Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild

Legged robots that can operate autonomously in remote and hazardous environments will greatly increase opportunities for exploration into underexplored areas. The result is a legged locomotion controller with high robustness and speed.

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• 1 Exteroceptive perception is crucial for fast and energy-efficient locomotion: Perceiving the terrain before making contact with it enables planning and adaptation of the gait ahead of time to maintain speed and stability.
• 2 However, using exteroceptive perception robustly for locomotion has remained a grand challenge in robotics.
• 3 Snow, vegetation, and water visually appear as obstacles on which the robot cannot step or are missing altogether due to high reflectance.

This research advances how AI systems learn, reason, and solve problems — with direct implications for automation and scientific discovery.

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