CeRLP: A Cross-embodiment Robot Local Planning Framework for Visual Navigation

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Autori principali: Xi, Haoyu, Tan, Mingao, Zhang, Xinming, Cheng, Siwei, Wang, Shanze, Gu, Yin, Shen, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Wei
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author Xi, Haoyu
Tan, Mingao
Zhang, Xinming
Cheng, Siwei
Wang, Shanze
Gu, Yin
Shen, Xiaoyu
Zhang, Wei
author_facet Xi, Haoyu
Tan, Mingao
Zhang, Xinming
Cheng, Siwei
Wang, Shanze
Gu, Yin
Shen, Xiaoyu
Zhang, Wei
contents Visual navigation for cross-embodiment robots is challenging due to variations in robot and camera configurations, which can lead to the failure of navigation tasks. Previous approaches typically rely on collecting massive datasets across different robots, which is highly data-intensive, or fine-tuning models, which is time-consuming. Furthermore, both methods often lack explicit consideration of robot geometry. In this paper, we propose a Cross-embodiment Robot Local Planning (CeRLP) framework for general visual navigation, which abstracts visual information into a unified geometric formulation and applies to heterogeneous robots with varying physical dimensions, camera parameters, and camera types. CeRLP introduces a depth estimation scale correction method that utilizes offline pre-calibration to resolve the scale ambiguity of monocular depth estimation, thereby recovering precise metric depth images. Furthermore, CeRLP designs a visual-to-scan abstraction module that projects varying visual inputs into height-adaptive laser scans, making the policy robust to heterogeneous robots. Experiments in simulation environments demonstrate that CeRLP outperforms comparative methods, validating its robust obstacle avoidance capabilities as a local planner. Additionally, extensive real-world experiments verify the effectiveness of CeRLP in tasks such as point-to-point navigation and vision-language navigation, demonstrating its generalization across varying robot and camera configurations.
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spellingShingle CeRLP: A Cross-embodiment Robot Local Planning Framework for Visual Navigation
Xi, Haoyu
Tan, Mingao
Zhang, Xinming
Cheng, Siwei
Wang, Shanze
Gu, Yin
Shen, Xiaoyu
Zhang, Wei
Robotics
Visual navigation for cross-embodiment robots is challenging due to variations in robot and camera configurations, which can lead to the failure of navigation tasks. Previous approaches typically rely on collecting massive datasets across different robots, which is highly data-intensive, or fine-tuning models, which is time-consuming. Furthermore, both methods often lack explicit consideration of robot geometry. In this paper, we propose a Cross-embodiment Robot Local Planning (CeRLP) framework for general visual navigation, which abstracts visual information into a unified geometric formulation and applies to heterogeneous robots with varying physical dimensions, camera parameters, and camera types. CeRLP introduces a depth estimation scale correction method that utilizes offline pre-calibration to resolve the scale ambiguity of monocular depth estimation, thereby recovering precise metric depth images. Furthermore, CeRLP designs a visual-to-scan abstraction module that projects varying visual inputs into height-adaptive laser scans, making the policy robust to heterogeneous robots. Experiments in simulation environments demonstrate that CeRLP outperforms comparative methods, validating its robust obstacle avoidance capabilities as a local planner. Additionally, extensive real-world experiments verify the effectiveness of CeRLP in tasks such as point-to-point navigation and vision-language navigation, demonstrating its generalization across varying robot and camera configurations.
title CeRLP: A Cross-embodiment Robot Local Planning Framework for Visual Navigation
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19602