Footstep Planning for Biped Robots
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Planner results (start location is blue, goal location is green)

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Multi-level platforms
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Multi-level platforms
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Small blocks
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Small blocks
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Small blocks
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Medium blocks
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Tall blocks
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Large and small blocks
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Large and small blocks
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Spikes
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Lumpy ground
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Lumpy ground
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Lumpy ground
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Lumpy ground
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Walking down stairs
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Walking down stairs
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Stairs with obstacles
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Stairs with obstacles
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Stairs with obstacles
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Stairs with obstacles
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Stairs off to the side
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Long distance over lumpy ground
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Long distance with obstacles
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Long distance with lumpy ground and obstacles
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Long distance with scattered obstacles and bumps
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Alternate start and goal locations
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Alternate start and goal locations
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Local minimum using Best-first search
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Local minimum using A* search
 

Location Metrics (blue is low cost, red is high cost)

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Example Terrain
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Angle Cost
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Roughness Cost
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Largest Bump Cost
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Stability Cost
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Safety Cost
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All Costs
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Cost weights zeroed
 

Online Experiments

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Stereo Camera Images
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Depth map from stereo
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Free floor space
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Planning map of free floor space
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Completed plan

Plan executing

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