A method for collaborative control of a cluster of legged robots fusing ground action force perception

By integrating ground force perception and a distributed reinforcement learning framework, the problem of adaptability and collaborative control of legged robots in complex terrain was solved, enabling real-time ground perception and dynamic motion adjustment, and improving the adaptability and stability of the swarm.

CN120821273BActive Publication Date: 2026-07-21CHINA NORTH VEHICLE RES INST +1
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
CHINA NORTH VEHICLE RES INST
Filing Date
2025-08-04
Publication Date
2026-07-21

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Technical Problem

Existing legged robots have poor adaptability in complex terrain, unstable dynamic motion control, weak multi-robot swarm collaboration, high computational complexity, communication delay and computing power bottlenecks in traditional centralized control methods, and the inability of sensors to effectively perceive ground information in the field, resulting in unstable motion.

Method used

By employing a method that integrates ground force perception, and through the construction of a legged robot swarm state space and multiple reward functions, combined with a distributed actor-critic reinforcement learning framework, pressure sensors are used to perceive ground information and generate motion control commands to achieve swarm collaborative control.

Benefits of technology

By sensing ground changes in real time, dynamically adjusting motion strategies, improving adaptability, maintaining motion stability, optimizing action strategies, and improving cluster collaboration efficiency, this method solves the problems of computational complexity and insufficient sensor perception in traditional methods.

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Abstract

The present application relates to a kind of fusion ground action force perception's legged robot cluster cooperative control method, belong to robot decision and control technical field, solve the poor adaptability of existing legged robot control method in complex terrain, dynamic motion control is unstable, the problem of weak multi-robot cluster cooperation ability.Method includes: obtaining the state information and environmental perception information of each legged robot and constructing the state space of each legged robot;Based on the state space, using the trained legged robot control model, the motion control instruction of each legged robot in next time is generated to control the motion of each legged robot;Wherein, legged robot control model is the trained actor network;When training the actor network, using critic network, with the global state space constructed by the state space of all legged robots in cluster and the action strategy of all legged robots in cluster as input, the joint value of legged robot action in cluster is evaluated.
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