— This paper discusses an optimum design approach for robotic hands by considering the characteristics of viscoelasticity of food. “Norimaki-sushi” is taken as an example for...
Abstract— We discuss a ZMP-based running pattern generation for a biped robot equipped with toe springs. Our biped robot HRP-2LT has twelve active DoFs for its legs and two passi...
— This paper is about the autonomous control of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), and the particular considerations required to allow proper control while towing a 100-mete...
Michael R. Benjamin, David Battle, Donald P. Eicks...
— Localisation is one of the most important tasks to be accomplished in order to realize the complete autonomy of a mobile robot. In this paper, a new strategy for global localis...
Andrea Gasparri, Stefano Panzieri, Federica Pascuc...
Abstract— This paper presents a technique termed EigenNails to classify fingertip force during contact based on the coloration patterns in the fingernail and surrounding skin. ...