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 …

Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models

MH Cohen, TG Molnar, AD Ames - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern autonomous systems, such as flying, legged, and wheeled robots, are generally
characterized by high-dimensional nonlinear dynamics, which presents challenges for …

A review of underwater vehicle motion stability

H Bao, Y Zhang, M Song, Q Kong, X Hu, X An - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the current state of research on underwater vehicle stability is analyzed based
on different criteria. The relevant literature in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure …

Glide: Generalizable quadrupedal locomotion in diverse environments with a centroidal model

Z Xie, X Da, B Babich, A Garg, M de Panne - International Workshop on …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Model-free reinforcement learning (RL) for legged locomotion commonly relies on a
physics simulator that can accurately predict the behaviors of every degree of freedom of the …

Resolved motion control for 3d underactuated bipedal walking using linear inverted pendulum dynamics and neural adaptation

VC Paredes, A Hereid - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a framework to generate periodic trajectory references for a 3D under-actuated
bipedal robot, using a linear inverted pendulum (LIP) based controller with adaptive neural …

Time-varying alip model and robust foot-placement control for underactuated bipedal robotic walking on a swaying rigid surface

Y Gao, Y Gong, V Paredes, A Hereid… - 2023 American Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Controller design for bipedal walking on dynamic rigid surfaces (DRSes), which are rigid
surfaces moving in the inertial frame (eg, ships and airplanes), remains largely …

Global position control on underactuated bipedal robots: Step-to-step dynamics approximation for step planning

X Xiong, J Reher, AD Ames - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Global position control for underactuated bipedal walking is a challenging problem due to
the lack of actuation on the feet of the robots. In this paper, we apply the Hybrid-Linear …

Analytical solution to a time-varying LIP model for quadrupedal walking on a vertically oscillating surface

A Iqbal, S Veer, Y Gu - Mechatronics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper introduces an analytically tractable and computationally efficient model for
legged robot dynamics during locomotion on a dynamic rigid surface (DRS), along with an …

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 …

Asymptotic stabilization of aperiodic trajectories of a hybrid-linear inverted pendulum walking on a vertically moving surface

A Iqbal, S Veer, Y Gu - 2023 American Control Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the analysis and stabilization of a hybrid-linear inverted pendulum (H-
LIP) model that describes the essential robot dynamics associated with legged locomotion …