Adaptive tensegrity locomotion: Controlling a compliant icosahedron with symmetry-reduced reinforcement learning

D Surovik, K Wang, M Vespignani… - … journal of robotics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Tensegrity robots, which are prototypical examples of hybrid soft–rigid robots, exhibit
dynamical properties that provide ruggedness and adaptability. They also bring about …

Kinodynamic planning for spherical tensegrity locomotion with effective gait primitives

Z Littlefield, D Surovik, M Vespignani… - … journal of robotics …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Tensegrity-based robots can achieve locomotion through shape deformation and
compliance. They are highly adaptable to their surroundings, and are lightweight, low cost …

Any-axis tensegrity rolling via symmetry-reduced reinforcement learning

D Surovik, J Bruce, K Wang, M Vespignani… - Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2020 - Springer
Tensegrity rovers incorporate design principles that give rise to many desirable properties,
such as adaptability and robustness, while also creating challenges in terms of locomotion …

Any-axis tensegrity rolling via bootstrapped learning and symmetry reduction

D Surovik, J Bruce, K Wang, M Vespignani… - International Symposium …, 2018 - par.nsf.gov
Tensegrity rovers incorporate design principles that give rise to many desirable properties,
such as adaptability and robustness, while also creating challenges in terms of locomotion …

Discovering a library of rhythmic gaits for spherical tensegrity locomotion

C Rennie, KE Bekris - 2018 IEEE International Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tensegrity robots, which combine both rigid and soft elements, provide exciting new
locomotion capabilities but introduce significant control challenges given their high …

Adaptive tensegrity locomotion on rough terrain via reinforcement learning

D Surovik, K Wang, KE Bekris - arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10710, 2018 - arxiv.org
The dynamical properties of tensegrity robots give them appealing ruggedness and
adaptability, but present major challenges with respect to locomotion control. Due to high …

Closing the Reality Gap for Controlling Tensegrity Robots via Differentiable Physics Engines

K Wang - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Tensegrity robots, a kind of soft robots that are composed of rigid rods and flexible cables,
are difficult to accurately model and control given the presence of complex dynamics and …

[图书][B] Efficient and asymptotically optimal kinodynamic motion planning

Z Littlefield - 2020 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation explores properties of motion planners that build tree data structures in a
robot's state space. Sampling-based tree planners are especially useful for planning for …

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M Cana - 2010 - academia.edu
Dissertation Director: Dr. Marija Dalbello This qualitative study provides an understanding of
the role of self-archived disciplinary open access repositories in the cultural configuration of …