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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…

Robots and automated systems are increasingly being introduced to unknown and dynamic environments where they are required to handle disturbances, unmodeled dynamics, and parametric uncertainties. Robust and adaptive control strategies are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-03 Karime Pereida , Angela Schoellig

With the rapid development of embodied intelligence, leveraging large-scale human data for high-level imitation learning on humanoid robots has become a focal point of interest in both academia and industry. However, applying humanoid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Yongxu Wang , Weiyun Yi , Xinhao Kong , Wanting Li

Imitation can allow us to quickly gain an understanding of a new task. Through a demonstration, we can gain direct knowledge about which actions need to be performed and which goals they have. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Josua Spisak , Matthias Kerzel , Stefan Wermter

Learning motor control for muscle-driven musculoskeletal models is hindered by the computational cost of biomechanically accurate simulation and the scarcity of validated, open full-body models. Here we present MuscleMimic, an open-source…

Humanoid robots have the potential to mimic human motions with high visual fidelity, yet translating these motions into practical, physical execution remains a significant challenge. Existing techniques in the graphics community often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Yashuai Yan , Esteve Valls Mascaro , Tobias Egle , Dongheui Lee

Humanoid robots have achieved significant progress in motion generation and control, exhibiting movements that appear increasingly natural and human-like. Inspired by the Turing Test, we propose the Motion Turing Test, a framework that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Mingzhe Li , Mengyin Liu , Zekai Wu , Xincheng Lin , Junsheng Zhang , Ming Yan , Zengye Xie , Changwang Zhang , Chenglu Wen , Lan Xu , Siqi Shen , Cheng Wang

Humans exhibit diverse and expressive whole-body movements. However, attaining human-like whole-body coordination in humanoid robots remains challenging, as conventional approaches that mimic whole-body motions often neglect the distinct…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Jiyuan Shi , Xinzhe Liu , Dewei Wang , Ouyang Lu , Sören Schwertfeger , Chi Zhang , Fuchun Sun , Chenjia Bai , Xuelong Li

The optimal tracking problem is addressed in the robotics literature by using a variety of robust and adaptive control approaches. However, these schemes are associated with implementation limitations such as applicability in uncertain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-10 Mohammed Abouheaf , Wail Gueaieb , Davide Spinello

Developing natural and diverse locomotion controllers for quadruped robots that can adapt to complex terrains while preserving motion style remains a significant challenge. Existing imitation-based methods face a fundamental optimization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Zhiquan Wang , Yunyu Liu , Dipam Patel , Ayush Kumar , Aniket Bera , Bedrich Benes

Recent advances in data-driven reinforcement learning and motion tracking have substantially improved humanoid locomotion, yet critical practical challenges remain. In particular, while low-level motion tracking and trajectory-following…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Chenxi Han , Yuheng Min , Zihao Huang , Ao Hong , Hang Liu , Yi Cheng , Houde Liu

Humanoid robots have demonstrated impressive motor skills in a wide range of tasks, yet whole-body control for humanlike long-time, dynamic fighting remains particularly challenging due to the stringent requirements on agility and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Yucheng Xin , Jiacheng Bao , Yubo Dong , Xueqian Wang , Bin Zhao , Xuelong Li , Junbo Tan , Dong Wang

Long-horizon, high-dynamic motion tracking on humanoids remains brittle because absolute joint commands cannot compensate model-plant mismatch, leading to error accumulation. We propose RobotDancing, a simple, scalable framework that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Zhenguo Sun , Yibo Peng , Yuan Meng , Xukun Li , Bo-Sheng Huang , Zhenshan Bing , Xinlong Wang , Alois Knoll

For successful goal-directed human-robot interaction, the robot should adapt to the intentions and actions of the collaborating human. This can be supported by musculoskeletal or data-driven human models, where the former are limited to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Kevin Haninger , Luka Peternel

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. However, these applications normally require the capability…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Mohsen Sombolestan , Quan Nguyen

Realizing active visual tracking with a single unified model across diverse robots is challenging, as the physical constraints and motion dynamics vary drastically from one platform to another. Existing approaches typically train separate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Kui Wu , Hao Chen , Jinzhu Han , Haijun Liu , Churan Wang , Yizhou Wang , Zhoujun Li , Si Liu , Fangwei Zhong

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…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Qingzhou Lu , Yao Feng , Baiyu Shi , Michael Piseno , Zhenan Bao , C. Karen Liu

Achieving expressive and generalizable whole-body motion control is essential for deploying humanoid robots in real-world environments. In this work, we propose UniTracker, a three-stage training framework that enables robust and scalable…

We present a universal motion representation that encompasses a comprehensive range of motor skills for physics-based humanoid control. Due to the high dimensionality of humanoids and the inherent difficulties in reinforcement learning,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Zhengyi Luo , Jinkun Cao , Josh Merel , Alexander Winkler , Jing Huang , Kris Kitani , Weipeng Xu

Automated animal behavior analysis relies on long-term, interpretable individual trajectories; however, multi-animal tracking in space science experimental videos remains highly challenging due to weak appearance cues, low-quality imaging,…

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