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Main Authors: Penco, Luigi, Park, Beomyeong, Fasano, Stefan, Poddar, Nehar, McCrory, Stephen, Kitchel, Nicholas, Bialek, Tomasz, Anderson, Dexton, Calvert, Duncan, Griffin, Robert
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11802
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author Penco, Luigi
Park, Beomyeong
Fasano, Stefan
Poddar, Nehar
McCrory, Stephen
Kitchel, Nicholas
Bialek, Tomasz
Anderson, Dexton
Calvert, Duncan
Griffin, Robert
author_facet Penco, Luigi
Park, Beomyeong
Fasano, Stefan
Poddar, Nehar
McCrory, Stephen
Kitchel, Nicholas
Bialek, Tomasz
Anderson, Dexton
Calvert, Duncan
Griffin, Robert
contents Achieving seamless synchronization between user and robot motion in teleoperation, particularly during high-speed tasks, remains a significant challenge. In this work, we propose a novel approach for transferring stepping motions from the user to the robot in real-time. Instead of directly replicating user foot poses, we retarget user steps to robot footstep locations, allowing the robot to utilize its own dynamics for locomotion, ensuring better balance and stability. Our method anticipates user footsteps to minimize delays between when the user initiates and completes a step and when the robot does it. The step estimates are continuously adapted to converge with the measured user references. Additionally, the system autonomously adjusts the robot's steps to account for its surrounding terrain, overcoming challenges posed by environmental mismatches between the user's flat-ground setup and the robot's uneven terrain. Experimental results on the humanoid robot Nadia demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.
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spellingShingle Anticipatory and Adaptive Footstep Streaming for Teleoperated Bipedal Robots
Penco, Luigi
Park, Beomyeong
Fasano, Stefan
Poddar, Nehar
McCrory, Stephen
Kitchel, Nicholas
Bialek, Tomasz
Anderson, Dexton
Calvert, Duncan
Griffin, Robert
Robotics
Achieving seamless synchronization between user and robot motion in teleoperation, particularly during high-speed tasks, remains a significant challenge. In this work, we propose a novel approach for transferring stepping motions from the user to the robot in real-time. Instead of directly replicating user foot poses, we retarget user steps to robot footstep locations, allowing the robot to utilize its own dynamics for locomotion, ensuring better balance and stability. Our method anticipates user footsteps to minimize delays between when the user initiates and completes a step and when the robot does it. The step estimates are continuously adapted to converge with the measured user references. Additionally, the system autonomously adjusts the robot's steps to account for its surrounding terrain, overcoming challenges posed by environmental mismatches between the user's flat-ground setup and the robot's uneven terrain. Experimental results on the humanoid robot Nadia demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.
title Anticipatory and Adaptive Footstep Streaming for Teleoperated Bipedal Robots
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11802