TY - GEN
T1 - Unsupervised Contact Learning for Humanoid Estimation and Control
AU - Rotella, Nicholas
AU - Schaal, Stefan
AU - Righetti, Ludovic
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/10
Y1 - 2018/9/10
N2 - This work presents a method for contact state estimation using fuzzy clustering to learn contact probability for full, six-dimensional humanoid contacts. The data required for training is solely from proprioceptive sensors - endeffector contact wrench sensors and inertial measurement units (IMUs) - and the method is completely unsupervised. The resulting cluster means are used to efficiently compute the probability of contact in each of the six endeffector degrees of freedom (DoFs) independently. This clustering-based contact probability estimator is validated in a kinematics-based base state estimator in a simulation environment with realistic added sensor noise for locomotion over rough, low-friction terrain on which the robot is subject to foot slip and rotation. The proposed base state estimator which utilizes these six DoF contact probability estimates is shown to perform considerably better than that which determines kinematic contact constraints purely based on measured normal force.
AB - This work presents a method for contact state estimation using fuzzy clustering to learn contact probability for full, six-dimensional humanoid contacts. The data required for training is solely from proprioceptive sensors - endeffector contact wrench sensors and inertial measurement units (IMUs) - and the method is completely unsupervised. The resulting cluster means are used to efficiently compute the probability of contact in each of the six endeffector degrees of freedom (DoFs) independently. This clustering-based contact probability estimator is validated in a kinematics-based base state estimator in a simulation environment with realistic added sensor noise for locomotion over rough, low-friction terrain on which the robot is subject to foot slip and rotation. The proposed base state estimator which utilizes these six DoF contact probability estimates is shown to perform considerably better than that which determines kinematic contact constraints purely based on measured normal force.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462864
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462864
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063153229
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 411
EP - 417
BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018
Y2 - 21 May 2018 through 25 May 2018
ER -