This paper presents a humanoid robot that has the same size as a human and that can lie down to the floor and get up from the floor with the robot face upward and downward. We b...
Abstract In this paper we address whole-body manipulation of bulky objects by a humanoid robot. We adopt a "pivoting" manipulation method that allows the humanoid to disp...
— This paper addresses the problem of naturally looking and energy efficient walk of biped humanoids. We presuppose that such walk requires motion control capability around kine...
Kentaro Takahashi, M. Noda, Dragomir N. Nenchev, Y...
— Most mobile robots in existence today have large, heavy, statically stable bases. To enable manipulation, actuated arms and effectors are attached to the base providing limited...
Bryan J. Thibodeau, Patrick Deegan, Roderic A. Gru...
— This paper proposes a simple passivity-based disturbance rejection scheme for force-controllable biped humanoids. The disturbance rejection by force control is useful not only ...