The assembly, inspection, and maintenance requirements of permanent installations in
space demand robotic agents that provide a high level of operational flexibility relative to the …

This paper presents a novel robotic arm system, named PAPRAS (Plug-And-Play Robotic
Arm System). PAPRAS consists of a portable robotic arm (s), docking mount (s), and …

This paper presents Team NEDO-JSK's approach to the development of novel humanoid
platform for disaster response through participation to DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals …

Major rule changes for the RoboCup Humanoid League in 2015 pose significant vision and
locomotion challenges for disambiguating similarly colored objects and navigating soft …

In the last issue of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, we talked about a number of
different robots running the robot operating system (ROS). In this issue, we are going to …

Abstract Participating in the RoboCup Rescue Real Robot League competition for
approximately 5 years, the members of Team Hector Darmstadt have always focused on …

How DARPA structures its robotics programs to improve locomotion and navigation Page 1
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM November 2007/Vol. 50, No. 11 55 LOCOMOTION AND …

The interaction between humans and robots is undergoing an evolution. Progress in this
evolution means that humans are close to robustly deploying multiple robots. Urban search …

Planetary exploration scenarios illustrate the need for autonomous robots that are capable
to operate in unknown environments without direct human interaction. At the DARPA …

Robotic research has recently undergone a paradigm shift as robots have switched from
fixed factory floors to more mobile based platforms. This shift has presented many new …