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Online Optimization of Central Pattern Generators for Quadruped Locomotion

Zhang, Zewei  
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Bellegarda, Guillaume  
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Shafiee, Milad  
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2024
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Typical legged locomotion controllers are designed or trained offline. This is in contrast to many animals, which are able to locomote at birth, and rapidly improve their locomotion skills with few real-world interactions. Such motor control is possible through oscillatory neural networks located in the spinal cord of vertebrates, known as Central Pattern Generators (CPGs). Models of the CPG have been widely used to generate locomotion skills in robotics, but can require extensive hand-tuning or offline optimization of inter-connected parameters with genetic algorithms. In this paper, we present a framework for the online optimization of the CPG parameters through Bayesian Optimization. We show that our framework can rapidly optimize and adapt to varying velocity commands and changes in the terrain, for example to varying coefficients of friction, terrain slope angles, and added mass payloads placed on the robot. We study the effects of sensory feedback on the CPG, and find that both force feedback in the phase equations, as well as posture control (Virtual Model Control) are both beneficial for robot stability and energy efficiency. In hardware experiments on the Unitree Go1, we show rapid optimization (in under 3 minutes) and adaptation of energy-efficient gaits to varying target velocities in a variety of scenarios: varying coefficients of friction, added payloads up to 15 kg, and variable slopes up to 10 degrees.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802762
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85216482416

Author(s)
Zhang, Zewei  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bellegarda, Guillaume  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Shafiee, Milad  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Ijspeert, Auke  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2024

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
DOI of the book
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS58592.2024
ISBN of the book

9798350377705

Start page

13547

End page

13554

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2024-10-14 - 2024-10-18

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February 18, 2025
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