— What would it be like if we could give our robot high level commands and it would automatically execute them in a verifiably correct fashion in dynamically changing environmen...
David C. Conner, Hadas Kress-Gazit, Howie Choset, ...
In the field of evolutionary robotics artificial neural networks are often used to construct controllers for autonomous agents, because they have useful properties such as the ab...
Peter Eggenberger, Akio Ishiguro, Seiji Tokura, To...
Many future applications of robotic systems will require manipulators to operate from moving vehicles. Such vehicles will be compliant in comparison to the rigid bases on which mo...
Harry West, Norbert Hootsmans, Steven Dubowsky, Na...
— We present a novel approach to legged locomotion over rough terrain that is thoroughly rooted in optimization. This approach relies on a hierarchy of fast, anytime algorithms t...
Matthew Zucker, James A. Bagnell, Christopher G. A...
—When a user is in close proximity to a robot, physical contact becomes a potentially valuable channel for communication. People often use direct physical contact to guide a pers...