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This research presents a morphology-agnostic teleoperation framework that eliminates the need for robot-specific retraining by using a single XR device paired with an MPC-based retargeter. The approach ensures dynamic feasibility and robustness against sensor noise through state synchronization and SLAM integration, achieving significant efficiency gains in simulation for both humanoid and mobile manipulator platforms. For a tech audience, the key takeaway is a scalable, plug-and-play solution that bridges the gap between high-level operator intent and low-level controller execution without prohibitive hardware constraints.
X-OP: Cross-Morphology Whole-Body Teleoperation via MPC Retargeting
arXiv:2606.07934v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Whole-body teleoperation is essential for scalable robot data collection in loco-manipulation tasks, yet existing approaches relying on exoskeleton suits or multi-camera setups impose prohibitive cost, complexity, and environmental constraints. Recent methods using a single extended reality (XR) device with end-to-end reinforcement learning policies partially address these limitations but require robot-specific retraining, suffer from out-of-distribution failures, and rely on motion retargeting that neglects dynamic feasibility. We propose a hierarchical whole-body teleoperation framework driven by a single XR device that generalizes across diverse robot morphologies without retraining robot-specific policies. A Model Predictive Control (MPC)-based motion retargeter jointly optimizes alignment with the operator's intent and the robot's dynamic feasibility, generating optimal commands for existing low-level controllers. To ensure robust online execution, we introduce a state synchronization method that resets the simulator state at each MPC step to handle noisy real-world measurements and contact sensitivity, and integrate SLAM-based global pose feedback to mitigate long-term drift. Simulation results show higher success rates on whole-body control tasks for both a humanoid (over 30% lower completion time and 20% lower power consumption) and a mobile manipulator (zero collisions) compared to baselines. Real-world experiments further validate the effectiveness and flexibility of our method, demonstrating the successful deployment of the proposed retargeter on both platforms for whole-body control tasks and the ease of allowing users to adjust teleoperation behavior based on their preferences. This plug-and-play framework offers a scalable, morphology-agnostic solution for whole-body robot teleoperation, enabling real-time behavioral customization and broad applicability across platforms.
Abstract:Whole-body teleoperation is essential for scalable robot data collection in loco-manipulation tasks, yet existing approaches relying on exoskeleton suits or multi-camera setups impose prohibitive cost, complexity, and environmental constraints. Recent methods using a single extended reality (XR) device with end-to-end reinforcement learning policies partially address these limitations but require robot-specific retraining, suffer from out-of-distribution failures, and rely on motion retargeting that neglects dynamic feasibility. We propose a hierarchical whole-body teleoperation framework driven by a single XR device that generalizes across diverse robot morphologies without retraining robot-specific policies. A Model Predictive Control (MPC)-based motion retargeter jointly optimizes alignment with the operator's intent and the robot's dynamic feasibility, generating optimal commands for existing low-level controllers. To ensure robust online execution, we introduce a state synchronization method that resets the simulator state at each MPC step to handle noisy real-world measurements and contact sensitivity, and integrate SLAM-based global pose feedback to mitigate long-term drift. Simulation results show higher success rates on whole-body control tasks for both a humanoid (over 30% lower completion time and 20% lower power consumption) and a mobile manipulator (zero collisions) compared to baselines. Real-world experiments further validate the effectiveness and flexibility of our method, demonstrating the successful deployment of the proposed retargeter on both platforms for whole-body control tasks and the ease of allowing users to adjust teleoperation behavior based on their preferences. This plug-and-play framework offers a scalable, morphology-agnostic solution for whole-body robot teleoperation, enabling real-time behavioral customization and broad applicability across platforms.
Robotics (cs.RO)
arXiv:2606.07934 [cs.RO]
(or arXiv:2606.07934v1 [cs.RO] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.07934 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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