— This paper describes the system architecture and core algorithms for a quadrotor helicopter that uses vision data to navigate an unknown, indoor, GPS-denied environment. Withou...
Spencer Ahrens, Daniel Levine, Gregory Andrews, Jo...
— In this paper, we present a novel approach for sensor-guided robotic execution of everyday tasks, which is amenable to be integrated in current mobile manipulators and humanoid...
Mario Prats, Philippe Martinet, Angel P. Del Pobil...
— The principle of Series Elastic Actuation offers considerable advantages for haptic displays compared to stiff actuators. The interaction force between motor and load is direct...
Heike Vallery, Ralf Ekkelenkamp, Herman van der Ko...
— In this paper, we describe the implementation of a precise reaching controller on an upper-torso humanoid robot. The solution we propose does not rely on prior models of the ki...
Francesco Nori, Lorenzo Natale, Giulio Sandini, Gi...
Abstract—This paper considers the design of a novel closedloop trajectory tracking controller for an underactuated robotic airship having 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) and 3 control...