— We investigate the problem of a robot maximizing its long-term average rate of return on work. We present a means to obtain an estimate of the instantaneous rate of return when...
— Piezoelectric cantilevers have proved their performances for actuating microgrippers dedicated to micromanipulation and microassembly tasks. While the control of one degree-of-...
— This paper proposes a novel wearable interface for the foot: an on-shoe tactile display that enables users to obtain information through the sense of touch of their feet. A 16-...
Ramiro Velazquez, Omar Bazan, Marco E. Magañ...
— Tool-body assimilation is one of the intelligent human abilities. Through trial and experience, humans are capable of using tools as if they are part of their own bodies. This ...
— This paper presents a new method for planning motions of multi-arm systems in constrained workspaces, for which state-of-the-art planners behave poorly. The method is based on ...
— There is recent evidence that males and females view robots differently, from the way robots are conceptualized, to the way humans respond when they interact with them. In this...
Charles R. Crowelly, Michael Villanoy, Matthias Sc...
— We address the mutual localization problem for a multi-robot system, under the assumption that each robot is equipped with a sensor that provides a measure of the relative posi...
— In this paper we consider cooperative manipulation problems where a large group (swarm) of non-articulated mobile robots is trying to cooperatively control the velocity of some...
— This paper presents a 2D teleoperation task at microscales with force feedback. At this scale, two major problems arise while performing manipulation tasks: the lack of 3D real...
— A stable non-linear oscillator for autonomous biped stepping control is designed in a top-down manner by morphing dynamics of standing regulator. It resolves three problems whi...