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One of the keys to flying quadrotors is to optimize their trajectories within the set of collision-free corridors. These corridors impose nonconvex constraints on the trajectories, making real-time trajectory optimization challenging. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Yue Yu , Kartik Nagpal , Skye Mceowen , Behçet Açıkmeşe , Ufuk Topcu

Planning time-optimal trajectories for quadrotors in cluttered environments is a challenging, non-convex problem. This paper addresses minimizing the traversal time of a given collision-free geometric path without violating bounds on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Katherine Mao , Igor Spasojevic , M. Ani Hsieh , Vijay Kumar

High-speed legged navigation in discrete and geometrically complex environments is a challenging task because of the high-degree-of-freedom dynamics and long-horizon, nonconvex nature of the optimization problem. In this work, we propose a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Hyeongjun Kim , Hyunsik Oh , Jeongsoo Park , Yunho Kim , Donghoon Youm , Moonkyu Jung , Minho Lee , Jemin Hwangbo

Exploring the limits of quadruped robot agility, particularly in the context of rapid and real-time planning and execution of omnidirectional jump trajectories, presents significant challenges due to the complex dynamics involved,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Linzhu Yue , Lingwei Zhang , Zhitao Song , Hongbo Zhang , Jinhu Dong , Xuanqi Zeng , Yun-Hui Liu

This paper mainly studies the accurate height jumping control of wheeled-bipedal robots based on torque planning and energy consumption optimization. Due to the characteristics of underactuated, nonlinear estimation, and instantaneous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Yulun Zhuang , Yuan Xu , Binxin Huang , Mandan Chao , Guowei Shi , Xin Yang , Kuangen Zhang , Chenglong Fu

Safe trajectory planning for high-performance automated vehicles in an environment with both static and moving obstacles is a challenging problem. Part of the challenge is developing a formulation that can be solved in real-time while…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-29 Huckleberry Febbo , Paramsothy Jayakumar , Jeffrey L. Stein , Tulga Ersal

In this paper we propose a hierarchical controller for autonomous racing where the same vehicle model is used in a two level optimization framework for motion planning. The high-level controller computes a trajectory that minimizes the lap…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-12 José L. Vázquez , Marius Brühlmeier , Alexander Liniger , Alisa Rupenyan , John Lygeros

Efficient motion planning algorithms are of central importance for deploying robots in the real world. Unfortunately, these algorithms often drastically reduce the dimensionality of the problem for the sake of feasibility, thereby foregoing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Alex Beaudin , Hsiu-Chin Lin

Quadrotors are agile platforms. With human experts, they can perform extremely high-speed flights in cluttered environments. However, fully autonomous flight at high speed remains a significant challenge. In this work, we propose a motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Yunfan Ren , Fangcheng Zhu , Wenyi Liu , Zhepei Wang , Yi Lin , Fei Gao , Fu Zhang

It is often necessary for drones to complete delivery, photography, and rescue in the shortest time to increase efficiency. Many autonomous drone races provide platforms to pursue algorithms to finish races as quickly as possible for the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Shuli Lv , Yan Gao , Jiaxing Che , Quan Quan

To achieve highly dynamic jumps of legged robots, it is essential to control the rotational dynamics of the robot. In this paper, we aim to improve the jumping performance by proposing a unified model for planning highly dynamic jumps that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Ke Wang , Guiyang Xin , Songyan Xin , Michael Mistry , Sethu Vijayakumar , Petar Kormushev

In this paper, we present a bilevel optimal motion planning (BOMP) model for autonomous parking. The BOMP model treats motion planning as an optimal control problem, in which the upper level is designed for vehicle nonlinear dynamics, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Shenglei Shi , Youlun Xiong , Jiankui Chen , Caihua Xiong

Developing robust locomotion for humanoid robots is a complex task due to the unstable nature of these robots and also to the unpredictability of the terrain. A robust locomotion planner is one of the fundamental components for generating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Mohammadreza Kasaei , Nuno Lau , Artur Pereira

Achieving controlled jumping behaviour for a quadruped robot is a challenging task, especially when introducing passive compliance in mechanical design. This study addresses this challenge via imitation-based deep reinforcement learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Georgios Apostolides , Wei Pan , Jens Kober , Cosimo Della Santina , Jiatao Ding

Quadrupedal robots excel in mobility, navigating complex terrains with agility. However, their complex control systems present challenges that are still far from being fully addressed. In this paper, we introduce the use of Sample-Based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Giulio Turrisi , Valerio Modugno , Lorenzo Amatucci , Dimitrios Kanoulas , Claudio Semini

Designing agile locomotion for quadruped robots often requires extensive expertise and tedious manual tuning. In this paper, we present a system to automate this process by leveraging deep reinforcement learning techniques. Our system can…

This article addresses the problem of data-driven numerical optimal control for unknown nonlinear systems. In our scenario, we suppose to have the possibility of performing multiple experiments (or simulations) on the system. Experiments…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-19 Marco Borghesi , Lorenzo Sforni , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Latest research in industrial robotics is aimed at making human robot collaboration possible seamlessly. For this purpose, industrial robots are expected to work on the fly in unstructured and cluttered environments and hence the subject of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-13 Indraneel Patil , B. K. Rout , V. Kalaichelvi

A great advantage of legged robots is their ability to operate on particularly difficult and obstructed terrain, which demands dynamic, robust, and precise movements. The study of obstacle courses provides invaluable insights into the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Maximilian Albracht , Shivesh Kumar , Shubham Vyas , Frank Kirchner

Multi robot systems have the potential to be utilized in a variety of applications. In most of the previous works, the trajectory generation for multi robot systems is implemented in known environments. To overcome that we present an online…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Vijay Arvindh , Govind Aadithya R , Shravan Krishnan , Sivanathan K