H2-COMPACT: Human-Humanoid Co-Manipulation via Adaptive Contact Trajectory Policies

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Main Authors: Bethala, Geeta Chandra Raju, Huang, Hao, Pudasaini, Niraj, Ali, Abdullah Mohamed, Yuan, Shuaihang, Wen, Congcong, Tzes, Anthony, Fang, Yi
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Published: 2025
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author Bethala, Geeta Chandra Raju
Huang, Hao
Pudasaini, Niraj
Ali, Abdullah Mohamed
Yuan, Shuaihang
Wen, Congcong
Tzes, Anthony
Fang, Yi
author_facet Bethala, Geeta Chandra Raju
Huang, Hao
Pudasaini, Niraj
Ali, Abdullah Mohamed
Yuan, Shuaihang
Wen, Congcong
Tzes, Anthony
Fang, Yi
contents We present a hierarchical policy-learning framework that enables a legged humanoid to cooperatively carry extended loads with a human partner using only haptic cues for intent inference. At the upper tier, a lightweight behavior-cloning network consumes six-axis force/torque streams from dual wrist-mounted sensors and outputs whole-body planar velocity commands that capture the leader's applied forces. At the lower tier, a deep-reinforcement-learning policy, trained under randomized payloads (0-3 kg) and friction conditions in Isaac Gym and validated in MuJoCo and on a real Unitree G1, maps these high-level twists to stable, under-load joint trajectories. By decoupling intent interpretation (force -> velocity) from legged locomotion (velocity -> joints), our method combines intuitive responsiveness to human inputs with robust, load-adaptive walking. We collect training data without motion-capture or markers, only synchronized RGB video and F/T readings, employing SAM2 and WHAM to extract 3D human pose and velocity. In real-world trials, our humanoid achieves cooperative carry-and-move performance (completion time, trajectory deviation, velocity synchrony, and follower-force) on par with a blindfolded human-follower baseline. This work is the first to demonstrate learned haptic guidance fused with full-body legged control for fluid human-humanoid co-manipulation. Code and videos are available on the H2-COMPACT website.
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spellingShingle H2-COMPACT: Human-Humanoid Co-Manipulation via Adaptive Contact Trajectory Policies
Bethala, Geeta Chandra Raju
Huang, Hao
Pudasaini, Niraj
Ali, Abdullah Mohamed
Yuan, Shuaihang
Wen, Congcong
Tzes, Anthony
Fang, Yi
Robotics
We present a hierarchical policy-learning framework that enables a legged humanoid to cooperatively carry extended loads with a human partner using only haptic cues for intent inference. At the upper tier, a lightweight behavior-cloning network consumes six-axis force/torque streams from dual wrist-mounted sensors and outputs whole-body planar velocity commands that capture the leader's applied forces. At the lower tier, a deep-reinforcement-learning policy, trained under randomized payloads (0-3 kg) and friction conditions in Isaac Gym and validated in MuJoCo and on a real Unitree G1, maps these high-level twists to stable, under-load joint trajectories. By decoupling intent interpretation (force -> velocity) from legged locomotion (velocity -> joints), our method combines intuitive responsiveness to human inputs with robust, load-adaptive walking. We collect training data without motion-capture or markers, only synchronized RGB video and F/T readings, employing SAM2 and WHAM to extract 3D human pose and velocity. In real-world trials, our humanoid achieves cooperative carry-and-move performance (completion time, trajectory deviation, velocity synchrony, and follower-force) on par with a blindfolded human-follower baseline. This work is the first to demonstrate learned haptic guidance fused with full-body legged control for fluid human-humanoid co-manipulation. Code and videos are available on the H2-COMPACT website.
title H2-COMPACT: Human-Humanoid Co-Manipulation via Adaptive Contact Trajectory Policies
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17627