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GBC: Generalized Behavior-Cloning Framework for Whole-Body Humanoid Imitation

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Author

Yifei Yao, Chengyuan Luo, Jiaheng Du, Wentao He, Jun-Guo Lu

Outline

This paper highlights the difficulty in building human-like humanoid robots stemming from the lack of universal data processing and learning algorithms applicable across diverse robot types. To address this challenge, we present the Generalized Behavior Cloning (GBC) framework as a comprehensive and integrated solution. GBC provides a seamless path to convert human motion into robot behaviors. It consists of three innovative components: an adaptive data pipeline, the DAgger-MMPPO algorithm and the MMTransformer architecture, and an efficient open-source platform (based on Isaac Lab). The adaptive data pipeline leverages differentiable inverse kinematics (IK) networks to automatically convert human motion capture (MoCap) data to any humanoid. The DAgger-MMPPO algorithm learns robust and accurate imitation policies, and the Isaac Lab-based open-source platform supports deployment of the entire workflow through user-friendly setup scripts. We validate the performance and generalizability of GBC by training policies on multiple heterogeneous humanoids, demonstrating excellent transferability to new behaviors. In conclusion, this study presents the first example of creating a generalized humanoid controller in a practical and integrated manner.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
We present a generalized behavior replication framework applicable to various types of humanoid robots.
Improving research accessibility by providing an efficient and user-friendly open-source platform.
Demonstrated superior performance and transferability to new behaviors in various humanoid robots.
Building an automated conversion pipeline that enables human motion data to be applied to various robot types.
Limitations:
Further research is needed on the real-world application of the framework presented in this paper.
Further validation of the robot's adaptability to various environments and situations is needed.
A more detailed analysis of the framework's computational cost and efficiency is needed.
Further evaluation of stability and robustness for long-term learning and operation is needed.
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