ResearchResearch paperReinforcement Learning · Robotics & Embodied AI · Reasoning & Planning1 source · Oct 14, 2026

Neurosymbolic Learning of Interpretable World Models

We introduce Concept-Grounded World Models (CGWMs), a neurosymbolic world model design that instead learns interpretable concept representations.

Key points

  • World models aim to learn compact representations of an environment from observations, enabling agents to predict future states and plan their behaviour.
  • Furthermore, we directly use this knowledge by formulating planning as differentiable reasoning, optimising the agent's actions by gradient ascent to satisfy a goal.
  • We experimentally compare CGWM with a purely neural baseline and a neurosymbolic baseline on two game environments.
  • We find that CGWMs ground concepts much more accurately, even over long horizons, resulting in significantly more robust planning both in and out of distribution.

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  • [1]Neurosymbolic Learning of Interpretable World Models
    arXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 14, 10:38 AM
    We introduce Concept-Grounded World Models (CGWMs), a neurosymbolic world model design that instead learns interpretable concept representations.
    World models aim to learn compact representations of an environment from observations, enabling agents to predict future states and plan their behaviour.

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