In this paper we present an approach to obstacle avoidance and local path planning for polygonal robots. It decomposes the task into a model stage and a planning stage. The model ...
Kai Oliver Arras, Jan Persson, Nicola Tomatis, Rol...
This paper presents an analysis of the major mechanical component (the thorax) of the micromechanical flying insect (MFI), a centimeter sized aerial vehicle currently in developm...
Srinath Avadhanula, Robert J. Wood, Domenico Campo...
—This paper presents an end-to-end solution to the cooperative control problem represented by the scenario where unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are assigned to transition through k...
Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goo...
— ODIS is an omni-directional mobile robot designed to autonomously or semi-autonomously inspect automobiles in a parking lot. Periodically, its position and orientation referenc...
Matthew D. Berkemeier, Morgan E. Davidson, Vikas B...
Modular robots are systems composed of a number of independent units that can be reconfigured to fit the task at hand. When the modules are computationally independent, they for...
Zack J. Butler, Robert Fitch, Daniela Rus, Yuhang ...