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AllGaits: Learning All Quadruped Gaits and Transitions

Bellegarda, Guillaume  
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Shafiee, Milad  
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Ijspeert, Auke  
May 19, 2025
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

We present a framework for learning a single policy capable of producing all quadruped gaits and transitions. The framework consists of a policy trained with deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to modulate the parameters of a system of abstract oscillators (i.e. Central Pattern Generator), whose output is mapped to joint commands through a pattern formation layer that sets the gait style, i.e. body height, swing foot ground clearance height, and foot offset. Different gaits are formed by changing the coupling between different oscillators, which can be instantaneously selected at any velocity by a user. With this framework, we systematically investigate which gait should be used at which velocity, and when gait transitions should occur from a Cost of Transport (COT), i.e. energy-efficiency, point of view. Additionally, we note how gait style changes as a function of locomotion speed for each gait to keep the most energy-efficient locomotion. While the currently most popular gait (trot) does not result in the lowest COT, we find that considering different co-dependent metrics such as mean base angular velocity and joint acceleration result in different 'optimal' gaits than those that minimize COT. We deploy our controller in various hardware experiments, focusing on 9 quadruped animal gaits, and demonstrate generalizability to novel and unseen gaits during training, and robustness to leg failures.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127285
Author(s)
Bellegarda, Guillaume  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Shafiee, Milad  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Ijspeert, Auke  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-05-19

Publisher

IEEE

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2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
ISBN of the book

979-8-3315-4139-2

Start page

15929

End page

15935

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REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

ICRA 2025

Atlanta, GA, USA

2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23

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September 8, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/253875
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