Legged Robot
Legged robots aim to create machines capable of robust and agile locomotion across diverse terrains, mimicking the adaptability of animals. Current research heavily focuses on improving state estimation (often using Kalman filters or invariant Kalman filtering), developing robust control policies through reinforcement learning (RL) and model predictive control (MPC), and integrating vision and language models for enhanced perception and task understanding. These advancements are driving progress in applications ranging from industrial inspection to search and rescue, highlighting the potential for legged robots to operate effectively in unstructured and challenging environments.
Papers
Learning Near-global-optimal Strategies for Hybrid Non-convex Model Predictive Control of Single Rigid Body Locomotion
Xuan Lin, Feng Xu, Alexander Schperberg, Dennis Hong
Dynamic Bipedal Maneuvers through Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning
Fangzhou Yu, Ryan Batke, Jeremy Dao, Jonathan Hurst, Kevin Green, Alan Fern
Loco-Manipulation Planning for Legged Robots: Offline and Online Strategies
Luca Rossini, Paolo Ferrari, Francesco Ruscelli, Arturo Laurenzi, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Enrico Mingo Hoffman
Adversarial Body Shape Search for Legged Robots
Takaaki Azakami, Hiroshi Kera, Kazuhiko Kawamoto
Adversarial joint attacks on legged robots
Takuto Otomo, Hiroshi Kera, Kazuhiko Kawamoto