With the increasing complexity of robotic missions and the development towards long-term
autonomous systems, the need for multi-modal sensing of the environment increases. Until …

Tactile sensors, because of their intrinsic insensitivity to lighting conditions and water
turbidity, provide promising opportunities for augmenting the capabilities of vision sensors in …

This chapter will review the SCORPION robot project (Kirchner et al., 2002). The goal of the
SCORPION robot project was the development of a very robust eight-legged robot, which is …

This paper describes the mechanical design of the ARAMIES integration study, a four
legged robot. It combines newly developed electronic, mechanical, and software …

Propulsion in the lamprey, an eel-like fish, is governed by activity in its spinal neural network
(called a central pattern generator (CPG)). This CPG is simulated, in accordance with …

Surveys of the moon and Mars are important missions in space exploration. The rovers
which are exploration robots moving on the ground work in these exploration missions. They …

A novel ultrasonic ranging system based on the self-correlation of pseudo-random
sequence is designed in this paper. Modular design is applied in this ultrasonic ranging …

In this study, a walking method that prevents a fall of the planetary exploration-legged rover
is proposed. In the proposed walking method, the leg is sunk by giving vibration to the …

Abstract Service robotics is one of the main priority areas of research in the robotics and
automation field. The application of these robots for service tasks (personal assistance …