arXiv:2605.12654cs.RO2026-05被引 1

提出一体化优化机器人结构、材料与控制的新方法,实现更优自主运动能力。

COSMIC: Concurrent Optimization of Structure, Material, and Integrated Control for robotic systems

论文配图:COSMIC: Concurrent Optimization of Structure, Material, and Integrated Control for robotic systems
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  • 通过可微仿真将结构、材料与控制联合优化,支持梯度更新。
  • 在桁架类机器人上实现多种高效运动策略,性能超越传统分步设计。
  • 适用于复杂任务需求,可揭示各设计要素的独立与协同作用。

模仿自然生物的自主性仍是机器人领域的长期目标。然而,多数机器人系统分别设计结构、材料与控制,与自然界中三者协同进化形成鲜明对比,常导致设计不优,且对各要素的个体与整体贡献理解有限。本文提出一种基于梯度的协同设计框架,同时优化桁架-晶格机器人的拓扑结构、材料分布与控制策略。该框架将混合类型的拓扑与材料变量嵌入连续设计空间,并在可微仿真器中集成神经网络控制器,捕捉其相互作用,实现自动微分下的高效梯度计算。此外,引入约束优化以应对高度非凸的设计空间,联合优化所有设计要素。案例研究显示,该框架持续发现多样化的运动策略,性能优于分步设计的基线。框架亦具备灵活性,可适应不同功能需求与边界条件。进一步分析揭示了各设计实体对机器人性能的个体与协同影响。本框架为机器人系统的自主协同设计提供了计算基础,支持重构、运动及其他复杂自主行为。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Replicating and surpassing the autonomy of natural organisms remains a long-standing goal in robotics. Yet most robotic systems have their structure, materials, and control designed separately, in sharp contrast to the co-evolution in nature. This separation often leads to suboptimal designs, and we still have a limited understanding of the individual and collective contributions of these design entities. In this work, we propose a gradient-based co-design framework that simultaneously optimizes the topology, material distribution, and control policy of a truss-lattice robot. The framework embeds mixed-type topological and material variables into a continuous design space and integrates a neural network controller within a differentiable simulator, capturing their interactions and enabling efficient gradient calculation via automatic differentiation. Furthermore, we develop a constrained optimization to navigate the highly non-convex design landscape and jointly optimize all design entities. Case studies demonstrate that the proposed framework consistently discovers diverse locomotion strategies that outperform baselines obtained through separated design. The framework is also flexible to accommodate different functional requirements and boundary conditions. Using this framework, we further extract design insights that reveal the individual and collective effects of different entities on robotic performance. The proposed framework provides a computational foundation for the autonomous co-design of robotic systems, capable of reconfiguration, locomotion, and other complex autonomous behaviors.

机器人协同设计可微仿真结构优化

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