Abstract— Intelligently utilizing the frictional contact between a robot and its environment can prevent slip, maintain balance, and provide stability during a robot’s motion. ...
— In this paper the application of a behavior-based control approach, namely the Null-Space-based Behavioral control, to coordinate a fleet of autonomous surface vessels is pres...
Filippo Arrichiello, Stefano Chiaverini, Thor I. F...
A locking, unactuated knee is added to the Scout II quadruped robot and trotting gaits are studied. The mechanical design of the knee is presented, trotting algorithms are discuss...
— For teams of cooperating autonomous lightweight robots with challenging dynamical locomotion properties a platform independent modular software architecture and platform indepe...
Martin Friedmann, Jutta Kiener, Sebastian Petters,...
— This paper proposes adapting human jumping dynamics to humanoid robotic structures. Data obtained from human jumping phases and decomposition together with ground reaction forc...