Tensorflow – ValueError: Failed to convert a NumPy array to a Tensor (Unsupported object type float)

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TL;DR Several possible errors, most fixed with x = np.asarray(x).astype('float32').

Others may be faulty data preprocessing; ensure everything is properly formatted (categoricals, nans, strings, etc). Below shows what the model expects:

[print(i.shape, i.dtype) for i in model.inputs]
[print(o.shape, o.dtype) for o in model.outputs]
[print(l.name, l.input_shape, l.dtype) for l in model.layers]

The problem’s rooted in using lists as inputs, as opposed to Numpy arrays; Keras/TF doesn’t support former. A simple conversion is: x_array = np.asarray(x_list).

The next step’s to ensure data is fed in expected format; for LSTM, that’d be a 3D tensor with dimensions (batch_size, timesteps, features) – or equivalently, (num_samples, timesteps, channels). Lastly, as a debug pro-tip, print ALL the shapes for your data. Code accomplishing all of the above, below:

Sequences = np.asarray(Sequences)
Targets   = np.asarray(Targets)
show_shapes()

Sequences = np.expand_dims(Sequences, -1)
Targets   = np.expand_dims(Targets, -1)
show_shapes()

# OUTPUTS
Expected: (num_samples, timesteps, channels)
Sequences: (200, 1000)
Targets:   (200,)

Expected: (num_samples, timesteps, channels)
Sequences: (200, 1000, 1)
Targets:   (200, 1)

As a bonus tip, I notice you’re running via main(), so your IDE probably lacks a Jupyter-like cell-based execution; I strongly recommend the Spyder IDE. It’s as simple as adding # In[], and pressing Ctrl + Enter below:

Function used:

def show_shapes(): # can make yours to take inputs; this'll use local variable values
    print("Expected: (num_samples, timesteps, channels)")
    print("Sequences: {}".format(Sequences.shape))
    print("Targets:   {}".format(Targets.shape))

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