Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) with appendage repurposing for locomotion plasticity enhancement

E Sihite, A Kalantari, R Nemovi, A Ramezani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Robot designs can take many inspirations from nature, where there are many examples of
highly resilient and fault-tolerant locomotion strategies to navigate complex terrains by …

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 …

Learning robust autonomous navigation and locomotion for wheeled-legged robots

J Lee, M Bjelonic, A Reske, L Wellhausen, T Miki… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Autonomous wheeled-legged robots have the potential to transform logistics systems,
improving operational efficiency and adaptability in urban environments. Navigating urban …

Do robots outperform humans in human-centered domains?

R Riener, L Rabezzana, Y Zimmermann - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The incessant progress of robotic technology and rationalization of human manpower
induces high expectations in society, but also resentment and even fear. In this paper, we …

Control strategy of stable walking for a hexapod wheel-legged robot

Z Chen, S Wang, J Wang, K Xu, T Lei, H Zhang… - ISA transactions, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a legged stable walking control strategy based on multi-sensor
information feedback about BIT-NAZA-II, a large load parallel hexapod wheel-legged robot …

Offline motion libraries and online MPC for advanced mobility skills

M Bjelonic, R Grandia, M Geilinger… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We describe an optimization-based framework to perform complex locomotion skills for
robots with legs and wheels. The generation of complex motions over a long-time horizon …

Towards hybrid gait obstacle avoidance for a six wheel-legged robot with payload transportation

Z Chen, J Li, J Wang, S Wang, J Zhao, J Li - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigates a novel hybrid gait obstacle-avoidance control strategy based on a
perception system for the six wheel-legged robot (BIT-6NAZA) in uneven terrain. This robot …

Rolling in the deep–hybrid locomotion for wheeled-legged robots using online trajectory optimization

M Bjelonic, PK Sankar, CD Bellicoso… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wheeled-legged robots have the potential for highly agile and versatile locomotion. The
combination of legs and wheels might be a solution for any real-world application requiring …

[HTML][HTML] Heap-the autonomous walking excavator

D Jud, S Kerscher, M Wermelinger, E Jelavic… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The demand and the potential for automation in the construction sector is unmatched,
particularly for increasing environmental sustainability, improving worker safety and …

Whole-body mpc and online gait sequence generation for wheeled-legged robots

M Bjelonic, R Grandia, O Harley… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our paper proposes a model predictive controller as a single-task formulation that
simultaneously optimizes wheel and torso motions. This online joint velocity and ground …