通过显式建模台阶几何参数,提升人形机器人爬楼梯的鲁棒性。
Explicit Stair Geometry Conditioning for Robust Humanoid Locomotion

- 直接使用台阶高度、深度和朝向等几何参数显式条件化控制策略。
- 在未见台阶高度上实现良好泛化,户外连续爬33级台阶无失败。
- 适合关注人形机器人运动控制与真实场景部署的研究者。
人形机器人在真实环境中进行稳定爬楼梯仍面临挑战,主要源于几何不连续性、对台阶高度变化的敏感性以及感知不确定性。现有基于学习的运动策略常依赖隐式地形表征或盲目的本体感受反馈,限制了其在不同台阶结构下的泛化能力及步态调整的预判能力。本文提出一种显式台阶几何条件化框架,用于增强人形机器人爬楼梯的鲁棒性。不同于将地形编码为高维潜在特征,我们提取一组紧凑且可解释的几何参数,包括台阶高度、台阶深度以及当前航向角相对于机器人行进方向的角度。这些显式参数直接作为基于近端策略优化(PPO)的运动策略的输入,使系统能够主动调节摆动脚抬升高度和步态特征以适应台阶结构。仿真实验表明,该方法在超出训练分布的未知台阶高度上仍具备优异泛化性能。真实世界实验在Unitree G1人形机器人上验证了其在室内外环境中的可靠通行能力。在具有挑战性的户外场景中,机器人成功连续攀登33级台阶而未发生故障,展现出良好的鲁棒性与实际部署潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Robust humanoid stair climbing remains challenging due to geometric discontinuities, sensitivity to step height variations, and perception uncertainty in real-world environments. Existing learning-based locomotion policies often rely on implicit terrain representations or blind proprioceptive feedback, limiting their ability to generalize across varying stair geometries and to anticipate required gait adjustments. This paper proposes an explicit stair geometry conditioning framework for robust humanoid stair climbing. Instead of encoding terrain as high-dimensional latent features, we extract a compact set of interpretable geometric parameters, including step height, step depth, and current yaw angle relative to the robot heading. These explicit stair parameters directly condition a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO)-based locomotion policy, enabling proactive modulation of swing-foot clearance and stride characteristics according to stair structure. Simulation experiments demonstrate improved generalization across unseen stair heights beyond the training distribution. Real-world experiments on the Unitree G1 humanoid validate reliable indoor and outdoor stair traversal. In challenging outdoor scenarios, the robot successfully ascends 33 consecutive steps without failure, demonstrating robustness and practical deployability.
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