Minkowski sum is a fundamental operation in many geometric applications, including robotics, penetration depth estimation, solid modeling, and virtual prototyping. However, due to...
— As navigation autonomy becomes an increasingly important research topic for biped humanoid robots, efficient approaches to perception and mapping that are suited to the unique...
Philipp Michel, Joel E. Chestnutt, Satoshi Kagami,...
— A legged robot walking on uneven terrain can avoid falling only by applying contact forces with its feet on the ground that compensate for gravity without causing slip. To plan...
— Autonomous robot systems have to manage their energy wisely in order to complete their missions. Typical approaches seek to conserve energy by energy-efficient motion or senso...
Keith J. O'Hara, Ripal Nathuji, Himanshu Raj, Kars...
- Collision detection is a critical module in many applications such as computer graphics, robot motion planning, physical simulation, CAD/CAM, and molecular modeling. Many efficie...