—In many robotics applications, knowing the material properties around a robot is often critical for the robot’s successful performance. For example, in mobility, knowledge abo...
One important design decision for the development of autonomously navigating mobile robots is the choice of the representation of the environment. This includes the question which...
— The field of robotics is on a growth curve, with most of the growth expected in the areas of personal and service robots. As robots become more prevalent in chaotic home and in...
We present a navigation algorithm, which integrates virtual obstacle concept with a potential-field-based method to maneuver cylindrical mobile robots in unknown or unstructured e...
Liu Chengqing, Marcelo H. Ang, Hariharan Krishnan,...
Human-Robot Physical Interaction is an important attribute for robots operating in human environments. The authors illustrate some basic physically interactive behaviors with dyna...
Umashankar Nagarajan, George Kantor, Ralph L. Holl...