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Auteurs principaux: Schakkal, André, Zandonati, Ben, Yang, Zhutian, Azizan, Navid
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Publié: 2025
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22827
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author Schakkal, André
Zandonati, Ben
Yang, Zhutian
Azizan, Navid
author_facet Schakkal, André
Zandonati, Ben
Yang, Zhutian
Azizan, Navid
contents Enabling humanoid robots to reliably execute complex multi-step manipulation tasks is crucial for their effective deployment in industrial and household environments. This paper presents a hierarchical planning and control framework designed to achieve reliable multi-step humanoid manipulation. The proposed system comprises three layers: (1) a low-level RL-based controller responsible for tracking whole-body motion targets; (2) a mid-level set of skill policies trained via imitation learning that produce motion targets for different steps of a task; and (3) a high-level vision-language planning module that determines which skills should be executed and also monitors their completion in real-time using pretrained vision-language models (VLMs). Experimental validation is performed on a Unitree G1 humanoid robot executing a non-prehensile pick-and-place task. Over 40 real-world trials, the hierarchical system achieved a 73% success rate in completing the full manipulation sequence. These experiments confirm the feasibility of the proposed hierarchical system, highlighting the benefits of VLM-based skill planning and monitoring for multi-step manipulation scenarios. See https://vlp-humanoid.github.io/ for video demonstrations of the policy rollout.
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spellingShingle Hierarchical Vision-Language Planning for Multi-Step Humanoid Manipulation
Schakkal, André
Zandonati, Ben
Yang, Zhutian
Azizan, Navid
Robotics
Enabling humanoid robots to reliably execute complex multi-step manipulation tasks is crucial for their effective deployment in industrial and household environments. This paper presents a hierarchical planning and control framework designed to achieve reliable multi-step humanoid manipulation. The proposed system comprises three layers: (1) a low-level RL-based controller responsible for tracking whole-body motion targets; (2) a mid-level set of skill policies trained via imitation learning that produce motion targets for different steps of a task; and (3) a high-level vision-language planning module that determines which skills should be executed and also monitors their completion in real-time using pretrained vision-language models (VLMs). Experimental validation is performed on a Unitree G1 humanoid robot executing a non-prehensile pick-and-place task. Over 40 real-world trials, the hierarchical system achieved a 73% success rate in completing the full manipulation sequence. These experiments confirm the feasibility of the proposed hierarchical system, highlighting the benefits of VLM-based skill planning and monitoring for multi-step manipulation scenarios. See https://vlp-humanoid.github.io/ for video demonstrations of the policy rollout.
title Hierarchical Vision-Language Planning for Multi-Step Humanoid Manipulation
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22827