Extended Hybrid Zero Dynamics for Bipedal Walking of the Knee-less Robot SLIDER
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| author | Zong, Rui Liang, Martin Fang, Yuntian Wang, Ke Chen, Xiaoshuai Chen, Wei Kormushev, Petar |
| author_facet | Zong, Rui Liang, Martin Fang, Yuntian Wang, Ke Chen, Xiaoshuai Chen, Wei Kormushev, Petar |
| contents | Knee-less bipedal robots like SLIDER have the advantage of ultra-lightweight legs and improved walking energy efficiency compared to traditional humanoid robots. In this paper, we firstly introduce an improved hardware design of the SLIDER bipedal robot with new line-feet and more optimized mass distribution that enables higher locomotion speeds. Secondly, we propose an extended Hybrid Zero Dynamics (eHZD) method, which can be applied to prismatic joint robots like SLIDER. The eHZD method is then used to generate a library of gaits with varying reference velocities in an offline way. Thirdly, a Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm is proposed to use the pre-generated library to create walking control policies in real-time. This approach allows us to combine the advantages of both HZD (for generating stable gaits with a full-dynamics model) and DRL (for real-time adaptive gait generation). The experimental results show that this approach achieves 150% higher walking velocity than the previous MPC-based approach. |
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| spellingShingle | Extended Hybrid Zero Dynamics for Bipedal Walking of the Knee-less Robot SLIDER Zong, Rui Liang, Martin Fang, Yuntian Wang, Ke Chen, Xiaoshuai Chen, Wei Kormushev, Petar Robotics Systems and Control Knee-less bipedal robots like SLIDER have the advantage of ultra-lightweight legs and improved walking energy efficiency compared to traditional humanoid robots. In this paper, we firstly introduce an improved hardware design of the SLIDER bipedal robot with new line-feet and more optimized mass distribution that enables higher locomotion speeds. Secondly, we propose an extended Hybrid Zero Dynamics (eHZD) method, which can be applied to prismatic joint robots like SLIDER. The eHZD method is then used to generate a library of gaits with varying reference velocities in an offline way. Thirdly, a Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm is proposed to use the pre-generated library to create walking control policies in real-time. This approach allows us to combine the advantages of both HZD (for generating stable gaits with a full-dynamics model) and DRL (for real-time adaptive gait generation). The experimental results show that this approach achieves 150% higher walking velocity than the previous MPC-based approach. |
| title | Extended Hybrid Zero Dynamics for Bipedal Walking of the Knee-less Robot SLIDER |
| topic | Robotics Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01165 |