4 accepted papers
Improving the adaptability of small-sized quadruped robots has been a longstanding challenge in robotics. However, the weak whole-body coordination in existing small-sized quadruped robots limits their locomotion in many environments. In this work, we propose a teacher-student online learning framew
In this paper, we propose a system for real-time rat pose estimation based on stereo vision. The system is dedicated to robot-rat interaction research. First, we design a lightweight, high-resolution network (RRKDNet) for keypoint detection of the rat. The network is trained on a dataset of rat imag…
In this letter, we propose a motion generation strategy using imitation learning (IL) for biomimetic robots to interact with animals in a more natural manner. We previously developed a bioinspired spine mechanism allowing the robot to mimic rat motion closely. Thanks to the spine morphology, we esta
In this paper, we propose an automatic robot-rat interaction framework that enables a robotic rat to realize real-time localization, tracking and movement analysis of a laboratory rat. Specifically, we combine an object detector with stereo matching to achieve fast localization of the laboratory rat…