Deep reinforcement learning for robotics: A survey of real-world successes

C Tang, B Abbatematteo, J Hu… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Reinforcement learning (RL), particularly its combination with deep neural networks,
referred to as deep RL (DRL), has shown tremendous promise across a wide range of …

Crossing the reality gap: A survey on sim-to-real transferability of robot controllers in reinforcement learning

E Salvato, G Fenu, E Medvet, FA Pellegrino - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing demand for robots able to act autonomously in complex scenarios has widely
accelerated the introduction of Reinforcement Learning (RL) in robots control applications …

Anymal parkour: Learning agile navigation for quadrupedal robots

D Hoeller, N Rudin, D Sako, M Hutter - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Performing agile navigation with four-legged robots is a challenging task because of the
highly dynamic motions, contacts with various parts of the robot, and the limited field of view …

Learning agile soccer skills for a bipedal robot with deep reinforcement learning

T Haarnoja, B Moran, G Lever, SH Huang… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
We investigated whether deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) is able to synthesize
sophisticated and safe movement skills for a low-cost, miniature humanoid robot that can be …

Learning quadrupedal locomotion on deformable terrain

S Choi, G Ji, J Park, H Kim, J Mun, JH Lee… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
Simulation-based reinforcement learning approaches are leading the next innovations in
legged robot control. However, the resulting control policies are still not applicable on soft …

Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild

T Miki, J Lee, J Hwangbo, L Wellhausen, V Koltun… - Science robotics, 2022 - science.org
Legged robots that can operate autonomously in remote and hazardous environments will
greatly increase opportunities for exploration into underexplored areas. Exteroceptive …

Rapid locomotion via reinforcement learning

GB Margolis, G Yang, K Paigwar… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Agile maneuvers such as sprinting and high-speed turning in the wild are challenging for
legged robots. We present an end-to-end learned controller that achieves record agility for …

Reinforcement learning for versatile, dynamic, and robust bipedal locomotion control

Z Li, XB Peng, P Abbeel, S Levine… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a comprehensive study on using deep reinforcement learning (RL) to
create dynamic locomotion controllers for bipedal robots. Going beyond focusing on a single …

Perceptive locomotion through nonlinear model-predictive control

R Grandia, F Jenelten, S Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic locomotion in rough terrain requires accurate foot placement, collision avoidance,
and planning of the underactuated dynamics of the system. Reliably optimizing for such …

Robot parkour learning

Z Zhuang, Z Fu, J Wang, C Atkeson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Parkour is a grand challenge for legged locomotion that requires robots to overcome various
obstacles rapidly in complex environments. Existing methods can generate either diverse …