8 accepted papers
Our team developed a riding ballbot (called PURE) that is dynamically stable, omnidirectional, and driven by lean-to-steer control. A hands-free admittance control scheme (HACS) was previously integrated to allow riders with different torso functions to control the robot's movements via torso leanin
Humanoid robots have the potential to help human workers by realizing physically demanding manipulation tasks such as moving large boxes within warehouses. We define such tasks as Dynamic Mobile Manipulation (DMM). This letter presents a framework for DMM via whole-body teleoperation, built upon thr
Identifying the dynamic properties of manipulated objects is essential for safe and accurate robot control. Most methods rely on low-noise force-torque sensors, long exciting signals, and solving nonlinear optimization problems, making the estimation process slow. In this work, we propose a fast, on
Teleoperation has emerged as an alternative solution to fully-autonomous systems for achieving human-level capabilities on humanoids. Specifically, teleoperation with whole-body control is a promising hands-free strategy to command humanoids but requires more physical and mental demand. To mitigate
Bilateral teleoperation provides humanoid robots with human planning intelligence while enabling the human to feel what the robot feels. It has the potential to make physically capable humanoid robots dynamically intelligent. However, dynamic bilateral locomotion teleoperation remains as a challenge
To be useful tools in real scenarios, humanoid robots must realize tasks dynamically. This means that they must be capable of applying substantial forces and also mitigating impacts that may occur during the motion. Towards creating capable humanoids, this letter presents the leg of the robot Tello
This letter presents the experimental evaluation of a bilateral feedback law for the teleoperation of an underactuated dynamic system: the Cart-Pole. This physical system illustrates another simple model, the Linear Inverted Pendulum (LIP); a popular template for legged robot control and, in this le
This paper presents the ongoing work towards enabling humanoid robots to achieve dynamic behaviors comparable to humans. By using the concept of Divergent Component of Motion (DCM) first in introduced in [1], the present paper permits operator and robot balance synchronization using the mutual dynam