— Hierarchical state machines have proven to be a powerful tool for controlling autonomous robots due to their flexibility and modularity. For most real robot implementations, h...
Rodents possess extraordinary navigation abilities that are far in excess of what current state-of-the-art robot agents are capable of. This paper describes research that is part ...
The Dual Smart Drive is a specially designed nonlinear actuator intended for use in climbing and walking legged robots. It features a continuously changing transmission ratio and d...
Simulated evolution by the use of Genetic Algorithms (GA) is presented as the solution to a twofaceted problem: the challenge for an autonomous agent to learn the reactive componen...
In this paper we introduce a simple model based on probabilistic finite state automata to describe an emotional interaction between a robot and a human user, or between simulated a...
Isabella Cattinelli, Massimiliano Goldwurm, N. Alb...