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Navigation and guidance of autonomous vehicles is a fundamental problem in robotics, which has attracted intensive research in recent decades. This report is mainly concerned with provable collision avoidance of multiple autonomous vehicles…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Michael Hoy

Collision avoidance in unknown obstacle-cluttered environments may not always be feasible. This paper focuses on an emerging paradigm shift in which potential collisions with the environment can be harnessed instead of being avoided…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-07 Zhouyu Lu , Zhichao Liu , Gustavo J. Correa , Konstantinos Karydis

Humanoid robots, as general-purpose physical agents, must integrate both intelligent control and adaptive morphology to operate effectively in diverse real-world environments. While recent research has focused primarily on optimizing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Guiliang Liu , Bo Yue , Yi Jin Kim , Kui Jia

With advancements in technology, commercial aircraft formation flying is becoming increasingly feasible as an efficient and environmentally friendly flight method. However, gaps remain in practical implementation, particularly in collision…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-02 Songqiying Yang , Ania Adil , Eric Feron

Online generation of collision free trajectories is of prime importance for autonomous navigation. Dynamic environments, robot motion and sensing uncertainties adds further challenges to collision avoidance systems. This paper presents an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Antony Thomas , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni , Marco Baglietto

Living organisms intertwine soft (e.g., muscle) and hard (e.g., bones) materials, giving them an intrinsic flexibility and resiliency often lacking in conventional rigid robots. The emerging field of soft robotics seeks to harness these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-21 John Rieffel , Jean-Baptiste Mouret

Ground robots always get collision in that only if they get close to the obstacles, can they sense the danger and take actions, which is usually too late to avoid the crash, causing severe damage to the robots. To address this issue, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Yunshuang Li , Zheyuan Huang , Zexi chen , Yue Wang , Rong Xiong

Reactive collision avoidance is essential for agile robots navigating complex and dynamic environments, enabling real-time obstacle response. However, this task is inherently challenging because it requires a tight integration of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Alessandro Saviolo , Niko Picello , Jeffrey Mao , Rishabh Verma , Giuseppe Loianno

This paper focuses on the emerging paradigm shift of collision-inclusive motion planning and control for impact-resilient mobile robots, and develops a unified hierarchical framework for navigation in unknown and partially-observable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Zhouyu Lu , Zhichao Liu , Merrick Campbell , Konstantinos Karydis

Research on Multi-rotor Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) has experienced remarkable advancements over the past two decades, propelling the field forward at an accelerated pace. Through the implementation of motion control and the integration of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Jiawei Xu

The demand for social robots in fields like healthcare, education, and entertainment increases due to their emotional adaptation features. These robots leverage multimodal communication, incorporating speech, facial expressions, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Rita Frieske , Xiaoyu Mo , Yini Fang , Jay Nieles , Bertram E. Shi

A core challenge of multi-robot interactions is collision avoidance among robots with potentially conflicting objectives. We propose a game-theoretic method for collision avoidance based on rotating hyperplane constraints. These constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Fernando Palafox , Yue Yu , David Fridovich-Keil

A major goal in robotics is to enable intelligent mobile robots to operate smoothly in shared human-robot environments. One of the most fundamental capabilities in service of this goal is competent navigation in this ``social" context. As a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Reuth Mirsky , Xuesu Xiao , Justin Hart , Peter Stone

In autonomous driving, the combination of AI and vehicular technology offers great potential. However, this amalgamation comes with vulnerabilities to adversarial attacks. This survey focuses on the intersection of Adversarial Machine…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Junae Kim , Amardeep Kaur

Advances in science and engineering often reveal the limitations of classical approaches initially used to understand, predict, and control phenomena. With progress, conceptual categories must often be re-evaluated to better track recently…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-05 D. Blackiston , S. Kriegman , J. Bongard , M. Levin

Obstacle avoidance is an important task in the field of robotics, since the goal of autonomous robot is to reach the destination without collision. Several algorithms have been proposed for obstacle avoidance, having drawbacks and benefits.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-06-06 M. Zohaib , M. Pasha , R. A. Riaz , N. Javaid , M. Ilahi , R. D. Khan

Robots that physically interact with their surroundings, in order to accomplish some tasks or assist humans in their activities, require to exploit contact forces in a safe and proficient manner. Impedance control is considered as a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-27 Fares J. Abu-Dakka , Matteo Saveriano

The role of robots is expanding from tool to collaborator. Socially assistive robots (SARs) are an example of collaborative robots that assist humans in the real world. As robots enter our social sphere, unforeseen risks occur during…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Jimin Rhim , Sonya S. Kwak , Angelica Lim , Jason Millar

This letter investigates the problem of controlling an aerial manipulator, composed of an omnidirectional tilting drone equipped with a five-degrees-of-freedom robotic arm. The robot has to interact with the environment to inspect…

Terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles bloom in both academia and industry because they incorporate both the high mobility of aerial vehicles and the long endurance of ground vehicles. In this work, we present an autonomous and adaptive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Ruibin Zhang , Yuze Wu , Lixian Zhang , Chao Xu , Fei Gao