ICRA
2009
IEEE
13 years 2 months ago
2009
IEEE
Visual search is a common daily human activity and a prerequisite to the interaction with objects encountered in cluttered environments. Humanoid robots that are supposed to take p...
AROBOTS
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Abstract In this paper we address whole-body manipulation of bulky objects by a humanoid robot. We adopt a "pivoting" manipulation method that allows the humanoid to disp...
EXPERT
2000
13 years 4 months ago
2000
In 1993 our group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory began a humanoid robotics project aimed at constructing a robot for use in exploring theories of human intelligence...
RAS
2006
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Humanoid behavior generation is one of the most formidable issues due to its complicated structure with many degrees of freedom. This paper proposes a controller for a humanoid to...
IJHR
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Motion planning for humanoids faces several challenging issues: high dimensionality of the configuration space, necessity to address balance constraints in single and double suppo...
INTERACT
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
Abstract: For many anthropomorphic representations on computer interfaces, there are choices of using mediacaptured human components and using computer-synthesized humanoid counter...
ICRA
2003
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2003
IEEE
In this paper, we develop tw o mechanisms for improving humanoid robot motions. The double spherical joint is a six DOF mechanism whose axes intersect in one point. This mechanism...
IROS
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2006
IEEE
Abstract— Humanoid robotics and SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) are certainly two of the most significant themes of the current worldwide robotics research effort, ...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— A number of conceptually simple but behaviorrich “inverted pendulum” humanoid models have greatly enhanced the understanding and analytical insight of humanoid dyna...
IROS
2008
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2008
IEEE
— This paper addresses the problem of generating dynamic motion for a humanoid between two predefined postures. The humanoid robot starts its motion from a statically stable con...