FLoRe teaches humanoid robots force-reactive loco-manipulation from robot-free human demos
HaozhiQ · x · 2026-11-04
Researchers introduce FLoRe (Learning Force-Reactive Humanoid Loco-Manipulation), a policy that lets walking humanoid robots control not just where each hand moves, but how hard it applies force.
Key points:
- Built on a UMI-style setup extended with force information, human demonstrations are collected without needing a robot.
- The policy predicts actions and forces for each hand; a hybrid compliance whole-body controller tracks these commands while the robot walks and keeps its balance.
The result is force-reactive loco-manipulation: robots learn to sense and apply appropriate contact forces during manipulation on the move.
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