17 accepted papers
In-generation watermarking for latent diffusion models has recently shown high robustness in marking generated images for easier detection and attribution. However, its application to autoregressive (AR) image models is underexplored. Autoregressive models generate images by autoregressively predict
Integrating watermarking into the generation process of latent diffusion models (LDMs) simplifies detection and attribution of generated content. Semantic watermarks, such as Tree-Rings and Gaussian Shading, represent a novel class of watermarking techniques that are easy to implement and highly rob…
Among the many challenges of parallel kinematic manipulators, achieving high-speed and accurate control remains crucial. Estimating their dynamic properties is essential for designing precise and efficient control schemes. Conventional methods for dynamic model identification have been effective, th
This paper presents an inverse kinematics approach that combines two well-known Jacobian based methods, the task-priority framework and an optimization-based approach, such that tracking and optimization tasks can be executed simultaneously. The novelty of the proposed algorithm lies in the ability
Dynamics simulation of parallel kinematic manipulators (PKM) and non-linear control methods require a precisely identified dynamics model and explicit generalized mass matrix. Standard methods, which identify so-called dynamic base-parameters, are not sufficient to this end. Algorithms for identifyi
Interpolation of rigid body motions, or a general frame motion in Euclidean space, is a recurring topic in robotics. It boils down to generating trajectories in a Lie group, either SE (3) or SO (3) × ℝ3, with given initial and/or terminal values. To this end, spline interpolation schemes were develo…
Series elastic actuators (SEA) were introduced for serial robotic arms. Their model-based trajectory tracking control requires the second time derivatives of the inverse dynamics solution, for which algorithms were proposed. Trajectory control of parallel kinematics manipulators (PKM) equipped with
The kinematics of cuspidal 3R regional robots was studied extensively in the past. Moreover, certain industrial 6R robots were found to be cuspidal (e.g. Fanuc CRX series, Kinova GEN2), which makes cuspidal robots finally interesting for practical applications. This necessitates optimal trajectory p…
Modeling closed loop mechanisms is a necessity for the control and simulation of various systems and poses a great challenge to rigid body dynamics algorithms. Solving the forward and inverse dynamics for such systems require resolution of loop closure constraints which are often solved via numerica…
Optimal control in general, and flatness-based control in particular, of robotic arms necessitate to compute the first and second time derivatives of the joint torques/forces required to achieve a desired motion. In view of the required computational efficiency, recursive O(n)-algorithms were propos
Derivatives of equations of motion describing the rigid body dynamics are becoming increasingly relevant for the robotics community and find many applications in design and control of robotic systems. Controlling robots, and multibody systems comprising elastic components in particular, not only req…
Pseudo-omnidirectional vehicles (POV) are equipped with several center steered and driven standard wheels, and exhibit high maneuverability and positioning accuracy. Yet this class of mobile systems is rarely considered. Despite their simple setup, the mathematical modeling is challenging. Moreover
Cooperative grasping refers to the situation when an object is manipulated by multiple robots and the grasp is achieved by the unilateral contact between the robots and the object. This is different from the cooperation of multiple robots where each robot rigidly grasps the object. Motion planning o
This letter presents a new approach to online synchronization of a robot to the motion of an object. This is done by an iterative trajectory planning approach. Trajectory planning is divided into geometric path planning and subsequent time optimal parameterization of the geometric path. The geometri
The use of more than one steerable (standard) driving wheel allows a robot to perform omnidirectional motions. However, the modeling and control of such robots is challenging since the system is non-holonomic, nonlinear and typically over actuated. Moreover, such platforms exhibit kinematic singular…
Many robotics applications require smooth orientation planning, i.e. interpolation or approximation of a frame orientation through prescribed configurations such that the angular velocity and its time derivatives are smooth. This for instance ensures the continuity of the motor torques of robotic ma…