Practical robot designs must strike a compromise between fabrication/manufacture cost and
anticipated execution performance. Compared to parsimonious designs, more capable (and …

The contemporary era struggles with the intricate challenge of designing “complex systems”.
These systems are characterized by intricate webs of interactions that interlace their …

This paper discusses the integration challenges and strategies for designing mobile robots,
by focusing on the task-driven, optimal selection of hardware and software to balance safety …

Whether a robot can perform some specific task depends on several aspects, including the
robot's sensors and the plans it possesses. We are interested in search algorithms that treat …

This paper aims to improve the practical scalability of automated tools to assist in designing
robots. Such problems rapidly become intractable because the underlying design space is …

Recent advancements in real-time brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) promise to enhance
surgical precision and patient outcomes by decoding neural signals. However, their clinical …