Disney researchers designed and built a bipedal robot that can traverse unstructured terrain, like the many ramps and steps found in theme parks. This project aims to unify expressive, artist-directed motions and robust dynamic mobility for legged robots.
This new bipedal robot highlights character-driven mechanical features and introduces a reinforcement learning-based control architecture to robustly execute artistic motions conditioned on command signals. During tests, these command signals are generated by an animation engine which composes and blends between multiple animation sources. A human operator interface allows for real-time performances with the robot.
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The complete system results in a believable robotic character, and paves the way for enhanced human-robot engagement in various contexts, in entertainment robotics and beyond,” said the researchers.
