The paper presents a model-based approach to developing robotic system controllers.
Central to this approach is a parameterised meta-model that describes the generic robotic …

The complexity of today's robot control systems implies difficulty in developing them
efficiently and reliably. Systems engineering (SE) and frameworks come to help. The …

Robots, in contrast to typical computational systems, affect the physical environment directly.
Therefore, other assumptions must be considered for task management procedures in these …

This paper addresses the problem of grasped object weight compensation in the one-
handed manipulation of impedance controlled robots. In an exemplary identification …

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is an integrated clinical process to evaluate
frail elderly people in order to create therapy plans that improve their quality and quantity of …

Robotic System Specification Language (RSSL) stems from the embodied agent approach
to robotic system design. It enables the specification of both the structure and activities of a …

Social robots' software is commonly tested in a simula‐tion due to the safety and
convenience reasons as well as an environment configuration repeatability assurance. An …

Modern robot applications benefit from including variable stiffness actuators (VSA) in the
kinematic chain. In this paper, we focus on VSA utilizing a magnetic spring made of two …

Authoring meaningful crowds to populate a virtual city can be a cumbersome, time-
consuming and an error-prone task. In this work, we present a new framework for authoring …

The current research standards in robotics demand general approaches to robots'
controllers development. In the assistive robotics domain, the human-machine interaction …