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Active Embodiment Identification with Reinforcement Learning for Legged Robots

arXiv:2605.0802053.4
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This work addresses the problem of autonomous embodiment identification for legged robots, which is crucial for adaptation and control, but the results are demonstrated only in simulation.

The paper presents a reinforcement learning method for legged robots to actively identify their own embodiment (joint-level and global parameters) through interaction, achieving accurate inference across different morphologies in simulation.

We present an active embodiment identification method for legged robots that jointly learns information-seeking behavior and explicit embodiment prediction. Using a history-augmented URMA architecture, the method infers joint-level and global embodiment parameters through interaction with the environment in simulation across different morphologies.

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