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For fully actuated rigid robots, kinematic inversion is a purely geometric problem, efficiently solved by closed-loop inverse kinematics (CLIK) schemes that compute joint configurations to position the robot body in space. For underactuated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Carina Veil , Moritz Flaschel , Ellen Kuhl , Cosimo Della Santina

This paper introduces the Visual Inverse Kinematics problem (VIK) to fill the gap between robot Inverse Kinematics (IK) and visual servo control. Different from the IK problem, the VIK problem seeks to find robot configurations subject to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Liangting Wu , Roberto Tron

Robotic manipulators are often designed with more actuated degrees-of-freedom than required to fully control an end effector's position and orientation. These "redundant" manipulators can allow infinite joint configurations that satisfy a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Julia Ashkanazy , Ariana Spalter , Joe Hays , Laura Hiatt , Roxana Leontie , C. Glen Henshaw

Forward and backward reaching inverse kinematics (FABRIK) is a heuristic inverse kinematics solver that is gradually applied to manipulators with the advantages of fast convergence and generating more realistic configurations. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Zichun Xu , Yuntao Li , Xiaohang Yang , Zhiyuan Zhao , Jingdong Zhao , Hong Liu

We present new algorithms for inverse reinforcement learning (IRL, or inverse optimal control) in convex optimization settings. We argue that finite-space IRL can be posed as a convex quadratic program under a Bayesian inference framework…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-01-22 Qifeng Qiao , Peter A. Beling

Inverse Kinematics (IK) is a core problem in robotics, in which joint configurations are found to achieve a desired end-effector pose. Although analytical solvers are fast and efficient, they are limited to systems with low…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Cael Yasutake , Zachary Kingston , Brian Plancher

Quadratic constrained quadratic programming problems often occur in various fields such as engineering practice, management science, and network communication. This article mainly studies a non convex quadratic programming problem with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Bo Zhang , YueLin Gao , Xia Liu , XiaoLi Huang

Real-time humanoid teleoperation requires inverse kinematics (IK) solvers that are both responsive and constraint-safe under kinematic redundancy and self-collision constraints. While differential IK enables efficient online retargeting,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Junheng Li , Lizhi Yang , Aaron D. Ames

This paper introduces a closed-form analytical solution for the inverse kinematics (IK) of a 6 Degrees of Freedom (DOF) serial robotic manipulator arm, configured with six revolute joints and utilized within the Lunar Exploration Rover…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Serdar Kalaycioglu , Anton de Ruiter , Ethan Fung , Harrison Zhang , Haipeng Xie

Many research has been conducted about quadratic programming and inverse optimization. In this paper we present the combination aspect of these subjects, applying on transportation problem. First, we obtain the inverse form of quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Afrooz Jalilzadeh , Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani

Inverse optimal control problem emerges in different practical applications, where the goal is to design a cost function in order to approximate given optimal strategies of an expert. Typical application is in robotics for generation of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Frédéric Jean , Sofya Maslovskaya

This manuscript develops a new framework to analyze and design iterative optimization algorithms built on the notion of Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQC) from robust control theory. IQCs provide sufficient conditions for the stability of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Laurent Lessard , Benjamin Recht , Andrew Packard

Non-self-adjoint second-order ordinary differential operators on a finite interval with complex weights are studied. Properties of spectral characteristics are established and the inverse problem of recovering operators from their spectral…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-09 V. A. Yurko

We expose in a tutorial fashion the mechanisms which underlie the synthesis of optimization algorithms based on dynamic integral quadratic constraints. We reveal how these tools from robust control allow to design accelerated gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Carsten W. Scherer , Christian Ebenbauer , Tobias Holicki

Redundant manipulators are well understood to offer infinite joint configurations for achieving a desired end-effector pose. The multiplicity of inverse kinematics (IK) solutions allows for the simultaneous solving of auxiliary tasks like…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Dominic Guri , George Kantor

The small size, high dexterity, and intrinsic compliance of continuum robots (CRs) make them well suited for constrained environments. Solving the inverse kinematics (IK), that is finding robot joint configurations that satisfy desired…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Hanna Jiamei Zhang , Matthew Giamou , Filip Marić , Jonathan Kelly , Jessica Burgner-Kahrs

This paper presents the inverse kinematic analysis and parameters identification of a novel aerial manipulation system. This system consists of 2-link manipulator attached to the bottom of a quadrotor. This new system presents a solution…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Ahmed Khalifa , Mohamed Fanni

Soft robotic manipulators provide numerous advantages over conventional rigid manipulators in fragile environments such as the marine environment. However, developing analytic inverse models necessary for shape, motion, and force control of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Abdelrahman Alkhodary , Berke Gur

This work addresses the problem of kinematic trajectory planning for mobile manipulators with non-holonomic constraints, and holonomic operational-space tracking constraints. We obtain whole-body trajectories and time-varying kinematic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-17 Markus Giftthaler , Farbod Farshidian , Timothy Sandy , Lukas Stadelmann , Jonas Buchli

The paper presents the Inverse Kinematics (IK) close form derivation steps using combination of analytical and geometric techniques for the UR robot. The innovative application of this work is used in the precise positioning of puncture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-07 Omar Abdelaziz , Minzhou Luo , Guanwu Jiang , Saixuan Chen