提出ExoTraj策略,实现复杂户外环境下低耗低成本的下肢外骨骼自适应辅助。
ExoTraj: A General Lower-limb Exoskeleton Assistance Policy for Complex Environments

- 基于快速流匹配的轨迹预测,支持多受试者泛化与实时性。
- 结合模型预测控制优化扭矩输出,提升辅助舒适性与鲁棒性。
- 无需昂贵动捕系统,适用于真实户外场景,适合康复与增强应用。
动态外骨骼场景中的自适应扭矩预测通常依赖昂贵的运动捕捉系统,在复杂户外环境中难以实现。轨迹预测成为有效解决方案,但核心挑战在于:如何从多模态特征映射到轨迹信息,以及如何从轨迹映射到扭矩输出。现有方法多为单步预测,忽略个体间轨迹差异,限制了优化空间与泛化能力。为此,本文提出一种快速流匹配方法,利用轨迹生成误差与编码观测引导训练方向,实现高精度轨迹预测并提升泛化性。针对第二项挑战,由于人机系统动态性强且感知与控制高度耦合,简单控制策略难以高效依据预测轨迹提供辅助。本文采用模型预测控制,并设计新型优化目标以优化扭矩输出,确保外骨骼实现舒适、鲁棒的辅助效果。通过整合上述两部分,构建统一策略ExoTraj,可在无需高成本数据采集的条件下,实现在复杂户外环境下的自适应辅助。实验结果表明,相较于传统方法,ExoTraj在在线阶段跨受试者预测误差降低14.0%,对外部噪声保持鲁棒;相比零扭矩状态,其代谢率降低11.5%-24.4%,心率下降1.7%-19.5%,峰值肌激活水平降低10.9%-41.3%。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Adaptive torque prediction in dynamic exoskeleton scenarios requires expensive motion capture systems, which are infeasible in complex outdoor environments. Trajectory prediction has emerged as one of the effective approaches to address such an issue. However, the core challenges of exoskeleton trajectory prediction are twofold: establishing the mapping from multi-modal features to trajectory information; constructing the mapping from trajectory to torque. For the former, most existing methods perform only single-step prediction and neglect inter-subject trajectory variability, thereby limiting the trajectory optimization space and prediction generalization. To address this, this paper proposes a fast flow matching method that enables accurate trajectory prediction and better generalization for real-time performance, where trajectory generation errors and encoded observations are used to guide the training direction. For the second challenge, due to the high dynamics of the human-robot system and the strong coupling between perception and control, simple control methods struggle to achieve efficient assistance based on the predicted trajectory. This paper utilizes model predictive control and designs a novel optimization objective to optimize torque, ensuring the exoskeleton achieves comfortable and robust assistance. By integrating the above two components, the unified policy, denoted as ExoTraj, is developed to enable adaptive assistance in complex outdoor scenarios without high data acquisition cost. Experimental results show that compared to traditional methods, ExoTraj reduces cross-subject prediction error by 14.0% during the online phase and maintains robustness against external noise. Relative to the zero torque condition, ExoTraj decreases metabolic rate by 11.5-24.4%, heart rate by 1.7-19.5%, and peak muscle activation levels by 10.9-41.3%, respectively.
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