Model predictive control of legged and humanoid robots: models and algorithms

S Katayama, M Murooka, Y Tazaki - Advanced Robotics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Model predictive control (MPC) of legged and humanoid robotic systems has been an active
research topic in the past decade. While MPC for robotic systems has a long history, its …

Collaborative navigation and manipulation of a cable-towed load by multiple quadrupedal robots

C Yang, GN Sue, Z Li, L Yang, H Shen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter tackles the problem of robots collaboratively towing a load with cables to a
specified goal location while avoiding collisions in real time. The introduction of cables (as …

Adaptive force-based control of dynamic legged locomotion over uneven terrain

M Sombolestan, Q Nguyen - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Agile-legged robots have proven to be highly effective in navigating and performing tasks in
complex and challenging environments, including disaster zones and industrial settings …

Robust convex model predictive control for quadruped locomotion under uncertainties

S Xu, L Zhu, HT Zhang, CP Ho - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article considers quadruped locomotion control in the presence of uncertainties. Two
types of structured uncertainties are considered, namely, uncertain friction constraints and …

Bayesian multi-task learning mpc for robotic mobile manipulation

E Arcari, MV Minniti, A Scampicchio… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile manipulation in robotics is challenging due to the need to solve many diverse tasks,
such as opening a door or picking-and-placing an object. Typically, a basic first-principles …

Hierarchical Incremental MPC for Redundant Robots: A Robust and Singularity-Free Approach

Y Wang, Y Liu, M Leibold, M Buss… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a model predictive control (MPC) method for redundant robots
controlling multiple hierarchical tasks formulated as multilayer constrained optimal control …

Online damage recovery for physical robots with hierarchical quality-diversity

M Allard, SC Smith, K Chatzilygeroudis, B Lim… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In real-world environments, robots need to be resilient to damages and robust to unforeseen
scenarios. Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms have been successfully used to make robots …

Multi-embodiment legged robot control as a sequence modeling problem

C Yu, W Zhang, H Lai, Z Tian, L Kneip… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots are traditionally bounded by a fixed embodiment during their operational lifetime,
which limits their ability to adapt to their surroundings. Co-optimizing control and …

Learning agile locomotion and adaptive behaviors via rl-augmented mpc

Y Chen, Q Nguyen - 2024 IEEE International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of legged robots, adaptive behavior involves adaptive balancing and adaptive
swing foot reflection. While adaptive balancing counteracts perturbations to the robot …

Unknown payload adaptive control for quadruped locomotion with proprioceptive linear legs

B **, S Ye, J Su, J Luo - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quadruped robots manifest great potential to traverse rough terrains with payload. Current
model-based controllers, which are extensively adopted in quadruped robot locomotion …