5 accepted papers
Force sensing on the end effector is crucial for mobile, legged robots to adapt to varying terrain and manipulate objects in complex environments. Since efficient legs have to be light and load bearing, force sensors need to have increased <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns
Underwater infrastructure projects are increasingly seeking robots to inspect, repair, maintain, and salvage in the ocean with minimal human diver time. To perform tasks that would otherwise require human workers, most remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are designed to operate either while resting on
Movement primitives are a well-established approach to robot motion planning, as they offer a modular basis for robot motion planning. Dynamic movement primitives (DMPs) are a popular control framework based on nonlinear differential equations which, when scaled in time, produce a smooth kinematic m
RAMBLER Robot is designed for researching insect inspired behavioral control algorithms. To evaluate these algorithms, RAMBLER Robot needs autonomous localization without typical sensors like wheel odometers or GPS. The primary objective of this work is to independently, accurately, and robustly rec…
Gecko-inspired structured adhesives will be valuable for novel climbing and space robots. Robots also provide useful evaluation platforms for these adhesives. Climbing robots need to be lightweight, and thus many designs use multiple feet on a single rotating wheel-leg. Generally, such designs have…