— The light-weight robots developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are characterized by their low inertial properties, torque sensing in each joint and a load to weight rat...
— In this paper we present an implicit time-stepping scheme for multibody systems with intermittent contact by incorporating the contact constraints as a set of complementarity a...
Nilanjan Chakraborty, Stephen Berard, Srinivas Ake...
— Recent progress in the algorithm as well as the processor power have made the dynamics simulation of complex kinematic chains more realistic in various fields such as human mo...
— This paper studies the optimal motion control of mechanical systems through a discrete geometric approach. At the core of our formulation is a discrete Lagrange-d’AlembertPon...
Marin Kobilarov, Mathieu Desbrun, Jerrold E. Marsd...
— This paper concerns context and feature-sensitive re-sampling of workspace surfaces represented by 3D point clouds. We interpret a point cloud as the outcome of repetitive and ...
— While robot mapping has seen massive strides , higher level abstractions in map representation are still not widespread. Maps containing semantic concepts such as objects and l...
— Three-dimensional digital terrain models are of fundamental importance in many areas such as the geo-sciences and outdoor robotics. Accurate modeling requires the ability to de...
Abstract—In this paper, we present the analysis and experimental validation of a vision-aided inertial navigation algorithm for planetary landing applications. The system employs...
Anastasios I. Mourikis, Nikolas Trawny, Stergios I...
Abstract— This paper presents the Discrete Search Leading continuous eXploration (DSLX) planner, a multi-resolution approach to motion planning that is suitable for challenging p...