ResearchResearch paperReinforcement Learning · Efficiency & Inference · Robotics & Embodied AI1 source · Oct 16, 2026

CocoRNA: Collective RNA Design with Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning

We propose CocoRNA, a cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning framework for RNA inverse design.

Key points

  • Designing RNA sequences that reliably fold into specific secondary structures is essential for understanding their biological functions but remains a challenging computational problem.
  • CocoRNA simplifies the design task by decomposing it into smaller sub-problems, each solved collaboratively by multiple agents.
  • As a result, CocoRNA learns high-quality RNA design policies that generalize effectively to unseen structures without additional training.
  • Further experiments on other biological sequence design tasks highlight the effectiveness and broad potential of CocoRNA for complex design tasks.

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  • [1]CocoRNA: Collective RNA Design with Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning
    arXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 16, 05:43 PM
    We propose CocoRNA, a cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning framework for RNA inverse design.
    Designing RNA sequences that reliably fold into specific secondary structures is essential for understanding their biological functions but remains a challenging computational problem.

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