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Despite their remarkable advancement in locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots remain challenged by a lack of synchronized loco-manipulation control, hindering their full dynamic potential. In this work, we introduce a versatile and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Junheng Li , Junchao Ma , Omar Kolt , Manas Shah , Quan Nguyen

Humanoid robots are envisioned as embodied intelligent agents capable of performing a wide range of human-level loco-manipulation tasks, particularly in scenarios requiring strenuous and repetitive labor. However, learning these skills is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Junjia Liu , Zhuo Li , Minghao Yu , Zhipeng Dong , Sylvain Calinon , Darwin Caldwell , Fei Chen

Human demonstrations offer rich environmental diversity and scale naturally, making them an appealing alternative to robot teleoperation. While this paradigm has advanced robot-arm manipulation, its potential for the more challenging,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Modi Shi , Shijia Peng , Jin Chen , Haoran Jiang , Yinghui Li , Di Huang , Ping Luo , Hongyang Li , Li Chen

Human videos offer a scalable way to train robot manipulation policies, but lack the action labels needed by standard imitation learning algorithms. Existing cross-embodiment approaches try to map human motion to robot actions, but often…

We introduce a novel musculoskeletal model of a dog, procedurally generated from accurate 3D muscle meshes. Accompanying this model is a motion capture-based locomotion task compatible with a variety of control algorithms, as well as an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Vittorio La Barbera , Steven Bohez , Leonard Hasenclever , Yuval Tassa , John R. Hutchinson

Humanoid robots often face significant balance issues due to the motion of their heavy limbs. These challenges are particularly pronounced when attempting dynamic motion or operating in environments with irregular terrain. To address this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Tianlin Zhang , Linzhu Yue , Hongbo Zhang , Lingwei Zhang , Xuanqi Zeng , Zhitao Song , Yun-Hui Liu

Video data is more cost-effective than motion capture data for learning 3D character motion controllers, yet synthesizing realistic and diverse behaviors directly from videos remains challenging. Previous approaches typically rely on…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Jianan Li , Xiao Chen , Tao Huang , Tien-Tsin Wong

For humanoids to be deployed in demanding situations, such as search and rescue, highly intelligent decision making and proficient sensorimotor skill is expected. A promising solution is to leverage human prowess by interconnecting robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Guillermo Colin , Youngwoo Sim , Joao Ramos

Cross-embodiment learning seeks to build generalist robots that operate across diverse morphologies, but differences in action spaces and kinematics hinder data sharing and policy transfer. This raises a central question: Is there any…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Zihao He , Bo Ai , Tongzhou Mu , Yulin Liu , Weikang Wan , Jiawei Fu , Yilun Du , Henrik I. Christensen , Hao Su

Learning a general humanoid whole-body controller is challenging because practical reference motions can exhibit noise and inconsistencies after being transferred to the robot domain, and local defects may be amplified by closed-loop…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Yubiao Ma , Han Yu , Jiayin Xie , Changtai Lv , Qiang Luo , Chi Zhang , Yunpeng Yin , Boyang Xing , Xuemei Ren , Dongdong Zheng

Reinforcement learning has shown great promise for synthesizing realistic human behaviors by learning humanoid control policies from motion capture data. However, it is still very challenging to reproduce sophisticated human skills like…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Ye Yuan , Kris Kitani

In this work, we propose a gesture based language to allow humans to interact with robots using their body in a natural way. We have created a new gesture detection model using neural networks and a custom dataset of humans performing a set…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Javier Laplaza , Joan Jaume Oliver , Ramón Romero , Alberto Sanfeliu , Anaís Garrell

This letter presents a physical human-robot interaction scenario in which a robot guides and performs the role of a teacher within a defined dance training framework. A combined cognitive and physical feedback of performance is proposed for…

Combining manipulation with the mobility of legged robots is essential for a wide range of robotic applications. However, integrating an arm with a mobile base significantly increases the system's complexity, making precise end-effector…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Tifanny Portela , Andrei Cramariuc , Mayank Mittal , Marco Hutter

Humanoid robots are promising to learn a diverse set of human-like locomotion behaviors, including standing up, walking, running, and jumping. However, existing methods predominantly require training independent policies for each skill,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Yingnan Zhao , Xinmiao Wang , Dewei Wang , Xinzhe Liu , Dan Lu , Qilong Han , Peng Liu , Chenjia Bai

Humanoid activities involving sequential contacts are crucial for complex robotic interactions and operations in the real world and are traditionally solved by model-based motion planning, which is time-consuming and often relies on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Chong Zhang , Wenli Xiao , Tairan He , Guanya Shi

Cross-embodiment video generation aims to transfer motions across different humanoid embodiments, such as human-to-robot and robot-to-robot, enabling scalable data generation for embodied intelligence. A major challenge in this setting is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Yiren Song , Xiyao Deng , Pei Yang , Yihan Wang , Mike Zheng Shou

Recent progress in legged locomotion has allowed highly dynamic and parkour-like behaviors for robots, similar to their biological counterparts. Yet, these methods mostly rely on egocentric (first-person) perception, limiting their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Rémy Rahem , Wael Suleiman

Most locomotion methods for humanoid robots focus on leg-based gaits, yet natural bipeds frequently rely on hands, knees, and elbows to establish additional contacts for stability and support in complex environments. This paper introduces…

Loco-manipulation is a fundamental challenge for humanoid robots to achieve versatile interactions in human environments. Although recent studies have made significant progress in humanoid whole-body control, loco-manipulation remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yuhui Fu , Feiyang Xie , Chaoyi Xu , Jing Xiong , Haoqi Yuan , Zongqing Lu