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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…

Humanoid robots are expected to operate in human-centered environments where safe and natural physical interaction is essential. However, most recent reinforcement learning (RL) policies emphasize rigid tracking and suppress external…

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Previous humanoid robot research works treat the robot as a bipedal mobile manipulation platform, where only the feet and hands contact the environment. However, we humans use all body parts to interact with the world, e.g., we sit in…

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Humanoid robotics has strong potential to transform daily service and caregiving applications. Although recent advances in general motion tracking within physics engines (GMT) have enabled virtual characters and humanoid robots to reproduce…

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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

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

Learning motion tracking from rich human motion data is a foundational task for achieving general control in humanoid robots, enabling them to perform diverse behaviors. However, discrepancies in morphology and dynamics between humans and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Yuhan Li , Peiyuan Zhi , Yunshen Wang , Tengyu Liu , Sixu Yan , Wenyu Liu , Xinggang Wang , Baoxiong Jia , Siyuan Huang

Amphibious legged robots inspired by salamanders are promising in applications in complex amphibious environments. However, despite the significant success of training controllers that achieve diverse locomotion behaviors in conventional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Mengze Tian , Qiyuan Fu , Chuanfang Ning , Javier Jia Jie Pey , Auke Ijspeert

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

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

Learning a general whole-body controller for humanoid robots remains challenging due to the diversity of motion distributions, the difficulty of fast adaptation, and the need for robust balance in high-dynamic scenarios. Existing approaches…

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

Humanoid whole-body loco-manipulation promises transformative capabilities for daily service and warehouse tasks. While recent advances in general motion tracking (GMT) have enabled humanoids to reproduce diverse human motions, these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Siheng Zhao , Yanjie Ze , Yue Wang , C. Karen Liu , Pieter Abbeel , Guanya Shi , Rocky Duan

Realizing interactive whole-body control for multi-humanoid systems is critical for unlocking complex collaborative capabilities in shared environments. Although recent advancements have significantly enhanced the agility of individual…

Standing-up control is crucial for humanoid robots, with the potential for integration into current locomotion and loco-manipulation systems, such as fall recovery. Existing approaches are either limited to simulations that overlook…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Tao Huang , Junli Ren , Huayi Wang , Zirui Wang , Qingwei Ben , Muning Wen , Xiao Chen , Jianan Li , Jiangmiao Pang

Whole-body humanoid motion represents a fundamental challenge in robotics, requiring balance, coordination, and adaptability to enable human-like behaviors. However, existing methods typically require multiple training samples per motion,…

Humanoid robots have demonstrated strong capabilities for interacting with static scenes across locomotion and manipulation, yet dynamic real-world interactions remain challenging. As a step toward fast-moving object interactions, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Chenhao Liu , Leyun Jiang , Yibo Wang , Kairan Yao , Jinchen Fu , Xiaoyu Ren

Current approaches for humanoid whole-body manipulation, primarily relying on teleoperation or visual sim-to-real reinforcement learning, are hindered by hardware logistics and complex reward engineering. Consequently, demonstrated…

The human body demonstrates exceptional motor capabilities-such as standing steadily on one foot or performing a high kick with the leg raised over 1.5 meters-both requiring precise balance control. While recent research on humanoid control…

Humanoid robots are well suited for human habitats due to their morphological similarity, but developing controllers for them is a challenging task that involves multiple sub-problems, such as control, planning and perception. In this…

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