arXiv:2607.11734cs.ROcs.CV2026-07

用神经网络建模机器人执行器,提升低成本机器人的动力学精度和力感知能力。

NeuralActuator: Neural Actuation Modeling for Robot Dynamics and External Force Perception

论文配图:NeuralActuator: Neural Actuation Modeling for Robot Dynamics and External Force Perception
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  • 用Transformer建模执行器动态,联合预测扭矩、外力和电机状态
  • 在500至3万美金的多种机器人上验证,支持无传感器力感知
  • 适用于低成本机器人控制优化和行为克隆预训练,数据代码开源

可微分模拟器已推动策略学习与模型控制的发展,但执行器动力学仍被忽视,尤其在低成本平台中,线性电流-转矩近似 τ=K_t I 因摩擦、滞后、间隙和热效应而失效。准确的执行器模型还能支持力感知与力/位混合控制。我们提出 NeuralActuator,能联合预测:(i) 低成本伺服平台的扭矩代理用于轨迹传播;(ii) 通过接触概率门实现无传感器力感知的外部力;(iii) 电机状态评分,区分正常与机械受限运行。通过双臂遥操作系统采集机器人状态、执行器遥测与外力标签,构建了神经执行器数据集(NAD)。扭矩代理头通过姿态轨迹的可微分模拟训练,无需真实关节扭矩标注。Transformer 捕获时序依赖并支持实时推理。我们在 5-DoF OpenManipulator-X、6-DoF SO-101(LeRobot)和 7-DoF Franka Emika Panda 上验证,覆盖三种执行器类型与约500至30,000美元的成本范围。低成本平台实现了物理合理的动力学与力评估,离线Franka实验提供负载-力估计基准。我们还展示了电机状态估计与使用NeuralActuator作为预训练模块提升行为克隆性能的结果。项目页面开放数据集、代码与硬件配置:https://frank-zy-dou.github.io/projects/NeuralActuator/index.html。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Differentiable simulators have advanced policy learning and model-based control across robotic tasks. Yet actuator dynamics remain underexplored and can be a major source of sim-to-real error, particularly on low-cost platforms, where the linear current-to-joint-torque approximation $τ= K_t I$ becomes unreliable because of friction, hysteresis, backlash, and thermal effects. Accurate actuator models can also support force perception and integrated force/position control. We present NeuralActuator, which jointly predicts (i) a torque surrogate for trajectory propagation on low-cost servo platforms, (ii) external forces with a contact-probability gate for sensorless force perception, and (iii) a motor-condition score for a supervised joint, distinguishing normal from mechanically restricted operation. A twin-arm teleoperation system records robot states and actuator telemetry alongside external-force labels, yielding the Neural Actuation Dataset (NAD). The torque-surrogate head is trained through differentiable simulation from pose trajectories without ground-truth joint-torque measurements. A Transformer captures temporal dependencies while enabling real-time inference. We validate NeuralActuator on a 5-DoF OpenManipulator-X, a 6-DoF SO-101 from LeRobot, and a 7-DoF Franka Emika Panda, spanning three actuator families and costs from approximately \$500 to more than \$30{,}000. The low-cost platforms support physically plausible dynamics and force evaluation, while the offline Franka experiment provides a payload-force-estimation benchmark. We also demonstrate motor-condition estimation and improved behavior-cloning performance using NeuralActuator as a pretrained module. We release the dataset, code, and hardware configurations on the project page: https://frank-zy-dou.github.io/projects/NeuralActuator/index.html.

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