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most citedHybrid iLQR Model Predictive Control for Contact Implicit Stabilization on Legged Robots

47 citations · 69 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.RO2024

Hybrid Iterative Linear Quadratic Estimation: Optimal Estimation for Hybrid Systems

J. Joe Payne, James Zhu, Nathan J. Kong +1

In this paper we present Hybrid iterative Linear Quadratic Estimation (HiLQE), an optimization based offline state estimation algorithm for hybrid dynamical systems. We utilize the…

cs.RO2023★ 22 cited

Saltation Matrices: The Essential Tool for Linearizing Hybrid Dynamical Systems

Nathan J. Kong, J. Joe Payne, James Zhu +1

Hybrid dynamical systems, i.e. systems that have both continuous and discrete states, are ubiquitous in engineering, but are difficult to work with due to their discontinuous trans…

cs.RO2022★ 47 cited

Hybrid iLQR Model Predictive Control for Contact Implicit Stabilization on Legged Robots

Nathan J. Kong, Chuanzheng Li, Aaron M. Johnson

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a popular strategy for controlling robots but is difficult for systems with contact due to the complex nature of hybrid dynamics. To implement MPC…

cs.RO2022

The Uncertainty Aware Salted Kalman Filter: State Estimation for Hybrid Systems with Uncertain Guards

J. Joe Payne, Nathan J. Kong, Aaron M. Johnson

In this paper we present a method for updating robotic state belief through contact with uncertain surfaces and apply this update to a Kalman filter for more accurate state estimat…

cs.RO2021

Hybrid Event Shaping to Stabilize Periodic Hybrid Orbits

James Zhu, Nathan J. Kong, George Council +1

Many controllers for legged robotic systems leverage open- or closed-loop control at discrete hybrid events to enhance stability. These controllers appear in several well studied p…

cs.RO2021

iLQR for Piecewise-Smooth Hybrid Dynamical Systems

Nathan J. Kong, George Council, Aaron M. Johnson

Trajectory optimization is a popular strategy for planning trajectories for robotic systems. However, many robotic tasks require changing contact conditions, which is difficult due…

cs.RO2020

The Salted Kalman Filter: Kalman Filtering on Hybrid Dynamical Systems

Nathan J. Kong, J. Joe Payne, George Council +1

Many state estimation and control algorithms require knowledge of how probability distributions propagate through dynamical systems. However, despite hybrid dynamical systems becom…