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In this paper, we investigate the synthesis of piecewise affine feedback controllers to address the problem of safe and robust controller design in robotics based on high-level controls specifications. The methodology is based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-10-10 Marijan Vukosavljev , Ivo Jansen , Mireille E. Broucke , Angela P. Schoellig

This paper investigates the control problem of steering a group of spherical mobile robots to cooperatively transport a spherical object. By controlling the movements of the robots to exert appropriate contact (pushing) forces, it is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-16 Si Wu , Zhengyan Qin , Tengfei Liu , Zhong-Ping Jiang

Conventional mobile tensegrity robots constructed with straight links offer mobility at the cost of locomotion speed. While spherical robots provide highly effective rolling behavior, they often lack the stability required for navigating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Lauren Ervin , Harish Bezawada , Vishesh Vikas

In this paper, we present a full design of a flying robot to investigate the state of power grid components and to perform the appropriate maintenance procedures according to each fail or defect that could be recognized. To realize this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-31 Abdullatif Baba

We present a novel method of optimal robust control through quadratic programs that offers tracking stability while subject to input and state-based constraints as well as safety-critical constraints for nonlinear dynamical robotic systems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-14 Quan Nguyen , Koushil Sreenath

Soft robotics has emerged as a promising technology that holds great potential for various application areas. This is due to soft materials unique properties, including flexibility, safety, and shock absorption, among others. Despite many…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Andrija Milojevic , Kyrre Glette

. This paper is aimed to discuss and compare three of the most famous Control Theories on a Two wheeled Self Balancing Robot Simulation using Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo. Two Wheeled Self Balancing Robots are one of the most…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-24 MD Muhaimin Rahman , SM Hasanur Rashi , KM Rafidh Hassan , M. M. Hossain

Robot accidents are inevitable. Although rare, they have been happening since assembly-line robots were first introduced in the 1960s. But a new generation of social robots are now becoming commonplace. Often with sophisticated embedded…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Alan F. T. Winfield , Katie Winkle , Helena Webb , Ulrik Lyngs , Marina Jirotka , Carl Macrae

Continuum soft robots are inherently underactuated and subject to intrinsic input constraints, making dynamic control particularly challenging, especially in hybrid rigid-soft robots. While most existing methods focus on quasi-static…

Robotic assistance has significantly improved the outcomes of open microsurgery and rigid endoscopic surgery, however is yet to make an impact in flexible endoscopic neurosurgery. Some of the most common intracranial procedures for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Kieran Gilday , Irena Zubak , Andreas Raabe , Josie Hughes

Recent years have seen a surge in commercially-available and affordable quadrupedal robots, with many of these platforms being actively used in research and industry. As the availability of legged robots grows, so does the need for…

This paper presents the application of a learning control approach for the realization of a fast and reliable pick-and-place application with a spherical soft robotic arm. The arm is characterized by a lightweight design and exhibits…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Jasan Zughaibi , Matthias Hofer , Raffaello D'Andrea

We study the navigation problem for a robot moving amidst static and dynamic obstacles and rely on a hierarchical approach to solve it. First, the reference trajectory is planned by the safe interval path planning algorithm that is capable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Konstantin Yakovlev , Anton Andreychuk , Juliya Belinskaya , Dmitry Makarov

Robotic systems have been evolving since decades and touching almost all aspects of life, either for leisure or critical applications. Most of traditional robotic systems operate in well-defined environments utilizing pre-configured…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Alaa F. Sheta , Nazeeh Ghatasheh , Hossam Faris , Ali Rodan

Robots are being applied in a vast range of fields, leading researchers and practitioners to write tasks more complex than in the past. The robot software complexity increases the difficulty of engineering the robot's software components…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Marcela G. dos Santos , Fabio Petrillo

This paper introduces a novel class of hyperredundant robots comprised of chains of permanently magnetized spheres enclosed in a cylindrical polymer skin. With their shape controlled using an externally-applied magnetic field, the spherical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Giovanni Pittiglio , Margherita Mencattelli , Pierre E. Dupont

Background: The use of social robotics in elderly care is increasingly discussed as one way of meeting emerging care needs due to scarce resources. While many potential benefits are associated with robotic care technologies, there is a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Marianne Leineweber , Clara Victoria Keusgen , Marc Bubeck , Joschka Haltaufderheide , Robert Ranisch , Corinna Klingler

This paper aims to develop distributed feedback control algorithms that allow cooperative locomotion of quadrupedal robots which are coupled to each other by holonomic constraints. These constraints can arise from collaborative manipulation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-03 Kaveh Akbari Hamed , Vinay R. Kamidi , Abhishek Pandala , Wen-Loong Ma , Aaron D. Ames

The rapid development of robotics has benefited by more and more people putting their attention to it. With the demand for robots is growing for the purpose of fulfilling tasks instead of humans, how to control the robot better is becoming…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-23 Yang Zhang

In the approximately century-long journey of robotics, humanoid robots made their debut around six decades ago. While current humanoids bear human-like appearances, none have embodied true humaneness, remaining distant from achieving…

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