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
This paper presents a robust visual SLAM system designed for small-scale quadruped robots (ViQu-SLAM) for accurate localization, especially to mitigate the issue of erroneous data association caused by moving objects in dynamic environments. The proposed approach leverages a selfadaptive framework t…
Whiskers of some animals, such as rats and cats, can actively sense stimuli from their surrounding environment. Such a capability is attractive for intelligent mobile robots. However, an artificial whisker with similar abilities has not been fully developed so that the robots acquire their surroundi
Microgrippers play a significant role in manipulation of micro-objects. To achieve dexterous and precise manipulation, a microgripper is required to be compactly designed and embedded with sensing feedback. Meanwhile, to convert the sensor position into displacement of the microgripper, the embedded…