Integrated task and motion planning for safe legged navigation in partially observable environments

A Shamsah, Z Gu, J Warnke… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes a hierarchically integrated framework for safe task and motion planning
(TAMP) of bipedal locomotion in a partially observable environment with dynamic obstacles …

Dynamic Loco-manipulation on HECTOR: Humanoid for Enhanced ConTrol and Open-source Research

J Li, J Ma, O Kolt, M Shah, Q Nguyen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.11868, 2023 - arxiv.org
Despite their remarkable advancement in locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots
remain challenged by a lack of synchronized loco-manipulation control, hindering their full …

Continuous Dynamic Bipedal Jumping via Adaptive-model Optimization

J Li, O Kolt, Q Nguyen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.11807, 2024 - arxiv.org
Dynamic and continuous jumping remains an open yet challenging problem in bipedal robot
control. The choice of dynamic models in trajectory optimization (TO) problems plays a huge …

Stoch BiRo: Design and Control of a Low-Cost Bipedal Robot

GVS Mothish, K Rajgopal, R Kola… - 2024 10th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the Stoch BiRo, a cost-effective bipedal robot designed with a
modular mechanical structure having point feet to navigate uneven and unfamil-iar terrains …

Design and development of the mit humanoid: A dynamic and robust research platform

A SaLoutos, E Stanger-Joncs, Y Ding… - 2023 IEEE-RAS …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling humanoid robots to achieve human-level athletic feats, such as running and
jumping, is at the frontier of robotics research. To execute these behaviors, a robot platform …

Optimal scheduling of models and horizons for model hierarchy predictive control

C Khazoom, S Heim… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Model predictive control (MPC) is a powerful tool to control systems with non-linear
dynamics and constraints, but its computational demands impose limitations on the …

Design and Control of a Bio-inspired Wheeled Bipedal Robot

H Zhao, L Yu, S Qin, G Jin… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wheeled bipedal robots (WBRs) have the capability to execute agile and versatile
locomotion tasks. This article focuses on improving the dynamic performance of WBRs …

Berkeley Humanoid: A Research Platform for Learning-based Control

Q Liao, B Zhang, X Huang, X Huang, Z Li… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce Berkeley Humanoid, a reliable and low-cost mid-scale humanoid research
platform for learning-based control. Our lightweight, in-house-built robot is designed …

Trajectory Generation for Legged Robots Based on a Closed-form Solution of Centroidal Dynamics

Y Tazaki - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel reduced-order model of rigid body dynamics that can be used
for versatile motion generation of legged robots. It can express both linear CoM movement …

Socially Acceptable Bipedal Robot Navigation via Social Zonotope Network Model Predictive Control

A Shamsah, K Agarwal, N Katta, A Raju… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This study addresses the challenge of social bipedal navigation in a dynamic, human-
crowded environment, a research area largely underexplored in legged robot navigation …