Feasibility-Guided Planning over Multi-Specialized Locomotion Policies

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Authors: Ying‐Sheng Luo, Lu-Ching Wang, Hanjaya Mandala, Yu-Lun Chou, Guilherme Henrique Galelli Christmann, Yu-Chung Chen, Yung-Shun Chan, Chun-Yi Lee, Wei-Chao Chen
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Abstract

Planning over unstructured terrain presents a significant challenge in the field of legged robotics. Although recent works in reinforcement learning have yielded various locomotion strategies, planning over multiple experts remains a complex issue. Existing approaches encounter several constraints: traditional planners are unable to integrate skill-specific policies, whereas hierarchical learning frameworks often lose interpretability and require retraining whenever new policies are added. In this paper, we propose a feasibility-guided planning framework that successfully incorporates multiple terrain-specific policies. Each policy is paired with a Feasibility-Net, which learned to predict feasibility tensors based on the local elevation maps and task vectors. This integration allows classical planning algorithms to derive optimal paths. Through both simulated and real-world experiments, we demonstrate that our method efficiently generates reliable plans across diverse and challenging terrains, while consistently aligning with the capabilities of the underlying policies.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Robotic Locomotion and Control Robotic Path Planning Algorithms

Publication details

Journal / source
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings
Pages
12422–12429
Publication date
1 June 2026
Language
EN