Blind Adaptive Gait Planning on Non-stationary Environments via Continual Reinforcement Learning

Author(s):  
Hao Hu ◽  
Yang Liu
Robotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Chenpeng Yao ◽  
Chengju Liu ◽  
Li Xia ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Qijun Chen

Abstract To achieve adaptive gait planning of humanoid robots, a hierarchical central pattern generator (H-CPG) model with a basic rhythmic signal generation layer and a pattern formation layer is proposed to modulate the center of mass (CoM) and the online foot trajectory. The entrainment property of the CPG is exploited for adaptive walking in the absence of a priori knowledge of walking conditions, and the sensory feedback is applied to modulate the generated trajectories online to improve walking adaptability and stability. The developed control strategy is verified using a humanoid robot on sloped terrain and shows good performance.


Robotica ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Chen ◽  
K.H. Low ◽  
S.H. Yeo

Adaptive gait planning is an important aspect in the development of control systems for multi-legged robots traversing on rough terrain. The problem of adaptive gait generation can be viewed as one of finding a sequence of suitable foothold on rough terrain so that legged systems maintain static stability and motion continuity. Due to the limit of static stability, deadlock situation may occur in the process of searching for a suitable foothold, if terrain contains a large number of forbidden zones. In this paper, an improved method for adaptive gait planning is presented by active compensation of stability margin, through center of gravity (CG) adjustment in the longitudinal axis and/or body translation in the lateral direction. An algorithm for the proposed method is developed and embedded in a computer program. Simulation results show that the method provides legged machines with a much larger terrain adaptivity and better deadlock-avoidance ability.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1279
Author(s):  
Rui Huang ◽  
Qian Wu ◽  
Jing Qiu ◽  
Hong Cheng ◽  
Qiming Chen ◽  
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Decision ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Steingroever ◽  
Ruud Wetzels ◽  
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

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