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ICRA
2007
IEEE
149views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
15 years 3 months ago
Frictional Compliance Model Development and Experiments for Snake Robot Climbing
Abstract— Intelligently utilizing the frictional contact between a robot and its environment can prevent slip, maintain balance, and provide stability during a robot’s motion. ...
Amir Shapiro, Aaron Greenfield, Howie Choset
FECS
2009
164views Education» more  FECS 2009»
14 years 7 months ago
Development of a System for Teaching C/C++ Using Robots and Open Source Software in a CS1 Course
- This paper describes the development of a system for teaching C/C++ using LegoTM RCX Robots in a CS1 college course on introductory programming. The system has been implemented u...
Amy Delman, Lawrence Goetz, Yedidyah Langsam, Theo...
AROBOTS
2011
14 years 4 months ago
Cooperative manipulation and transportation with aerial robots
—In this paper we consider the problem of controlling multiple robots manipulating and transporting a payload in three dimensions via cables. We develop robot configurations tha...
Nathan Michael, Jonathan Fink, Vijay Kumar
IROS
2008
IEEE
128views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
Development of force control device with high power and high resolution
— A force control device with high power and high resolution is developed. It consists of a spring and a small force actuator which are connected in parallel between the base pla...
Hisashi Osumi, Takahiro Tomiyama
CDC
2010
IEEE
122views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
14 years 4 months ago
Nonholonomic source seeking in switching random fields
We consider the problem of designing controllers for nonholonomic mobile robots converging to the source (minimum) of a field. In addition to the mobility constraints posed by the ...
Shun-ichi Azuma, Mahmut Selman Sakar, George J. Pa...