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Research paper

Learning model-error corrections for bipedal safety constraints

The paper learns uncertainty terms inside a barrier/Lyapunov quadratic-program controller. Its stated evaluation concerns underactuated bipedal walking on randomly spaced stepping stones with a limited preview.

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Original title
Reinforcement Learning for Safety-Critical Control under Model Uncertainty, using Control Lyapunov Functions and Control Barrier Functions
Publisher
Robotics: Science and Systems Foundation
Authors
Jason Choi, Fernando Castañeda, Claire Tomlin, Koushil Sreenath
DOI
10.15607/rss.2020.xvi.088
Publication date
2020-07-12
Source language
en
Edition
Robotics: Science and Systems XVI
Access
Publisher metadata and open author manuscript
Publication status
Published

Source overview

The paper learns uncertainty terms inside a barrier/Lyapunov quadratic-program controller. Its stated evaluation concerns underactuated bipedal walking on randomly spaced stepping stones with a limited preview.

Use and review

Simulation evidence does not establish physical-robot safety. Model fidelity, constraint coverage and implementation effects require separate validation.

Sources & editions

Reinforcement Learning for Safety-Critical Control under Model Uncertainty, using Control Lyapunov Functions and Control Barrier Functions ↗

Robotics: Science and Systems Foundation · Robotics: Science and Systems XVI

Owning RSS2020proceedings HTML title/authors/abstract/DOI/BibTeX checked. Abstract does not establish a physical-robot deployment; no full method validation performed.