arXiv:2607.15036cs.RO2026-07

融合速度障碍与端到端学习,实现四足机器人在人群中的安全敏捷导航。

Learning Agile Navigation in Crowded Environments for Quadruped Robots

论文配图:Learning Agile Navigation in Crowded Environments for Quadruped Robots
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  • 用多帧激光数据隐式建模动态约束,预测安全速度区域。
  • 在模拟中成功率超越所有基线,兼顾速度与避障性能。
  • 无需显式追踪障碍物,适合真实复杂环境部署。

在动态拥挤环境中导航对四足机器人构成严峻挑战,主要源于严重传感器遮挡和不可预测的人类运动。现有方法存在权衡:基于模型的方法(如速度障碍VO)理论上保证安全,但依赖准确的障碍物运动估计,在密集人群下常失效;端到端学习方法具备鲁棒性,却缺乏障碍物运动预测能力,易导致碰撞或过于保守。为此,我们提出VOP-Nav系统,将速度障碍的几何安全性与端到端学习的敏捷适应性结合。仅使用本地机载观测,避免显式障碍物检测与跟踪流程。VOP-Net处理多帧激光雷达数据,隐式编码动态约束,并基于速度障碍理论预测安全速度区域。关键在于,速度障碍预测在推理时作为导航策略输入,在训练时作为奖励信号,激励安全运动。在Isaac Gym中的评估表明,VOP-Nav在所有基线中取得更高成功率,同时平衡运动速度与避障。真实世界中在Unitree Go2四足机器人上的部署进一步验证了该系统在复杂室内外动态环境中的鲁棒性与高效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Navigating dynamic and crowded environments presents significant challenges for quadruped robots due to severe sensor occlusion and unpredictable human motion. Existing approaches face a trade-off: model-based methods, such as Velocity Obstacles (VO), theoretically guarantee safety but rely on accurate obstacle motion estimates that often fail in dense crowds, while end-to-end learning methods offer robustness but lack motion prediction capability of obstacles, leading to collisions or conservative behaviors. To solve this, we propose VOP-Nav, a novel navigation system that combines the geometric safety of VO with the agile adaptability of end-to-end learning. Using only local onboard observations, our system avoids explicit obstacle detection and tracking pipelines. The VOP-Net processes multi-frame LiDAR data to implicitly encode dynamic constraints and predict a safe velocity region derived from Velocity Obstacle theory. Importantly, the VO predictions serve a dual role: they are used as input to the navigation policy during inference and as a reward signal during training to encourage safe motion. Evaluations in Isaac Gym demonstrate that VOP-Nav achieves higher success rates than all baselines while balancing locomotion speed and collision avoidance. Real-world deployment on a Unitree Go2 quadruped robot further validates the system's robustness and efficiency in complex indoor and outdoor dynamic environments.

四足机器人导航系统动态避障

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