Reinforcement Learning for Versatile, Dynamic, and Robust Bipedal Locomotion Control

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Hauptverfasser: Li, Zhongyu, Peng, Xue Bin, Abbeel, Pieter, Levine, Sergey, Berseth, Glen, Sreenath, Koushil
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author Li, Zhongyu
Peng, Xue Bin
Abbeel, Pieter
Levine, Sergey
Berseth, Glen
Sreenath, Koushil
author_facet Li, Zhongyu
Peng, Xue Bin
Abbeel, Pieter
Levine, Sergey
Berseth, Glen
Sreenath, Koushil
contents This paper presents a comprehensive study on using deep reinforcement learning (RL) to create dynamic locomotion controllers for bipedal robots. Going beyond focusing on a single locomotion skill, we develop a general control solution that can be used for a range of dynamic bipedal skills, from periodic walking and running to aperiodic jumping and standing. Our RL-based controller incorporates a novel dual-history architecture, utilizing both a long-term and short-term input/output (I/O) history of the robot. This control architecture, when trained through the proposed end-to-end RL approach, consistently outperforms other methods across a diverse range of skills in both simulation and the real world. The study also delves into the adaptivity and robustness introduced by the proposed RL system in developing locomotion controllers. We demonstrate that the proposed architecture can adapt to both time-invariant dynamics shifts and time-variant changes, such as contact events, by effectively using the robot's I/O history. Additionally, we identify task randomization as another key source of robustness, fostering better task generalization and compliance to disturbances. The resulting control policies can be successfully deployed on Cassie, a torque-controlled human-sized bipedal robot. This work pushes the limits of agility for bipedal robots through extensive real-world experiments. We demonstrate a diverse range of locomotion skills, including: robust standing, versatile walking, fast running with a demonstration of a 400-meter dash, and a diverse set of jumping skills, such as standing long jumps and high jumps.
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spellingShingle Reinforcement Learning for Versatile, Dynamic, and Robust Bipedal Locomotion Control
Li, Zhongyu
Peng, Xue Bin
Abbeel, Pieter
Levine, Sergey
Berseth, Glen
Sreenath, Koushil
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
This paper presents a comprehensive study on using deep reinforcement learning (RL) to create dynamic locomotion controllers for bipedal robots. Going beyond focusing on a single locomotion skill, we develop a general control solution that can be used for a range of dynamic bipedal skills, from periodic walking and running to aperiodic jumping and standing. Our RL-based controller incorporates a novel dual-history architecture, utilizing both a long-term and short-term input/output (I/O) history of the robot. This control architecture, when trained through the proposed end-to-end RL approach, consistently outperforms other methods across a diverse range of skills in both simulation and the real world. The study also delves into the adaptivity and robustness introduced by the proposed RL system in developing locomotion controllers. We demonstrate that the proposed architecture can adapt to both time-invariant dynamics shifts and time-variant changes, such as contact events, by effectively using the robot's I/O history. Additionally, we identify task randomization as another key source of robustness, fostering better task generalization and compliance to disturbances. The resulting control policies can be successfully deployed on Cassie, a torque-controlled human-sized bipedal robot. This work pushes the limits of agility for bipedal robots through extensive real-world experiments. We demonstrate a diverse range of locomotion skills, including: robust standing, versatile walking, fast running with a demonstration of a 400-meter dash, and a diverse set of jumping skills, such as standing long jumps and high jumps.
title Reinforcement Learning for Versatile, Dynamic, and Robust Bipedal Locomotion Control
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16889