Abstract. In this paper we report preliminary findings of using cellular automata (CA) as an underlying architecture in controlling the motion of a fivelegged brittle star typed ro...
— Robotics technology promises an enhanced way of performing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In the robotic-assisted CABG surgery, surgeon performs the oper...
- A five-fingered robot hand having almost an equal number of DOF to the human hand is developed. The robot hand is driven by a unique method using ultrasonic motors and elastic el...
An important component of compliant motion control is the estimation of contact states during task execution. This paper addresses two fundamental questions that must be answered w...
—Although fall is a rare event in the life of a humanoid robot, we must be prepared for it because its consequences are serious. In this paper we present a fall strategy which ra...