多足机器人协同控制新框架,兼顾稳定与安全。
Safe Distributed Learning-Enhanced Predictive Control for Multiple Quadrupedal Robots
- 用李雅普诺夫与屏障函数保障编队稳定和避障安全。
- 自适应编码机制支持动态团队结构,通信延迟低。
- 适合需要实时协同的复杂场景,如救援或巡检。
四足机器人在非结构化环境中表现出优异的适应性,适用于实际应用中的编队控制。然而,在动态障碍物、通信限制和腿部运动复杂性的共同作用下,保持稳定编队并实现无碰撞导航仍具挑战。本文提出一种分布式模型预测控制框架,结合控制李雅普诺夫函数以确保编队稳定性,以及控制屏障函数实现去中心化的安全约束。为应对团队结构动态变化的难题,引入可扩展的排列不变编码(SAPIE),在保持排列不变性的同时实现对邻近机器人的鲁棒特征编码。此外,开发了基于低延迟数据分发服务的通信协议及事件触发式死锁解决机制,提升实时协调能力,防止受限空间内运动停滞。框架在NVIDIA Omniverse Isaac Sim中进行高保真仿真验证,并通过自研四足机器人系统XG开展真实实验。结果表明,该方法可实现稳定的编队控制、实时可行性与有效的碰撞规避,具备大规模部署潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Quadrupedal robots exhibit remarkable adaptability in unstructured environments, making them well-suited for formation control in real-world applications. However, keeping stable formations while ensuring collision-free navigation presents significant challenges due to dynamic obstacles, communication constraints, and the complexity of legged locomotion. This paper proposes a distributed model predictive control framework for multi-quadruped formation control, integrating Control Lyapunov Functions to ensure formation stability and Control Barrier Functions for decentralized safety enforcement. To address the challenge of dynamically changing team structures, we introduce Scale-Adaptive Permutation-Invariant Encoding (SAPIE), which enables robust feature encoding of neighboring robots while preserving permutation invariance. Additionally, we develop a low-latency Data Distribution Service-based communication protocol and an event-triggered deadlock resolution mechanism to enhance real-time coordination and prevent motion stagnation in constrained spaces. Our framework is validated through high-fidelity simulations in NVIDIA Omniverse Isaac Sim and real-world experiments using our custom quadrupedal robotic system, XG. Results demonstrate stable formation control, real-time feasibility, and effective collision avoidance, validating its potential for large-scale deployment.
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