Learning to manipulate a whip with simple primitive actions–A simulation study

MC Nah, A Krotov, M Russo, D Sternad, N Hogan - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
This simulation study investigated whether a 4-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) arm could strike a
target with a 50-DOF whip using a motion profile similar to discrete human movements. The …

Exploring motor skill acquisition in bimanual coordination: insights from navigating a novel maze task

M Cienfuegos, J Maycock, A Naceri, T Düsterhus… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
In this study, we introduce a novel maze task designed to investigate naturalistic motor
learning in bimanual coordination. We developed and validated an extended set of …

Body mechanics, optimality, and sensory feedback in the human control of complex objects

RS Razavian, M Sadeghi, S Bazzi, R Nayeem… - Neural …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Humans are adept at a wide variety of motor skills, including the handling of complex objects
and using tools. Advances to understand the control of voluntary goal-directed movements …

Motor learning mechanisms are not modified by feedback manipulations in a real-world task

F Nardi, AA Faisal, S Haar - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Error-based and reward-based mechanisms of motor learning co-occur in real-world
scenarios but are traditionally isolated in laboratory tasks via feedback manipulations. This …

Memory, perceptual, and motor costs affect the strength of categorical encoding during motor learning of object properties

E Cesanek, JR Flanagan, DM Wolpert - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nearly all tasks of daily life involve skilled object manipulation, and successful manipulation
requires knowledge of object dynamics. We recently developed a motor learning paradigm …

Predictive Strategies for the Control of Complex Motor Skills: Recent Insights into Individual and Joint Actions

M Russo, A Maselli, D Sternad, G Pezzulo - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Humans can perform exquisite sensorimotor skills, both individually and in teams, from
athletes performing rhythmic gymnastics to everyday tasks like carrying a cup of coffee. The" …

Finding the rhythm: Humans exploit nonlinear intrinsic dynamics of compliant systems in periodic interaction tasks

A Schmidt, M Forano, A Sachtler… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Activities like ball bouncing and trampoline jumping showcase the human ability to intuitively
tune to system dynamics and excite motions that the system prefers intrinsically. This human …

Human-Inspired Control of a Whip: Preparatory Movements Improve Hitting a Target

M Edraki, R Lokesh, A Krotov… - 2024 10th IEEE RAS …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manipulating flexible and underactuated objects, such as a whip, remains a significant
challenge in robotics. Remarkably, humans can skillfully manipulate such objects to achieve …

[PDF][PDF] A Learning-based Control Framework for Human-like Whip Targeting

X Xiong - IEEE, 2024 - portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk
Whip targeting (to hit) is a challenging motor control task owing to movement rapidness (<
1.5 s) and accuracy, as well as tool flexibility. A learning-based arm control framework is …

A Learning-based Control Framework for Fast and Accurate Manipulation of a Flexible Object

J Wang, X Xiong, S Tolu, SN Gorb - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a learning-based control framework for fast (< 1.5 s) and accurate
manipulation of a flexible object, ie, whip targeting. The framework consists of a motion …