Robotic table wiping via reinforcement learning and whole-body trajectory optimization

T Lew, S Singh, M Prats, J Bingham… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a framework to enable multipurpose assistive mobile robots to autonomously
wipe tables to clean spills and crumbs. This problem is challenging, as it requires planning
wiping actions while reasoning over uncertain latent dynamics of crumbs and spills captured
via high-dimensional visual observations. Simultaneously, we must guarantee constraints
satisfaction to enable safe deployment in unstructured cluttered environments. To tackle this
problem, we first propose a stochastic differential equation to model crumbs and spill …
We propose a framework to enable multipurpose assistive mobile robots to autonomously wipe tables to clean spills and crumbs. This problem is challenging, as it requires planning wiping actions while reasoning over uncertain latent dynamics of crumbs and spills captured via high-dimensional visual observations. Simultaneously, we must guarantee constraints satisfaction to enable safe deployment in unstructured cluttered environments. To tackle this problem, we first propose a stochastic differential equation to model crumbs and spill dynamics and absorption with a robot wiper. Using this model, we train a vision-based policy for planning wiping actions in simulation using reinforcement learning (RL). To enable zero-shot sim-to-real deployment, we dovetail the RL policy with a whole-body trajectory optimization framework to compute base and arm joint trajectories that execute the desired wiping motions while guaranteeing constraints satisfaction. We extensively validate our approach in simulation and on hardware. Video of experiments: https://youtu.be/inORKP4F3EI
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