Rapid Embodiment Adaptation for Quadrupedal Locomotion
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arXiv:2608.01506v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Humans readily adapt their movements as their bodies change through aging, injury, or load carrying, but learning-based robot policies often break when hardware properties shift. We introduce an online embodiment adaptation framework for quadrupedal locomotion that infers embodiment parameters from short interaction histories and conditions control on the inferred hardware state. Our method pairs a generalist policy trained under embodiment randomization with a lightweight adaptation module that identifies physical changes within half a
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2608.01506v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Humans readily adapt their movements as their bodies change through aging, injury, or load carrying, but learning-based robot policies often break when hardware properties shift.
- We introduce an online embodiment adaptation framework for quadrupedal locomotion that infers embodiment parameters from short interaction histories and conditions control on the inferred hardware state.
- Our method pairs a generalist policy trained under embodiment randomization with a lightweight adaptation module that identifies physical changes within half a
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