Overcoming barriers and increasing independence–service robots for elderly and disabled people

M Hersh - International Journal of Advanced Robotic …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper discusses the potential of assistive service robots to support disabled and elderly
people. It shows that they have considerable untapped potential in this area, but also that …

Quadrupedal locomotion using hierarchical operational space control

M Hutter, H Sommer, C Gehring… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the application of operational space control based on hierarchical task
optimization for quadrupedal locomotion. We show how the behavior of a complex robotic …

Constrained multilegged robot system modeling and fuzzy control with uncertain kinematics and dynamics incorporating foot force optimization

Z Li, S Xiao, SS Ge, H Su - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the optimal distribution of feet forces and control of multilegged robots
with uncertainties in both kinematics and dynamics. First, a constrained dynamics for …

Symmetries in observer design: Review of some recent results and applications to EKF-based SLAM

S Bonnabel - Robot Motion and Control 2011, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, we first review the theory of symmetry-preserving observers and we mention
some recent results. Then, we apply the theory to Extended Kalman Filter-based …

Contact-force distribution optimization and control for quadruped robots using both gradient and adaptive neural networks

Z Li, SS Ge, S Liu - IEEE transactions on neural networks and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates optimal feet forces' distribution and control of quadruped robots
under external disturbance forces. First, we formulate a constrained dynamics of quadruped …

[PDF][PDF] StarlETH & Co.: Design and control of legged robots with compliant actuation

M Hutter - 2013 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The present dissertation addresses the design and control of a quadrupedal robot that
achieves locomotion skills ranging from static walking to dynamic running. By combining …

Dynamic modeling, stability and energy consumption analysis of a realistic six-legged walking robot

SS Roy, DK Pratihar - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper deals with a detailed analysis on kinematics, dynamics, stability and energy
consumption of a realistic six-legged robot. The aim of this study is to extend a previous work …

Hybrid operational space control for compliant legged systems

M Hutter, MA Hoepflinger, C Gehring, M Bloesch… - 2013 - direct.mit.edu
This paper introduces the concept of hybrid operational space control, a method that unifies
kinematic tracking of individual joints with an inverse dynamics task space controller for the …

Development of a walking machine: mechanical design and control problems

T Zielinska, J Heng - Mechatronics, 2002 - Elsevier
This paper describes: a novel design of the leg drive mechanism, hardware architecture and
the leg control method for a walking machine being developed to study various walking gait …

Modeling and effective foot force distribution for the legs of a quadruped robot

P Biswal, PK Mohanty - Robotica, 2021 - cambridge.org
This paper presents the detailed dynamic modeling of a quadruped robot. The forward and
inverse kinematic analysis of each leg of the proposed model is deduced using Denavit …