Agile maneuvers in legged robots: a predictive control approach

C Mastalli, W Merkt, G Xin, J Shim, M Mistry… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Planning and execution of agile locomotion maneuvers have been a longstanding
challenge in legged robotics. It requires to derive motion plans and local feedback policies …

Momentum-aware trajectory optimization and control for agile quadrupedal locomotion

Z Zhou, B Wingo, N Boyd… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present a versatile hierarchical offline planning algorithm, along with an
online control pipeline for agile quadrupedal locomotion. Our offline planner alternates …

Deep imitation learning for humanoid loco-manipulation through human teleoperation

M Seo, S Han, K Sim, SH Bang… - 2023 IEEE-RAS …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We tackle the problem of developing humanoid loco-manipulation skills with deep imitation
learning. The difficulty of collecting task demonstrations and training policies for humanoids …

Dynamic Loco-manipulation on HECTOR: Humanoid for Enhanced ConTrol and Open-source Research

J Li, J Ma, O Kolt, M Shah, Q Nguyen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.11868, 2023 - arxiv.org
Despite their remarkable advancement in locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots
remain challenged by a lack of synchronized loco-manipulation control, hindering their full …

[HTML][HTML] Control and evaluation of a humanoid robot with rolling contact joints on its lower body

SH Bang, C Gonzalez, J Ahn, N Paine… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we introduce a new teen-sized humanoid platform dubbed DRACO 3, custom-
built by Apptronik and altered for practical use by the Human Centered Robotics Laboratory …

Online gain adaptation of whole-body control for legged robots with unknown disturbances

J Lee, J Ahn, D Kim, SH Bang, L Sentis - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper proposes an online gain adaptation approach to enhance the robustness of
whole-body control (WBC) framework for legged robots under unknown external force …

Variable Inertia Model Predictive Control for Fast Bipedal Maneuvers

SH Bang, J Lee, C Gonzalez, L Sentis - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.16811, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper proposes a novel control framework for agile and robust bipedal locomotion,
addressing model discrepancies between full-body and reduced-order models. Specifically …

Mechanical design, planning, and control for legged robots in distillation columns

TG Molnar, K Tighe… - Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Dexterous robots have great potential to execute industrial tasks that are not suited to
humans. In this work, a novel robotic mobility platform is proposed for use in the chemical …

Angular Divergent Component of Motion: A step towards planning Spatial DCM Objectives for Legged Robots

CW Herron, R Schuller, BC Beiter, RJ Griffin… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this work, the Divergent Component of Motion (DCM) method is expanded to include
angular coordinates for the first time. This work introduces the idea of spatial DCM, which …

Adaptive robot climbing with magnetic feet in unknown slippery structure

J Lee, T Bandyopadhyay, L Sentis - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Firm foot contact is the top priority of climbing robots to avoid catastrophic events, especially
when working at height. This study proposes a robust planning and control framework for …