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Reinforcement learning (RL) has gained traction for its success in solving complex tasks for robotic applications. However, its deployment on physical robots remains challenging due to safety risks and the comparatively high costs of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Jefferson Silveira , Joshua A. Marshall , Sidney N. Givigi

Recent advancements in whole-body control through deep reinforcement learning have enabled humanoid robots to achieve remarkable progress in real-world chal lenging locomotion skills. However, existing approaches often struggle with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Yuen-Fui Lau , Qihan Zhao , Yinhuai Wang , Runyi Yu , Hok Wai Tsui , Qifeng Chen , Ping Tan

Reinforcement Learning (RL) offers a powerful paradigm for autonomous robots to master generalist manipulation skills through trial-and-error. However, its real-world application is stifled by low sample efficiency. Recent Human-in-the-Loop…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Haojun Chen , Zili Zou , Chengdong Ma , Yaoxiang Pu , Haotong Zhang , Yuanpei Chen , Yaodong Yang

In the context of legged robots, adaptive behavior involves adaptive balancing and adaptive swing foot reflection. While adaptive balancing counteracts perturbations to the robot, adaptive swing foot reflection helps the robot to navigate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Yiyu Chen , Quan Nguyen

Intelligent agents must be able to think fast and slow to perform elaborate manipulation tasks. Reinforcement Learning (RL) has led to many promising results on a range of challenging decision-making tasks. However, in real-world robotics,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Maximilian Ulmer , Elie Aljalbout , Sascha Schwarz , Sami Haddadin

Humanoid Whole-Body Controllers trained with reinforcement learning (RL) have recently achieved remarkable performance, yet many target a single robot embodiment. Variations in dynamics, degrees of freedom (DoFs), and kinematic topology…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Quanquan Peng , Yunfeng Lin , Yufei Xue , Jiangmiao Pang , Weinan Zhang

Humanoid robots are anticipated to acquire a wide range of locomotion capabilities while ensuring natural movement across varying speeds and terrains. Existing methods encounter a fundamental dilemma in learning humanoid locomotion:…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Le Ma , Ziyu Meng , Tengyu Liu , Yuhan Li , Ran Song , Wei Zhang , Siyuan Huang

Given the success of reinforcement learning (RL) in various domains, it is promising to explore the application of its methods to the development of intelligent and autonomous cyber agents. Enabling this development requires a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Li Li , Raed Fayad , Adrian Taylor

Humanoid robots are envisioned to perform a wide range of tasks in human-centered environments, requiring controllers that combine agility with robust balance. Recent advances in locomotion and whole-body tracking have enabled impressive…

Building general-purpose embodied agents across diverse hardware remains a central challenge in robotics, often framed as the ''one-brain, many-forms'' paradigm. Progress is hindered by fragmented data, inconsistent representations, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Yandan Yang , Shuang Zeng , Tong Lin , Xinyuan Chang , Dekang Qi , Junjin Xiao , Haoyun Liu , Ronghan Chen , Yuzhi Chen , Dongjie Huo , Feng Xiong , Xing Wei , Zhiheng Ma , Mu Xu

Recent advances in deep reinforcement learning (RL) based techniques combined with training in simulation have offered a new approach to developing robust controllers for legged robots. However, the application of such approaches to real…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Rohan Pratap Singh , Zhaoming Xie , Pierre Gergondet , Fumio Kanehiro

Reinforcement learning (RL) has enabled advances in humanoid robot locomotion, yet most learning frameworks do not account for mechanical intelligence embedded in parallel actuation mechanisms due to limitations in simulator support for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Yusuke Tanaka , Alvin Zhu , Quanyou Wang , Yeting Liu , Dennis Hong

Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) has emerged as a promising method to develop humanoid robot locomotion controllers. Despite the robust and stable locomotion demonstrated by previous RL controllers, their behavior often lacks the natural…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Qiyuan Zhang , Chenfan Weng , Guanwu Li , Fulai He , Yusheng Cai

Recently, reinforcement learning has become a promising and polular solution for robot legged locomotion. Compared to model-based control, reinforcement learning based controllers can achieve better robustness against uncertainties of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Yikai Wang , Zheyuan Jiang , Jianyu Chen

As the global population ages, effective rehabilitation and mobility aids will become increasingly critical. Gait assistive robots are promising solutions, but designing adaptable controllers for various impairments poses a significant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Yifan Wang , Sherwin Stephen Chan , Mingyuan Lei , Lek Syn Lim , Henry Johan , Bingran Zuo , Wei Tech Ang

Hybrid locomotion of wheeled-legged robots has recently attracted increasing attention due to their advantages of combining the agility of legged locomotion and the efficiency of wheeled motion. But along with expanded performance, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Jingyuan Sun , Hongyu Ji , Zihan Qu , Chaoran Wang , Mingyu Zhang

Recent advancements in reinforcement learning (RL) have led to significant progress in humanoid robot locomotion, simplifying the design and training of motion policies in simulation. However, the numerous implementation details make…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Yushi Wang , Penghui Chen , Xinyu Han , Feng Wu , Mingguo Zhao

Quadruped robots have shown remarkable mobility on various terrains through reinforcement learning. Yet, in the presence of sparse footholds and risky terrains such as stepping stones and balance beams, which require precise foot placement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Chong Zhang , Nikita Rudin , David Hoeller , Marco Hutter

Learning fast and robust ball-kicking skills is a critical capability for humanoid soccer robots, yet it remains a challenging problem due to the need for rapid leg swings, postural stability on a single support foot, and robustness under…

Deployment of Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms for robotics applications in the real world requires ensuring the safety of the robot and its environment. Safe Robot RL (SRRL) is a crucial step towards achieving human-robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Shangding Gu , Alap Kshirsagar , Yali Du , Guang Chen , Jan Peters , Alois Knoll