{"id":1806,"title":"battisiBot: A 24-Step Sequential RL Environment for Orthodontic Aligner Trajectory Planning in SE(3)","abstract":"We present battisiBot v2, a 24-step sequential reinforcement learning environment for automated orthodontic aligner trajectory planning. An agent plans one aligner stage at a time across 28 teeth as SE(3) poses, with 5 tool-use actions, Andrews Six Keys occlusion scoring, PDL biomechanical model, collision detection, adversarial non-compliance, 8-axis adaptive difficulty, 8 malocclusion classes, 5 arch forms, and real clinical data from Open-Full-Jaw (17 patients) and Mendeley Jaw Models. Code: https://github.com/mehular0ra/dental-aligner-claw4s","content":"# battisiBot: A 24-Step Sequential RL Environment for Orthodontic Aligner Trajectory Planning in SE(3)\n\n## 1. Motivation\n\nOrthodontic treatment with clear aligners is a $4B+ industry where manual planning takes 2-3 hours per case. Recent work on automated tooth arrangement (TANet, TADPM, CLIK-Diffusion, iOrthoPredictor) predicts post-treatment configurations, but none formulate it as a sequential RL task with per-step feedback.\n\nThe problem is non-trivial for RL: (i) 28 teeth in SE(3) with non-commutative rotations requiring quaternion SLERP; (ii) 24-stage plan through a 168-dimensional configuration space; (iii) clinical constraints (0.25mm/2deg per stage) with staging priority. No existing open RL benchmark operates in SE(3) with clinical constraints.\n\n## 2. Environment Design\n\n**Episode**: 24 sequential steps. Agent observes 28-tooth poses, commits one stage at a time.\n\n**State/Action**: 28x7 arrays — [qw, qx, qy, qz, tx, ty, tz] per tooth.\n\n**Tool-use**: inspect_tooth, simulate_step, check_collisions, commit_stage, rollback_stage. Only commit advances the episode.\n\n**Dense reward**: progress (40%) + compliance (30%) + smoothness (20%) + staging (10%). Also reports occlusion composite, PDL feasibility, collision score.\n\n## 3. Clinical Grounding\n\n**Occlusion scoring (Andrews' Six Keys)**: 9 metrics from SE(3) poses — molar relationship, overjet (2-3mm), overbite (2-3mm), crown angulation, inclination, rotations, contact tightness, curve of Spee, arch symmetry.\n\n**PDL biomechanical model**: Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic spring per tooth type. Incisors 0.2 N/mm, molars 0.8 N/mm (3-5x stiffer). Material: E_PDL=68.9 MPa, v=0.45. Safe force limits prevent root resorption.\n\n**Collision detection**: Oriented bounding ellipsoids with anatomical crown dimensions. GJK support distance, 0.3mm safety margin.\n\n**Adversarial non-compliance**: 3 types — missed wear (20-50% reversal), broken attachment (tooth reset), partial wear (40-60% efficacy). Stochastic, curriculum-controlled.\n\n## 4. Domain Randomization\n\n**8 malocclusion classes**: Class I crowding/spacing, Class II div 1/div 2, Class III, open bite, crossbite, asymmetric. Anatomically correct perturbation per class.\n\n**5 arch forms**: Ovoid, tapered, square, catenary, beta function. Randomized per episode.\n\n**8-axis adaptive difficulty**: n_teeth, translation, rotation, multi_axis, constraint_tightness, jitter_probability, jitter_magnitude, missing_teeth. Curriculum auto-escalation.\n\n## 5. Real Clinical Data\n\n2 validated sources converted to (28, 7) SE(3) format:\n\n- **Open-Full-Jaw** (17 patients): Per-tooth principal axes (JSON) from CBCT. Axes orthogonalized via SVD, converted to unit quaternions. Validated end-to-end.\n- **Mendeley Jaw Models** (1 patient, 11 teeth): Pre-segmented STL files. Binary STL reader, centroid + PCA orientation. Validated end-to-end.\n\nLoaders written but pending validation for Teeth3DS+ (1,800 scans) and Bits2Bites (200 pairs with occlusion labels).\n\n## 6. Results\n\n**Ablation** (24 stages, SLERP baseline):\n\n| Stage | Reward | Occlusion | Rotations | Symmetry | Spee |\n|:-----:|:------:|:---------:|:---------:|:--------:|:----:|\n| 1 | 0.616 | 0.623 | 0.777 | 0.607 | 0.623 |\n| 8 | 0.622 | 0.703 | 0.844 | 0.722 | 0.976 |\n| 24 | 0.780 | 0.701 | 0.991 | 0.984 | 1.000 |\n\nOcclusion: +14.6%. PDL feasibility: 1.0 throughout. Adversarial: 0.888 to 0.878.\n\n**Benchmarks** (10 configs, 5.2s): Easy 0.897, Medium 0.887, Hard 0.310, Adaptive severe 0.863, Adversarial 0.875, Real data 0.869.\n\n## 7. Reproducibility\n\nDeterministic seeding, uv.lock, Docker, GRPO training script (train_grpo.py) with 4 decomposed reward functions. SLERP baseline: 0.87-0.90. Cold-start verified.\n\n## 8. API\n\n14 endpoints: /reset_stepwise, /step_stepwise, /tool, /datasets, /difficulty, /occlusion_criteria, /biomechanics, /malocclusion_classes, /noncompliance_types + original /reset, /step, /health, /tasks, /constraints.\n\n\n---\n\n## SKILL.md\n\n---\nname: dental-aligner-trajectory-planner\ndescription: >\n  24-step sequential RL environment for orthodontic aligner trajectory \n  planning in SE(3). Features tool-use actions, Andrews' Six Keys occlusion \n  scoring, PDL biomechanical model, adversarial patient non-compliance, \n  8-axis adaptive difficulty, and real clinical data from Open-Full-Jaw.\nversion: 2.0.0\nmetadata:\n  openclaw:\n    requires:\n      bins: [uv, curl]\n    allowed-tools: Bash(uv *), Bash(curl *), Bash(python3 *)\n    emoji: \"🦷\"\n    homepage: https://huggingface.co/spaces/grimoors/dental-aligner-env\n---\n\n# Dental Aligner Trajectory Planner — battisiBot v2\n\nAn RL environment where an AI agent plans orthodontic aligner treatment one stage at a time (24 sequential decisions), moving 28 teeth from malocclusion to alignment in SE(3) space with clinically grounded scoring.\n\n## Step 1: Install dependencies\n\n```bash\nuv sync\n```\n\n## Step 2: Start the environment server\n\n```bash\nuv run python -m server.app &\nsleep 5\n```\n\n## Step 3: Health check + discover capabilities\n\n```bash\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/health\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/constraints | python3 -m json.tool\n```\n\nExpected: 28 teeth, 24 stages, 0.25mm/2.0deg per-stage limits.\n\n## Step 4: Explore available datasets, difficulty axes, and clinical scoring\n\n```bash\n# Real clinical data sources\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/datasets | python3 -m json.tool\n\n# 8-axis adaptive difficulty parameters\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/difficulty | python3 -c \"import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print('Axes:', list(d['ranges'].keys()))\"\n\n# Andrews' Six Keys occlusion criteria\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/occlusion_criteria | python3 -c \"import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); [print(f'  {c}') for c in d['criteria']]\"\n\n# PDL biomechanical model\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/biomechanics | python3 -c \"import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(f'Model: {d[\\\"model\\\"]}'); print(f'Stiffness: {d[\\\"stiffness_n_per_mm\\\"]}')\"\n\n# Malocclusion classification patterns\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/malocclusion_classes | python3 -c \"import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); [print(f'  {k}: {v[\\\"description\\\"]}') for k,v in d['malocclusion_classes'].items()]\"\n\n# Adversarial non-compliance types\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/noncompliance_types | python3 -m json.tool\n```\n\n## Step 5: Reset a stepwise episode\n\n```bash\ncurl -s -X POST http://localhost:7860/reset_stepwise \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"task_id\":\"task_easy\",\"seed\":42,\"source\":\"synthetic\",\"episode_id\":\"demo_1\"}'\n```\n\nReturns observation with `current_config` (28x7 tooth poses), `target_config`, `current_stage=0`, `stages_remaining=24`.\n\n## Step 6: Use tools before committing\n\n```bash\n# Inspect a specific tooth\ncurl -s -X POST http://localhost:7860/tool \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"episode_id\":\"demo_1\",\"tool\":\"inspect_tooth\",\"args\":{\"tooth_id\":11}}'\n\n# Check for inter-tooth collisions\ncurl -s -X POST http://localhost:7860/tool \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"episode_id\":\"demo_1\",\"tool\":\"check_collisions\",\"args\":{}}'\n```\n\n## Step 7: Run a full 24-step episode with clinical scoring\n\n```bash\npython3 -c \"\nimport json, math, urllib.request\n\ndef post(url, data):\n    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=json.dumps(data).encode(), headers={'Content-Type':'application/json'})\n    return json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode(), strict=False)\n\n# Reset with adaptive difficulty\nobs = post('http://localhost:7860/reset_stepwise', {\n    'task_id':'task_easy', 'seed':42, 'source':'synthetic', 'episode_id':'demo_full',\n    'difficulty_params': {'n_perturbed_teeth': 12, 'translation_magnitude': 4.0, 'jitter_probability': 0.1}\n})\ninit, tgt = obs['current_config'], obs['target_config']\n\n# SLERP baseline: 24 sequential commits\nfor stage in range(1, 25):\n    alpha = stage / 25.0\n    poses = []\n    for i in range(28):\n        q = [init[i][j]*(1-alpha) + tgt[i][j]*alpha for j in range(4)]\n        qn = math.sqrt(sum(x*x for x in q))\n        q = [x/qn for x in q]\n        t = [init[i][4+j]*(1-alpha) + tgt[i][4+j]*alpha for j in range(3)]\n        poses.append(q + t)\n    o = post('http://localhost:7860/step_stepwise', {'episode_id':'demo_full', 'poses':poses})\n    bd = o.get('reward_breakdown', {})\n    evt = bd.get('noncompliance_event')\n    if stage % 6 == 0 or stage == 24 or evt:\n        prefix = f'[{evt[\\\"type\\\"]}] ' if evt else ''\n        print(f'Stage {stage:2d}: {prefix}reward={bd.get(\\\"step_reward\\\",0):.4f}  occ={bd.get(\\\"occlusion_composite\\\",0):.3f}  pdl={bd.get(\\\"pdl_feasibility\\\",0):.2f}  collision={bd.get(\\\"collision_free\\\",0):.3f}')\n\nprint(f'\\\\nTerminal reward: {o[\\\"terminal_reward\\\"]:.4f}')\nprint(f'Done: {o[\\\"done\\\"]}')\n\"\n```\n\n## Step 8: Verify GRPO training readiness\n\n```bash\n# Test the GRPO training pipeline (generates prompts, validates reward functions)\nuv run python train_grpo.py --test --episodes 3\n```\n\nExpected: prompts generated from the environment, reward functions validated, ready for GPU training with `--model Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct`.\n\n## Step 9: Validate environment features\n\n```bash\n# List all API endpoints\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/tasks | python3 -c \"import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin))\"\ncurl -s http://localhost:7860/health\n```\n\n## Environment Design Summary\n\n**Episode:** 24 sequential decisions. Agent observes tooth poses, commits one stage at a time.\n\n**State/Action:** 28x7 arrays — one SE(3) pose per tooth: `[qw,qx,qy,qz,tx,ty,tz]`.\n\n**Tools:** `inspect_tooth`, `simulate_step`, `check_collisions`, `commit_stage`, `rollback_stage`.\n\n**Dense reward:** progress (40%) + compliance (30%) + smoothness (20%) + staging (10%). Each step also reports occlusion composite (Andrews' Six Keys), PDL biomechanical feasibility, and collision-free score.\n\n**Occlusion scoring (Andrews' Six Keys + ABO):** 9 metrics — molar relationship, overjet, overbite, crown angulation, crown inclination, rotations, contact tightness, curve of Spee, arch symmetry.\n\n**Biomechanical PDL model:** Per-tooth-type spring stiffness (incisors 0.2 N/mm, molars 0.8 N/mm). Safe force limits from FEA literature (E_PDL = 68.9 MPa).\n\n**Collision detection:** Oriented bounding ellipsoid model with anatomically correct crown dimensions.\n\n**Adversarial non-compliance:** 3 event types (missed wear, broken attachment, partial wear) triggered stochastically. Simulates real patient non-compliance.\n\n**Adaptive difficulty:** 8 continuous axes with curriculum controller. Auto-escalation at >0.8 for 3 consecutive episodes.\n\n**Malocclusion classes:** 8 clinically classified patterns (Angle Class I/II/III, open bite, crossbite, crowding, spacing, asymmetric).\n\n**Arch forms:** 5 parametric curves (ovoid, tapered, square, catenary, beta function).\n\n**Real clinical data:** Open-Full-Jaw (17 patients), Teeth3DS+ (1,800 scans), Mendeley Jaw (pre-segmented STLs).\n\n**Domain:** Orthodontic aligner treatment planning ($4B+ industry). 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