Enhanced Robotic Navigation in Deformable Environments using Learning from Demonstration and Dynamic Modulation
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This work addresses autonomous navigation in environments containing deformable obstacles with heterogeneous stiffness—comprising both soft and rigid regions. We propose an adaptive navigation framework that integrates Learning from Demonstration (LfD) with Dynamical Systems (DS). Our key contribution is a dynamically modulated matrix embedded within the DS formulation, which enables real-time perception of local environmental stiffness and discriminates traversable soft regions from impassable rigid ones. This modulation adapts the robot’s trajectory online while preserving the topological structure of the demonstrated motion, thereby ensuring both safety and natural motion behavior. Extensive simulations and physical robot experiments demonstrate that the method significantly improves trajectory accuracy, velocity controllability, and obstacle avoidance robustness in dynamic, deformable environments. The approach establishes a novel paradigm for autonomous navigation in soft-interaction scenarios, where environmental compliance varies spatially and temporally.
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📝 Abstract
This paper presents a novel approach for robot navigation in environments containing deformable obstacles. By integrating Learning from Demonstration (LfD) with Dynamical Systems (DS), we enable adaptive and efficient navigation in complex environments where obstacles consist of both soft and hard regions. We introduce a dynamic modulation matrix within the DS framework, allowing the system to distinguish between traversable soft regions and impassable hard areas in real-time, ensuring safe and flexible trajectory planning. We validate our method through extensive simulations and robot experiments, demonstrating its ability to navigate deformable environments. Additionally, the approach provides control over both trajectory and velocity when interacting with deformable objects, including at intersections, while maintaining adherence to the original DS trajectory and dynamically adapting to obstacles for smooth and reliable navigation.
Problem
Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
Enabling robots to navigate deformable environments adaptively
Distinguishing traversable soft regions from impassable hard areas
Ensuring safe trajectory planning with dynamic obstacle adaptation
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
Learning from Demonstration enhances navigation
Dynamic modulation distinguishes soft and hard regions
Adaptive trajectory and velocity control in deformable environments
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