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
Commonsense Reasoning for Legged Robot Adaptation with Vision-Language Models
Annie S. Chen, Alec M. Lessing, Andy Tang, Govind Chada, Laura Smith, Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn
Learning Granular Media Avalanche Behavior for Indirectly Manipulating Obstacles on a Granular Slope
Haodi Hu, Feifei Qian, Daniel Seita
RoboDuet: Whole-body Legged Loco-Manipulation with Cross-Embodiment Deployment
Guoping Pan, Qingwei Ben, Zhecheng Yuan, Guangqi Jiang, Yandong Ji, Shoujie Li, Jiangmiao Pang, Houde Liu, Huazhe Xu
Leveraging Symmetry in RL-based Legged Locomotion Control
Zhi Su, Xiaoyu Huang, Daniel Ordoñez-Apraez, Yunfei Li, Zhongyu Li, Qiayuan Liao, Giulio Turrisi, Massimiliano Pontil, Claudio Semini, Yi Wu, Koushil Sreenath