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Dexterous multi-fingered hands can provide robots with the ability to flexibly perform a wide range of manipulation skills. However, many of the more complex behaviors are also notoriously difficult to control: Performing in-hand object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Anusha Nagabandi , Kurt Konoglie , Sergey Levine , Vikash Kumar

Humanoid robots require precise locomotion and dexterous manipulation to perform challenging loco-manipulation tasks. Yet existing approaches, modular or end-to-end, are deficient in manipulation-aware locomotion. This confines the robot to…

Planning and execution of agile locomotion maneuvers have been a longstanding challenge in legged robotics. It requires to derive motion plans and local feedback policies in real-time to handle the nonholonomy of the kinetic momenta. To…

Humanoid robots, with their human-like morphology, hold great potential for industrial applications. However, existing loco-manipulation methods primarily focus on dexterous manipulation, falling short of the combined requirements for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Kaiyan Xiao , Zihan Xu , Cheng Zhe , Chengju Liu , Qijun Chen

Learning from real-world robot demonstrations holds promise for interacting with complex real-world environments. However, the complexity and variability of interaction dynamics often cause purely positional controllers to struggle with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Lai Wei , Xuanbin Peng , Ri-Zhao Qiu , Tianshu Huang , Xuxin Cheng , Xiaolong Wang

In this letter, we propose an efficient and highly versatile loco-manipulation planning for humanoid robots. Loco-manipulation planning is a key technological brick enabling humanoid robots to autonomously perform object transportation by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Masaki Murooka , Iori Kumagai , Mitsuharu Morisawa , Fumio Kanehiro , Abderrahmane Kheddar

Whole-body manipulation (WBM) for humanoid robots presents a promising approach for executing embracing tasks involving bulky objects, where traditional grasping relying on end-effectors only remains limited in such scenarios due to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Chunxin Zheng , Kai Chen , Zhihai Bi , Yulin Li , Liang Pan , Jinni Zhou , Haoang Li , Jun Ma

Humanoid robots, with their human-like embodiment, have the potential to integrate seamlessly into human environments. Critical to their coexistence and cooperation with humans is the ability to understand natural language communications…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Zhenyu Jiang , Yuqi Xie , Jinhan Li , Ye Yuan , Yifeng Zhu , Yuke Zhu

Humanoid robots capable of autonomous operation in diverse environments have long been a goal for roboticists. However, autonomous manipulation by humanoid robots has largely been restricted to one specific scene, primarily due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Yanjie Ze , Zixuan Chen , Wenhao Wang , Tianyi Chen , Xialin He , Ying Yuan , Xue Bin Peng , Jiajun Wu

Modern Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms promise to solve difficult motor control problems directly from raw sensory inputs. Their attraction is due in part to the fact that they can represent a general class of methods that allow to…

Automated industries lead to high quality production, lower manufacturing cost and better utilization of human resources. Robotic manipulator arms have major role in the automation process. However, for complex manipulation tasks, hard…

Accurate state estimation plays a critical role in ensuring the robust control of humanoid robots, particularly in the context of learning-based control policies for legged robots. However, there is a notable gap in analytical research…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Zhicheng Wang , Wandi Wei , Ruiqi Yu , Jun Wu , Qiuguo Zhu

Imitation learning is a promising approach for training humanoid robots to both walk and manipulate, but it requires a large number of demonstrations, which are time-intensive and difficult to collect via teleoperation. Existing…

In future, robots will be present in everyday life. The development of these supporting robots is a challenge. A fundamental task for assistance robots is to pick up and hand over objects to humans. By interacting with users, soft factors…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Robin Rasch , Sven Wachsmuth , Matthias König

Motion mimicking, i.e., encouraging the control policy to mimic human motion, facilitates the learning of complex tasks via reinforcement learning (RL) for humanoid robots. Although standard RL frameworks demonstrate impressive locomotion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Ludwig Chee-Ying Tay , I-Chia Chang , Yan Gu

We introduce LHM-Humanoid, a benchmark and learning framework for long-horizon whole-body humanoid loco-manipulation in diverse, cluttered scenes. In our setting, multiple objects are displaced from their intended locations and may obstruct…

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Modeling and control of the human musculoskeletal system is important for understanding human motor functions, developing embodied intelligence, and optimizing human-robot interaction systems. However, current human musculoskeletal models…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Chenhui Zuo , Kaibo He , Jing Shao , Yanan Sui

Humanoid robots offer significant versatility for performing a wide range of tasks, yet their basic ability to walk and run, especially at high velocities, remains a challenge. This letter presents a novel method that combines deep…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Xinming Zhang , Xianghui Wang , Lerong Zhang , Guodong Guo , Xiaoyu Shen , Wei Zhang

In recent years, research on humanoid robots has garnered increasing attention. With breakthroughs in various types of artificial intelligence algorithms, embodied intelligence, exemplified by humanoid robots, has been highly anticipated.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Jingkai Sun , Qiang Zhang , Gang Han , Wen Zhao , Zhe Yong , Yan He , Jiaxu Wang , Jiahang Cao , Yijie Guo , Renjing Xu

Multimodal Large Models (MLMs) are becoming a significant research focus, combining powerful large language models with multimodal learning to perform complex tasks across different data modalities. This review explores the latest…

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