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    • Control Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence

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    • Legged robot locomotion control is complex, requiring adaptable and robust solutions.
    • Existing methods often rely heavily on sensory feedback, limiting reliability.
    • Developing generic and efficient control frameworks remains a significant challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a generic locomotion control framework for legged robots.
    • To introduce a strategy for control policy optimization using neural control and black-box optimization.
    • To demonstrate the framework's adaptability, scalability, and transferability to real-world applications.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a CPG-RBF network combining central pattern generators and radial basis function networks.
    • Employed black-box optimization for control policy learning.
    • Tested the framework on diverse simulated legged robots and a real-world robot.

    Main Results:

    • The CPG-RBF network demonstrated generic applicability across different robot morphologies and even with damaged joints.
    • Learned control policies were successfully transferred from simulation to a real robot without modification.
    • The framework proved scalable, functioning as both central and decentralized controllers.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed framework offers a simple, minimal, and intuitive approach to complex locomotion control.
    • Fast convergence and the ability to encode sophisticated policies are key advantages.
    • The framework supports integration of sensory feedback for online adaptation, enhancing robustness.