Mobile manipulators that combine base mobility with the dexterity of an articulated
manipulator have gained popularity in numerous applications ranging from manufacturing …

A kitchen assistant needs to operate human-scale objects, such as cabinets and ovens, in
unmapped environments with dynamic obstacles. Autonomous interactions in such …

Industry 4.0 demands the heavy usage of robotic mobile manipulators with high autonomy
and intelligence. The goal is to accomplish dexterous manipulation tasks without prior …

Mobile Manipulation (MM) systems are ideal candidates for taking up the role of personal
assistants in unstructured real-world environments. Among other challenges, Mobile …

Hand layup is a commonly used process for making composite structures from several plies
of carbon-fiber prepreg. The process involves multiple human operators manipulating and …

Mobile manipulation tasks remain one of the critical challenges for the widespread adoption
of autonomous robots in both service and industrial scenarios. While planning approaches …

Team ViGIR entered the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) with a focus on
developing software to enable an operator to guide a humanoid robot through the series of …

Mobile manipulation tasks require a seamless integration of navigation and manipulation
capabilities. Finding suitable robot placements to pick up and place objects in such tasks is …

Successfully completing a complex manufacturing task requires finding a feasible placement
of the workpiece in the robot workspace. The workpiece placement should be such that the …

With the development of the robotic technology, Autonomous Mobile Manipulator (AMM) is
increasingly used in more applications. Reasonable motion planning for AMM to maintain …