Advancements in humanoid robots: A comprehensive review and future prospects

Y Tong, H Liu, Z Zhang - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the current status, advancements, and future
prospects of humanoid robots, highlighting their significance in driving the evolution of next …

Optimization-based control for dynamic legged robots

PM Wensing, M Posa, Y Hu, A Escande… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a world designed for legs, quadrupeds, bipeds, and humanoids have the opportunity to
impact emerging robotics applications from logistics, to agriculture, to home assistance. The …

Online non-linear centroidal mpc for humanoid robot locomotion with step adjustment

G Romualdi, S Dafarra, G L'Erario… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a Non-Linear Model Predictive Controller for humanoid robot
locomotion with online step adjustment capabilities. The proposed controller considers the …

Dynamic complementarity conditions and whole-body trajectory optimization for humanoid robot locomotion

S Dafarra, G Romualdi, D Pucci - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a planner to generate walking trajectories by using the centroidal
dynamics and the full kinematics of a humanoid robot. The interaction between the robot and …

Design, development, and analysis of the lower body of next-generation 3D-printed humanoid research platform: PANDORA

AJ Fuge, CW Herron, BC Beiter, B Kalita, A Leonessa - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
The main contribution of this paper is the design and development of the lower body of
PANDORA (3D-Printed Autonomous humaNoid Developed for Open-source Research …

ImitationNet: Unsupervised Human-to-Robot Motion Retargeting via Shared Latent Space

Y Yan, EV Mascaro, D Lee - 2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a novel deep-learning approach for human-to-robot motion
retargeting, enabling robots to mimic human poses accurately. Contrary to prior deep …

Optimal configurations for stiffness and compliance in human & robot arms

J Woolfrey, A Ajoudani, W Lu, L Natale - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Research in neurophysiology has shown that humans are able to adapt the mechanical
stiffness at the hand in order to resist disturbances. This has served as inspiration for …

Learning to Walk and Fly with Adversarial Motion Priors

G L'Erario, D Hanover, A Romero… - 2024 IEEE/RSJ …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot multimodal locomotion encompasses the ability to transition between walking and
flying, representing a significant challenge in robotics. This work presents an approach that …

Simultaneous action recognition and human whole-body motion and dynamics prediction from wearable sensors

K Darvish, S Ivaldi, D Pucci - 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel approach to solve simultaneously the problems of human
activity recognition and whole-body motion and dynamics prediction for real-time …

Fast Direct Optimal Control for Humanoids Based on Dynamics Representation in FPC Latent Space

S Shimizu, K Ayusawa… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study introduces a novel approach to Humanoid Robot Motion Generation using
Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) within the framework of Direct Optimal …