Online trajectory planning through combined trajectory optimization and function approximation: Application to the exoskeleton Atalante

A Duburcq, Y Chevaleyre, N Bredeche… - … on Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous robots require online trajectory planning capability to operate in the real world.
Efficient offline trajectory planning methods already exist, but are computationally …

Preference-based learning for exoskeleton gait optimization

M Tucker, E Novoseller, C Kann, Y Sui… - … on robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a personalized gait optimization framework for lower-body
exoskeletons. Rather than optimizing numerical objectives such as the mechanical cost of …

Adaptive gait planning for walking assistance lower limb exoskeletons in slope scenarios

C Zou, R Huang, H Cheng, Q Chen… - … Conference on Robotics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lower-limb exoskeleton has gained considerable interests in walking assistance
applications for paraplegic patients. In walking assistance of paraplegic patients, the …

Real-time trajectory adaptation for quadrupedal locomotion using deep reinforcement learning

S Gangapurwala, M Geisert, R Orsolino… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a control architecture for real-time adaptation and tracking of trajectories
generated using a terrain-aware trajectory optimization solver. This approach enables us to …

A task-invariant learning framework of lower-limb exoskeletons for assisting human locomotion

G Lv, H Xing, J Lin, RD Gregg… - 2020 American Control …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Kinematic control approaches for exoskeletons follow specified trajectories, which overly
constrain individuals who have partial or full volitional control over their lower limbs. In our …

Reliable trajectories for dynamic quadrupeds using analytical costs and learned initializations

O Melon, M Geisert, D Surovik… - … on Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic traversal of uneven terrain is a major objective in the field of legged robotics. The
most recent model predictive control approaches for these systems can generate robust …

On the suitability of incremental learning for regression tasks in exoskeleton control

J Jakob, M Hasenjäger… - 2021 IEEE Symposium …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent times, a new generation of modern exoskeleton robots has come into existence,
that aims to utilize machine learning to learn the specific needs and preferences of its users …

Hierarchical Task-Oriented Whole-Body Locomotion of a Walking Exoskeleton Using Adaptive Dynamic Motion Primitive for Cart Pushing

X Hao, Z Li, P Huang, P Shi, G Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a hierarchical task-oriented whole-body locomotion framework for the
exoskeleton walking-cart pushing (EWCP) task, which includes a straight gait and a …

Gait planning with dynamic movement primitives for lower limb exoskeleton walking up stairs

W Ma, H Cheng, R Huang… - 2018 IEEE international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the capability to enable lower limb paralysis people to stand up and walk again, lower
limb exoskeleton has become more and more popular over the world. However, most of the …

Probabilistic movement primitive based motion learning for a lower limb exoskeleton with black-box optimization

J Wang, Y Gao, D Wu, W Dong - Frontiers of Information Technology & …, 2023 - Springer
As a wearable robot, an exoskeleton provides a direct transfer of mechanical power to assist
or augment the wearer's movement with an anthropomorphic configuration. When an …