For complex robotic tasks (manipulation, locomotion, haptics, ...), the lack of knowledge of precise interaction models, the difficulties to precisely measure the task associated ...
Michel Lauria, Marc-Antoine Legault, Marc-Andr&eac...
Most robot designers make the mechanical interface between an actuator and its load as stiff as possible[9][10]. This makes sense in traditional position-controlled systems, becau...
Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson, Peter Dilwor...
In this paper, a nonlinear controller design for an omni-directional mobile robot is presented. The robot controller consists of an outer-loop (kinematics) controller and an inner...
Yong Liu, J. Jim Zhu, Robert L. Williams II, Jianh...
Scarab is a prototype rover for Lunar missions to survey resources in polar craters. It is designed as a prospector that would use a deep coring drill and apply soil analysis inst...
David Wettergreen, Scott Moreland, Krzysztof Skoni...