Optimization-based control for dynamic legged robots

PM Wensing, M Posa, Y Hu, A Escande… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a world designed for legs, quadrupeds, bipeds, and humanoids have the opportunity to
impact emerging robotics applications from logistics, to agriculture, to home assistance. The …

Recent progress in legged robots locomotion control

J Carpentier, PB Wieber - Current Robotics Reports, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review In recent years, legged robots locomotion has been transitioning from
mostly flat ground in controlled settings to generic indoor and outdoor environments …

High-speed quadrupedal locomotion by imitation-relaxation reinforcement learning

Y Jin, X Liu, Y Shao, H Wang, W Yang - Nature Machine Intelligence, 2022 - nature.com
Fast and stable locomotion of legged robots involves demanding and contradictory
requirements, in particular rapid control frequency as well as an accurate dynamics model …

An overview on bipedal gait control methods

C Hu, S Xie, L Gao, S Lu, J Li - IET Collaborative Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bipedal gait control has always been a very challenging issue due to the multi‐joint and non‐
linear structure of humanoid robots and frequent robot–environment interactions. To realise …

Biconmp: A nonlinear model predictive control framework for whole body motion planning

A Meduri, P Shah, J Viereck, M Khadiv… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online planning of whole-body motions for legged robots is challenging due to the inherent
nonlinearity in the robot dynamics. In this work, we propose a nonlinear model predictive …

Efficient multicontact pattern generation with sequential convex approximations of the centroidal dynamics

B Ponton, M Khadiv, A Meduri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the problem of efficient computation of physically consistent
multicontact behaviors. Recent work showed that under mild assumptions, the problem …

Zero dynamics, pendulum models, and angular momentum in feedback control of bipedal locomotion

Y Gong, JW Grizzle - Journal of Dynamic Systems …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Low-dimensional models are ubiquitous in the bipedal robotics literature. On the one hand
is the community of researchers that bases feedback control design on pendulum models …

Variable horizon mpc with swing foot dynamics for bipedal walking control

E Daneshmand, M Khadiv… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present a novel two-level variable Horizon Model Predictive Control (VH-
MPC) framework for bipedal locomotion. In this framework, the higher level computes the …

Robust locomotion exploiting multiple balance strategies: An observer-based cascaded model predictive control approach

J Ding, L Han, L Ge, Y Liu… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robust locomotion is a challenging task for humanoid robots, especially when considering
dynamic disturbances. This article proposes a disturbance observer-based cascaded model …

Balance gait controller for a bipedal robotic walker with foot slip

M Mihalec, J Yi - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-friction ground conditions present a navigation challenge for bipedal robotic
locomotion. While robots might traverse slippery surfaces by carefully planning trajectories …