In this text we look to the past to two distinct strands of research into autonomous robots,
evolutionary robotics and humanoid robot research, and how these strands are now …

Motional stability and robustness play a very important role mainly in bipedal robots,
especially if it is connected with a dynamic environment, where many motion changes are …

This article presents a novel approach for motion pattern generation for humanoid robots
combining the intuitive specification via key frames and the robustness of a ZMP stability …

The paper presents designing and optimization of key-frame based kick skills for bipedal
robots. The kicks, evolved via evolutionary algorithms, allow a humanoid robot to kick in …

Static motions enable humanoid robots to solve static problems where a dynamic solution
would not provide noteworthy benefits. The most popular technique to create static motions …

In this thesis, a dynamic motion for kicking a ball is designed and implemented. The kick is
implemented and tested on the NAO robotic system, a humanoid robot that is used in the …