Adaptive Model-Base Control of Quadrupeds via Online System Identification using Kalman Filter

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Main Authors: Haack, Jonas, Stark, Franek, Vyas, Shubham, Kirchner, Frank, Kumar, Shivesh
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author Haack, Jonas
Stark, Franek
Vyas, Shubham
Kirchner, Frank
Kumar, Shivesh
author_facet Haack, Jonas
Stark, Franek
Vyas, Shubham
Kirchner, Frank
Kumar, Shivesh
contents Many real-world applications require legged robots to be able to carry variable payloads. Model-based controllers such as model predictive control (MPC) have become the de facto standard in research for controlling these systems. However, most model-based control architectures use fixed plant models, which limits their applicability to different tasks. In this paper, we present a Kalman filter (KF) formulation for online identification of the mass and center of mass (COM) of a four-legged robot. We evaluate our method on a quadrupedal robot carrying various payloads and find that it is more robust to strong measurement noise than classical recursive least squares (RLS) methods. Moreover, it improves the tracking performance of the model-based controller with varying payloads when the model parameters are adjusted at runtime.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Model-Base Control of Quadrupeds via Online System Identification using Kalman Filter
Haack, Jonas
Stark, Franek
Vyas, Shubham
Kirchner, Frank
Kumar, Shivesh
Robotics
Many real-world applications require legged robots to be able to carry variable payloads. Model-based controllers such as model predictive control (MPC) have become the de facto standard in research for controlling these systems. However, most model-based control architectures use fixed plant models, which limits their applicability to different tasks. In this paper, we present a Kalman filter (KF) formulation for online identification of the mass and center of mass (COM) of a four-legged robot. We evaluate our method on a quadrupedal robot carrying various payloads and find that it is more robust to strong measurement noise than classical recursive least squares (RLS) methods. Moreover, it improves the tracking performance of the model-based controller with varying payloads when the model parameters are adjusted at runtime.
title Adaptive Model-Base Control of Quadrupeds via Online System Identification using Kalman Filter
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13432