Catching objects in flight

S Kim, A Shukla, A Billard - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address the difficult problem of catching in-flight objects with uneven shapes. This
requires the solution of three complex problems: accurate prediction of the trajectory of …

Multipass optimal FIR filtering for processes with unknown initial states and temporary mismatches

S Zhao, YS Shmaliy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the multipass optimal finite impulse response (OFIR) filtering approach is
developed for industrial processes with unknown initial conditions under temporary model …

Kinematically optimal catching a flying ball with a hand-arm-system

B Bäuml, T Wimböck, G Hirzinger - 2010 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A robotic ball-catching system built from a multi-purpose 7-DOF lightweight arm (DLR-LWR-
III) and a 12 DOF four-fingered hand (DLR-Hand-II) is presented. Other than in previous …

Trajectory planning for optimal robot catching in real-time

R Lampariello, D Nguyen-Tuong… - … on Robotics and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many real-world tasks require fast planning of highly dynamic movements for their execution
in real-time. The success often hinges on quickly finding one of the few plans that can …

Learning table tennis with a mixture of motor primitives

K Muelling, J Kober, J Peters - 2010 10th IEEE-RAS …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Table tennis is a sufficiently complex motor task for studying complete skill learning systems.
It consists of several elementary motions and requires fast movements, accurate control, and …

Robotic ball catching with an eye-in-hand single-camera system

P Cigliano, V Lippiello, F Ruggiero… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a unified control framework is proposed to realize a robotic ball catching task
with only a moving single-camera (eye-in-hand) system able to catch flying, rolling, and …

DLR hand II: Experiments and experience with an anthropomorphic hand

C Borst, M Fischer, S Haidacher, H Liu… - … on robotics and …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At our institute, two generations of antropomorphic hands have been designed. In quite a
few experiments and demonstrations we could show the abilities of our hands and gain a lot …

Design and experiences with DLR hand II

J Butterfass, M Fischer, M Grebenstein… - Proceedings World …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we presents the design of the dexterous DLR Hand II and experiments
performed with it so far. In various experiments and demonstrations we could show the …

Playing catch and juggling with a humanoid robot

J Kober, M Glisson, M Mistry - 2012 12th IEEE-RAS …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Entertainment robots in theme park environments typically do not allow for physical
interaction and contact with guests. However, catching and throwing back objects is one …

Catching flying balls and preparing coffee: Humanoid rollin'justin performs dynamic and sensitive tasks

B Bäuml, F Schmidt, T Wimböck… - … on Robotics and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mobile humanoid Rollin'Justin is a versatile experimental platform for research in
manipulation tasks. Previously, different state of the art control methods and first …