A general method for kinematic retargeting: Adapting poses between humans and robots

T Tosun, R Mead, R Stengel - ASME …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a method for kinematic retargeting that is general to a broad class of
kinematic chains. Kinematic retargeting is the adaptation of a pose or motion from one …

Role of compliance on the locomotion of a reconfigurable modular snake robot

M Vespignani, K Melo, S Bonardi… - 2015 IEEE/RSJ …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the results of a study on the effect of in-series compliance on the
locomotion of a simulated 8-DoF Lola-OP™ Modular Snake Robot with added compliant …

An experimental study on the role of compliant elements on the locomotion of the self-reconfigurable modular robots Roombots

M Vespignani, E Senft, S Bonardi… - 2013 IEEE/RSJ …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the results of a study on the exploitation of compliance in structures
made of self-reconfigurable modular robots-Roombots. This research was driven by the …

Challenges in the locomotion of self-reconfigurable modular robots

M Vespignani - 2015 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Abstract Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots (SRMRs) are assemblies of autonomous
robotic units, referred to as modules, joined together using active connection mechanisms …