Stigmergy (the coordination of agents through signs they make and sense in a shared environment) was originally articulated in the study of social insects. Its basic processes are ...
Abstract— This paper discusses the design principles and philosophy of the BiMASC, a biped with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance which incorporates tuned mechanical leg ...
Jonathan W. Hurst, Joel E. Chestnutt, Alfred A. Ri...
Abstract— The authors proposed a simulation method to clarify the developmental process of human locomotion using a model of infant robot. The infant robot has many degrees of fr...
²In microsurgery, a surgeon often deals with anatomical structures of sizes that are close to the limit of the human hand accuracy. Robotic assistants can help to push beyond the ...
Brian C. Becker, Sandrine Voros, Robert A. MacLach...
This paper presents a methodology for the realization of intelligent, task-based reconfiguration of the computational hardware for mobile robot applications. Task requirements are ...