Centauro: A hybrid locomotion and high power resilient manipulation platform

N Kashiri, L Baccelliere, L Muratore… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the development of a large number of mobile manipulation robots, very few
platforms can demonstrate the required strength and mechanical sturdiness to …

Remote mobile manipulation with the centauro robot: Full‐body telepresence and autonomous operator assistance

T Klamt, M Schwarz, C Lenz… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solving mobile manipulation tasks in inaccessible and dangerous environments is an
important application of robots to support humans. Example domains are construction and …

Geometry-aware manipulability learning, tracking, and transfer

N Jaquier, L Rozo, DG Caldwell… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Body posture influences human and robot performance in manipulation tasks, as
appropriate poses facilitate motion or the exertion of force along different axes. In robotics …

Supervised autonomous locomotion and manipulation for disaster response with a centaur-like robot

T Klamt, D Rodriguez, M Schwarz… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile manipulation tasks are one of the key challenges in the field of search and rescue
(SAR) robotics requiring robots with flexible locomotion and manipulation abilities. Since the …

Cartesi/o: A ros based real-time capable cartesian control framework

A Laurenzi, EM Hoffman, L Muratore… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces a framework for the Cartesian control of multi-legged, highly redundant
robots. The proposed framework allows the untrained user to perform complex motion tasks …

An efficient leg with series–parallel and biarticular compliant actuation: design optimization, modeling, and control of the eLeg

W Roozing, Z Ren… - The International Journal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We present the development, modeling, and control of a three-degree-of-freedom
compliantly actuated leg called the eLeg, which employs both series-and parallel-elastic …

Bi-manual articulated robot teleoperation using an external RGB-D range sensor

EJ Rolley-Parnell, D Kanoulas… - … , Robotics and Vision …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an implementation of a bi-manual teleoperation system, controlled
by a human through three-dimensional (3D) skeleton extraction. The input data is given from …

Learning task priorities from demonstrations

J Silvério, S Calinon, L Rozo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bimanual operations in humanoids offer the possibility to carry out more than one
manipulation task at the same time, which in turn introduces the problem of task …

[HTML][HTML] Lyapunov stability of cable-driven manipulators with synthetic fibre cables regulated by non-linear full-state feedback controller

LDMC Dal Verme, D Ludovico, A Pistone, C Canali… - ISA transactions, 2023 - Elsevier
Robotic manipulators provide advantages in working environments regarding efficiency and
safety, which is further increased in the case of elastic joint manipulators, whose mechanical …

Robot control for dummies: Insights and examples using opensot

EM Hoffman, A Rocchi, A Laurenzi… - 2017 IEEE-RAS 17th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present OpenSoT, an open-source, recently developed software library, that
can be used to solve robotics related control problems in a flexible and easy way. OpenSoT …