Unbiasedness-constrained least squares state estimation for time-varying systems with missing measurements under round-robin protocol

Y Zhao, X He, L Ma, H Liu - International Journal of Systems …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we present an unbiasedness-constrained approach to deal with the state
estimation issue for a class of time-varying stochastic systems subject to missing …

Ball-catching system using image processing and an omni-directional wheeled mobile robot

ST Kao, MT Ho - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ball-catching system examined in this research, which was composed of an omni-
directional wheeled mobile robot and an image processing system that included a dynamic …

Ev-catcher: High-speed object catching using low-latency event-based neural networks

Z Wang, F Cladera, A Bisulco, D Lee… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Event-based sensors have recently drawn increasing interest in robotic perception due to
their lower latency, higher dynamic range, and lower bandwidth requirements compared to …

Reticular Origami Soft Robotic Gripper for Shape-Adaptive and Bistable Rapid Grasping

N Hou, M Wu, Q Zhao, Z Tang, K Wang, X Xu… - Soft …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The top–down approach in designing and fabricating origami robots could achieve far more
complicated functions with compliant and elegant designs than traditional robots. This study …

Ball catching with omni-directional wheeled mobile robot and active stereo vision

ST Kao, Y Wang, MT Ho - 2017 IEEE 26th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the design and implementation of a visual servo system for catching a
flying ball using an active stereo vision system, a static vision system, and an omni …

Observer based control for paddle juggling with considering ball spin effect

A Nakashima - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the 2-dimensional paddle juggling where a racket hit a ball vertically
and iteratively. The racket rebound model is considered where both the translational and …

Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Vision-Based Table Tennis Juggling Robot

Y Ji, B Zhang, Y Mao, H Wang, X Hu, L Zhang - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper develops a new vision-based robot customized for table tennis juggling tasks.
Specifically, the robot is equipped with two industrial cameras operating as a sensing …

A control design for paddle juggling based on discrete system with racket tracking errors

A Nakashima, D Maki, T Sasayama… - 2022 IEEE/ASME …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the stabilization of the paddle juggling, ie the hitting task of a ball with
a table tennis racket. The rebound phenomenon between the ball and the racket is firstly …

Design and control of cooperative ball juggling delta robots without visual guidance

Z Shareef, V Just, H Teichrieb, A Trächtler - Robotica, 2017 - cambridge.org
Cooperative ball juggling is one of the most difficult tasks when performed through
autonomous robots. States of the ball (position and velocity) play a vital role for the stability …

Hitting flying objects with learning from demonstration

J Chen, S Shen, HYK Lau - 2017 18th International Conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are four main steps in the flying object hitting problem. Firstly, the position and velocity
of the object need to be accurately predicted ahead of time. Secondly, feasible hitting poses …