Reinforcement Learning on Cost-Constrained Quadrupedal Hardware
Quick summary
arXiv:2607.26434v2 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deploying learned control policies on low-cost robotic platforms introduces transport latencies and noisy motor feedback that systematically widens the sim-to-real gap. The chasm of simulation to deployment in hardware lies in the delay of the actuator reaching the commanded position. On platforms such as the Mini Pupper 2, a measured >50 ms transport delay transforms the locomotion task from a standard Markov decision process into a partially observable one. In this paper, we take a biologically inspired approach of handling noisy and delayed
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2607.26434v2 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deploying learned control policies on low-cost robotic platforms introduces transport latencies and noisy motor feedback that systematically widens the sim-to-real gap.
- The chasm of simulation to deployment in hardware lies in the delay of the actuator reaching the commanded position.
- On platforms such as the Mini Pupper 2, a measured >50 ms transport delay transforms the locomotion task from a standard Markov decision process into a partially observable one.
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