Inside-out Task Language Development and Translation
• [NeurIPS'23] Guide Your Agent with Adaptive Multimodal Rewards [project]
• Compositional Instruction Following with Language Models and Reinforcement Learning
• RT-1: Robotics Transformer for Real-World Control at Scale [blog]
• RT-2: Vision-Language-Action Models Transfer Web Knowledge to Robotic Control [blog]
• Open X-Embodiment: Robotic Learning Datasets and RT-X Models [blog]
• [NeurIPS'23] Guide Your Agent with Adaptive Multimodal Rewards [project]
• LEO: An Embodied Generalist Agent in 3D World [project]

Build agent based on World model

• [ICLR'23 Oral] Transformers are Sample-Efficient World Models [code]
• Learning to Model the World with Language
• MAMBA: an Effective World Model Approach for Meta-Reinforcement Learning

Language as knowledge

• Learning with Language Inference and Tips for Continual Reinforcement Learning
• Informing Reinforcement Learning Agents by Grounding Natural Language to Markov Decision Processes
• Language Reward Modulation for Pretraining Reinforcement Learning

LLM as a tool

• [NeurIPS'23] Efficient Policy Adaptation with Contrastive Prompt Ensemble for Embodied Agents
• [ICLR'23] Reward Design with Language Models [code]
• [ICML'23] RLang: A Declarative Language for Describing Partial World Knowledge to Reinforcement Learning Agents [Poster]
• [ICML'23] Do Embodied Agents Dream of Pixelated Sheep: Embodied Decision Making using Language Guided World Modelling [Project][Code]
• [ICML'23] Grounding Large Language Models in Interactive Environments with Online Reinforcement Learning
• Leveraging Large Language Models for Optimised Coordination in Textual Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
• Text2Reward: Dense Reward Generation with Language Models for Reinforcement Learning
• Language to Rewards for Robotic Skill Synthesis
• Eureka: Human-Level Reward Design via Coding Large Language Models
• STARLING: Self-supervised Training of Text-based Reinforcement Learning Agent with Large Language Models

Generalization across tasks

• A Generalist Agent
• AMAGO: Scalable In-Context Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Agents

Continual learning

• ADAPTER-RL: Adaptation of Any Agent using Reinforcement Learning
• Online Continual Learning for Interactive Instruction Following Agents
• [NeurIPS'23] A Definition of Continual Reinforcement Learning

Combine RL and LLM

• [NeurIPS'23] Large Language Models Are Semi-Parametric Reinforcement Learning Agents
• RoboGPT : An intelligent agent of making embodied long-term decisions for daily instruction tasks
• Can Language Agents Approach the Performance of RL? An Empirical Study On OpenAI Gym
• RLAdapter: Bridging Large Language Models to Reinforcement Learning in Open Worlds

Transformer-based policy

• [NeurIPS'23] Cross-Episodic Curriculum for Transformer Agents. [project]

Trajectory to language

• [NeurIPS'23] State2Explanation: Concept-Based Explanations to Benefit Agent Learning and User Understanding
• [NeurIPS'23] Semantic HELM: A Human-Readable Memory for Reinforcement Learning
• [ICML'23] Distilling Internet-Scale Vision-Language Models into Embodied Agents
• Understanding Your Agent: Leveraging Large Language Models for Behavior Explanation

Trajectory predication

• Multi-agent Trajectory Prediction with Scalable Diffusion Transformer

Others

• Enhancing Human Experience in Human-Agent Collaboration: A Human-Centered Modeling Approach Based on Positive Human Gain
• A Competition Winning Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent in microRTS
• Aligning Agents like Large Language Models

LLM-based agent

Multimodal

• [ICML'23] PaLM-E: An Embodied Multimodal Language Model
• Steve-Eye: Equipping LLM-based Embodied Agents with Visual Perception in Open Worlds
• Multimodal Web Navigation with Instruction-Finetuned Foundation Models
• You Only Look at Screens: Multimodal Chain-of-Action Agents
• Learning Embodied Vision-Language Programming From Instruction, Exploration, and Environmental Feedback
• An Embodied Generalist Agent in 3D World
• JARVIS-1: Open-world Multi-task Agents with Memory-Augmented Multimodal Language Models

Train LLM for generalization & adaptation

• FireAct: Toward Language Agent Finetuning
• Adapting LLM Agents Through Communication
• AgentTuning: Enabling Generalized Agent Abilities for LLMs
• Retroformer: Retrospective Large Language Agents with Policy Gradient Optimization

Task-specific designing

• [NeurIPS'23] Describe, Explain, Plan and Select: Interactive Planning with LLMs Enables Open-World Multi-Task Agents
• [NeurIPS'23] SwiftSage: A Generative Agent with Fast and Slow Thinking for Complex Interactive Tasks [Github]
• Rethinking the Buyer’s Inspection Paradox in Information Markets with Language Agents
• A Language-Agent Approach to Formal Theorem-Proving
• Agent Instructs Large Language Models to be General Zero-Shot Reasoners
• Ghost in the Minecraft: Hierarchical Agents for Minecraft via Large Language Models with Text-based Knowledge and Memory
• PaperQA: Retrieval-Augmented Generative Agent for Scientific Research
• Language Agents for Detecting Implicit Stereotypes in Text-to-image Models at Scale
• Suspicion-Agent: Playing Imperfect Information Games with Theory of Mind Aware GPT-4

Multi-agent (e.g., society, coperation)

• CoMM: Collaborative Multi-Agent, Multi-Reasoning-Path Prompting for Complex Problem Solving
• Building Cooperative Embodied Agents Modularly with Large Language Models
• OKR-Agent: An Object and Key Results Driven Agent System with Hierarchical Self-Collaboration and Self-Evaluation
• MetaGPT: Meta Programming for Multi-Agent Collaborative Framework
• AutoAgents: A Framework for Automatic Agent Generation
• Dynamic LLM-Agent Network: An LLM-agent Collaboration Framework with Agent Team Optimization
• AgentVerse: Facilitating Multi-Agent Collaboration and Exploring Emergent Behaviors
• Exploring Collaboration Mechanisms for LLM Agents: A Social Psychology View
• REX: Rapid Exploration and eXploitation for AI agents
• Emergence of Social Norms in Large Language Model-based Agent Societies

Experimental analysis

• Identifying the Risks of LM Agents with an LM-Emulated Sandbox
• Evaluating Multi-Agent Coordination Abilities in Large Language Models
• Large Language Models as Gaming Agents
• Benchmarking Large Language Models as AI Research Agents
• Adaptive Environmental Modeling for Task-Oriented Language Agents
• CLIN: A Continually Learning Language Agent for Rapid Task Adaptation and Generalization

Benchmark & Dataset

• [ACL'24] A Controllable World of Apps and People for Benchmarking Interactive Coding Agents [website][blog]
• [ICLR'23] Task Ambiguity in Humans and Language Models [code]
• SmartPlay : A Benchmark for LLMs as Intelligent Agents
• AgentBench: Evaluating LLMs as Agents
• Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Evaluating Strategic Planning and Execution of LLM Agents in an Auction Arena
• SOTOPIA: Interactive Evaluation for Social Intelligence in Language Agents
• SocioDojo: Building Lifelong Analytical Agents with Real-world Text and Time Series
• WebArena: A Realistic Web Environment for Building Autonomous Agents
• LLM-Deliberation: Evaluating LLMs with Interactive Multi-Agent Negotiation Game
• Evaluating Large Language Models at Evaluating Instruction Following
• CivRealm: A Learning and Reasoning Odyssey for Decision-Making Agents

Applications

• Lyfe Agents: generative agents for low-cost real-time social interactions
• AutoGen: Enabling Next-Gen LLM Applications via Multi-Agent Conversation

Algorithm design

• [ICLR'23 Oral] ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Models [code]
• [NeurIPS'23] AdaPlanner: Adaptive Planning from Feedback with Language Models [github]
• Prospector: Improving LLM Agents with Self-Asking and Trajectory Ranking
• Formally Specifying the High-Level Behavior of LLM-Based Agents
• Cumulative Reasoning With Large Language Models

Combined with RL

• [NeurIPS'23] Reflexion: language agents with verbal reinforcement learning [code]
• Teaching LLMs to Teach Themselves Better Instructions via Reinforcement Learning
• Language Agents with Reinforcement Learning for Strategic Play in the Werewolf Game

Others

• LUMOS: Towards Language Agents that are Unified, Modular, and Open Source
• Lemur: Harmonizing Natural Language and Code for Language Agents
• Language Agent Tree Search Unifies Reasoning Acting and Planning in Language Models