Kinodynamic Motion Retargeting for Humanoid Locomotion via Multi-Contact Whole-Body Trajectory Optimization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09956v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:51:17 GMT
• Title: Kinodynamic Motion Retargeting for Humanoid Locomotion via Multi-Contact Whole-Body Trajectory Optimization
• Abstract summary: We present the KinoDynamic Motion Retargeting (KDMR) framework, a novel approach for humanoid locomotion.<n>Our method automatically detects heel-toe contact events to accurately replicate human-like contact patterns.<n> Experimental results demonstrate that KDMR significantly outperforms purely kinematic methods.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We present the KinoDynamic Motion Retargeting (KDMR) framework, a novel approach for humanoid locomotion that models the retargeting process as a multi-contact, whole-body trajectory optimization problem. Conventional kinematics-based retargeting methods rely solely on spatial motion capture (MoCap) data, inevitably introducing physically inconsistent artifacts, such as foot sliding and ground penetration, that severely degrade the performance of downstream imitation learning policies. To bridge this gap, KDMR extends beyond pure kinematics by explicitly enforcing rigid-body dynamics and contact complementarity constraints. Further, by integrating ground reaction force (GRF) measurements alongside MoCap data, our method automatically detects heel-toe contact events to accurately replicate complex human-like contact patterns. We evaluate KDMR against the state-of-the-art baseline, GMR, across three key dimensions: 1) the dynamic feasibility and smoothness of the retargeted motions, 2) the accuracy of GRF tracking compared to raw source data, and 3) the training efficiency and final performance of downstream control policies trained via the BeyondMimic framework. Experimental results demonstrate that KDMR significantly outperforms purely kinematic methods, yielding dynamically viable reference trajectories that accelerate policy convergence and enhance overall locomotion stability. Our end-to-end pipeline will be open-sourced upon publication.

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