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The development of robust and agile locomotion skills for legged robots using reinforcement learning is challenging, particularly in demanding environments. In this study, we propose a blind locomotion control learning framework that enables fast and stable walking on challenging terrains. First, we construct an asymmetric terrain feature extraction network that uses a multilayer perceptron to effectively infer terrain features from the history of proprioceptive states, consisting only of inertial measurement unit and joint encoder data. Additionally, our asymmetric actor-critic framework implicitly infers terrain features, thereby enhancing the accuracy of terrain representation. Second, we introduce a foot trajectory generator based on prior gait behaviors, which improves the gait periodicity and provides accurate state information for terrain feature inference. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, our approach significantly increases the learning efficiency by 26.0% and enhances terrain adaptation by 5.0%. It also achieved a more periodic gait, with the state-command tracking error reduced by 38.5% compared with advanced methods. The success rate for traversing complex terrains was similar to that of the baseline methods, with a 31.3% increase in the step height on stair-like terrains. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method enables fast and stable walking on challenging terrains.
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APPLIED INTELLIGENCE
ISSN: 0924-669X
Year: 2024
Issue: 22
Volume: 54
Page: 11547-11563
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