TARC: Time-Adaptive Robotic Control

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23176v1
• Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:10:19 GMT
• Title: TARC: Time-Adaptive Robotic Control
• Authors: Arnav Sukhija, Lenart Treven, Jin Cheng, Florian Dörfler, Stelian Coros, Andreas Krause,
• Abstract summary: Fixed-frequency control in robotics imposes a trade-off between the efficiency of low-frequency control and the robustness of high-frequency control.<n>We address this with a reinforcement learning approach in which policies jointly select control actions and their application durations.<n>We validate our method with zero-shot sim-to-real experiments on two distinct hardware platforms.
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• Abstract: Fixed-frequency control in robotics imposes a trade-off between the efficiency of low-frequency control and the robustness of high-frequency control, a limitation not seen in adaptable biological systems. We address this with a reinforcement learning approach in which policies jointly select control actions and their application durations, enabling robots to autonomously modulate their control frequency in response to situational demands. We validate our method with zero-shot sim-to-real experiments on two distinct hardware platforms: a high-speed RC car and a quadrupedal robot. Our method matches or outperforms fixed-frequency baselines in terms of rewards while significantly reducing the control frequency and exhibiting adaptive frequency control under real-world conditions.

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