Robotic technologies, whether they are remotely operated vehicles, autonomous agents,
assistive devices, or novel control interfaces, offer many promising capabilities for …

This paper serves as one of the first efforts to enable large-scale and long-duration
autonomy using the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. Motivated by exploring extreme …

This paper introduces a new four-limbed robot, LEMUR 3, that has demonstrated climbing
on cliff faces and smooth glass. Each limb on the robot consists of seven identical actuators …

Underactuated, compliant, tendon-driven robotic hands are suited for deep-sea exploration.
The robust Ocean One hand design utilizes elastic finger joints and a spring transmission to …

Humanoid robots are challenging mechatronics structures with several interesting features.
Choosing a humanoid robot to develop applications or pursue research in a given direction …

Deep space exploration missions have received a lot of attention in the world, such as the
moon, Mars, asteroids for scientific observation and human activities. Recently, not only …

In this work we propose a learning-based approach to box loco-manipulation for a
humanoid robot. This is a particularly challenging problem due to the need for whole-body …

Robotic avatars promise immersive teleoperation with human-like manipulation and
communication capabilities. We present such an avatar system, based on the key …

Robotic teleoperation is a key technology for a wide variety of applications. It allows sending
robots instead of humans in remote, possibly dangerous locations while still using the …

Robotic avatar systems can enable immersive telepresence with locomotion, manipulation,
and communication capabilities. We present such an avatar system, based on the key …