9 accepted papers
The prototyping of computer games, particularly card games, requires extensive human effort in creative ideation and gameplay evaluation. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) offer opportunities to automate and streamline these processes. However, it remains challenging for LLMs to design
Research on human-friendly robots focuses on safety through software and hardware. Hardware-based safety offers a significant advantage over software-based safety if an accurate hardware model is integrated into the solution. Design of elastic and off-joint actuation has established safety by hardwa
In collaborative robotics, the safety of humans interacting with cobots is crucial. There is a need for collaborative robots that can move quickly while still being safe. This paper introduces the use of a kinematically redundant actuator in impedance control mode to reduce collision forces, aiming
Redundant actuators enable to distribute power among two motors, which can be selected optimally in terms of efficiency. We propose a methodology that finds effective combinations of motors and gearboxes for a dynamic load, taking into account the constraints, inertia, and efficiency of each compone
This letter presents three novel contributions for the two-dimensional laser scan data. First, a low-level point feature detector for stable interest point detection. Second, an approach for high-level B-splines features extraction, and finally, a local descriptor for the interest points based on th
Mobility by growth is a new paradigm in robotic systems design and their applications in the real world. Soft, tip-extending, or “growing”, robots have potential applications including inspection and navigation in disaster scenarios. However, due to their growing capability, such robots create uniqu…
Twisted string actuators (TSAs) are gaining popularity in modern engineering and robotic applications. However, in conventional actuators of this type, the twisted part of the string should not be in contact with any surfaces or objects because this may interfere with the propagation of twisting. Th…
Twisted string actuators are widely used in different areas of robotics, however, their lifetime remains one of the main concerns for robotics. There are no comprehensive studies that relate the lifetime of a twisted string to its material properties and operation conditions, which can be important…
The twisted string actuator is an actuator that is gaining popularity in various engineering and robotics and applications. However, the fundamental limitation of actuators of this type is the uni-directional action, meaning that the actuator can contract but requires external power to return to its…