LocoTouch: Learning Dynamic Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing
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| author | Lin, Changyi Song, Yuxin Ray Huo, Boda Yu, Mingyang Wang, Yikai Liu, Shiqi Yang, Yuxiang Yu, Wenhao Zhang, Tingnan Tan, Jie Luo, Yiyue Zhao, Ding |
| author_facet | Lin, Changyi Song, Yuxin Ray Huo, Boda Yu, Mingyang Wang, Yikai Liu, Shiqi Yang, Yuxiang Yu, Wenhao Zhang, Tingnan Tan, Jie Luo, Yiyue Zhao, Ding |
| contents | Quadrupedal robots have demonstrated remarkable agility and robustness in traversing complex terrains. However, they struggle with dynamic object interactions, where contact must be precisely sensed and controlled. To bridge this gap, we present LocoTouch, a system that equips quadrupedal robots with tactile sensing to address a particularly challenging task in this category: long-distance transport of unsecured cylindrical objects, which typically requires custom mounting or fastening mechanisms to maintain stability. For efficient large-area tactile sensing, we design a high-density distributed tactile sensor that covers the entire back of the robot. To effectively leverage tactile feedback for robot control, we develop a simulation environment with high-fidelity tactile signals, and train tactile-aware transport policies using a two-stage learning pipeline. Furthermore, we design a novel reward function to promote robust, symmetric, and frequency-adaptive locomotion gaits. After training in simulation, LocoTouch transfers zero-shot to the real world, reliably transporting a wide range of unsecured cylindrical objects with diverse sizes, weights, and surface properties. Moreover, it remains robust over long distances, on uneven terrain, and under severe perturbations. |
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| spellingShingle | LocoTouch: Learning Dynamic Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing Lin, Changyi Song, Yuxin Ray Huo, Boda Yu, Mingyang Wang, Yikai Liu, Shiqi Yang, Yuxiang Yu, Wenhao Zhang, Tingnan Tan, Jie Luo, Yiyue Zhao, Ding Robotics Quadrupedal robots have demonstrated remarkable agility and robustness in traversing complex terrains. However, they struggle with dynamic object interactions, where contact must be precisely sensed and controlled. To bridge this gap, we present LocoTouch, a system that equips quadrupedal robots with tactile sensing to address a particularly challenging task in this category: long-distance transport of unsecured cylindrical objects, which typically requires custom mounting or fastening mechanisms to maintain stability. For efficient large-area tactile sensing, we design a high-density distributed tactile sensor that covers the entire back of the robot. To effectively leverage tactile feedback for robot control, we develop a simulation environment with high-fidelity tactile signals, and train tactile-aware transport policies using a two-stage learning pipeline. Furthermore, we design a novel reward function to promote robust, symmetric, and frequency-adaptive locomotion gaits. After training in simulation, LocoTouch transfers zero-shot to the real world, reliably transporting a wide range of unsecured cylindrical objects with diverse sizes, weights, and surface properties. Moreover, it remains robust over long distances, on uneven terrain, and under severe perturbations. |
| title | LocoTouch: Learning Dynamic Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23175 |