Tools for simulating humanoid robot dynamics: a survey based on user feedback

S Ivaldi, J Peters, V Padois… - 2014 IEEE-RAS …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of tools for dynamics simulation has grown substantially in the last few years.
Humanoid robots, in particular, make extensive use of such tools for a variety of applications …

Convex and analytically-invertible dynamics with contacts and constraints: Theory and implementation in mujoco

E Todorov - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a full-featured simulation pipeline implemented in the MuJoCo physics engine.
It includes multi-joint dynamics in generalized coordinates, holonomic constraints, dry joint …

Tools for dynamics simulation of robots: a survey based on user feedback

S Ivaldi, V Padois, F Nori - arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.7050, 2014 - arxiv.org
The number of tools for dynamics simulation has grown in the last years. It is necessary for
the robotics community to have elements to ponder which of the available tools is the best …

Robust pivoting manipulation using contact implicit bilevel optimization

Y Shirai, DK Jha… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Generalizable manipulation requires that robots be able to interact with novel objects and
environment. This requirement makes manipulation extremely challenging as a robot has to …

On the similarities and differences among contact models in robot simulation

PC Horak, JC Trinkle - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past several decades, as affordable computational power has increased,
simulation has become increasingly important in robot analysis, planning, and control …

Physically consistent state estimation and system identification for contacts

S Kolev, E Todorov - 2015 IEEE-RAS 15th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Successful model based control relies heavily on proper system identification and accurate
state estimation. We present a framework for solving these problems in the context of robotic …

A survey on snake robot locomotion

G Seeja, ASA Doss, VB Hency - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Snake robots have been a topic of discussion among researchers for decades. They are
potentially strong enough to bring substantial contributions to the fields which are …

Predictable behavior during contact simulation: a comparison of selected physics engines

SJ Chung, N Pollard - Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Contact behaviors in physics simulations are important for real‐time interactive applications,
especially in virtual reality applications where user's body parts are tracked and interact with …

Chance-constrained optimization in contact-rich systems for robust manipulation

Y Shirai, DK Jha, A Raghunathan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a chance-constrained formulation for robust trajectory optimization
during manipulation. In particular, we present a chance-constrained optimization for …

Robust pivoting: Exploiting frictional stability using bilevel optimization

Y Shirai, DK Jha, AU Raghunathan… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Generalizable manipulation requires that robots be able to interact with novel objects and
environment. This requirement makes manipulation extremely challenging as a robot has to …