To extend planetary exploration beyond the current limitations of wheeled vehicles while
preserving reliability, simplicity, and efficiency, actuation can be judiciously incorporated into …

Ground mobile robots operating in outdoor environments face multiple challenges, being
overcoming obstacles on uneven terrain a prominent one. This challenging task has been …

Driving energy consumption plays a major role in the navigation of mobile robots in
challenging environments, especially if they are left to operate unattended under limited on …

Earthquake and other disasters nowadays still threat people's lives and property due to their
destructiveness and unpredictability. The past decades have seen the booming …

This article presents the design, control, and implementation of a new compliant wheel-on-
leg robot, named Complios. This robot is able to spontaneously adapt its configuration while …

In this paper, we propose a parallel six-wheel-legged robot that can traverse irregular terrain
while carrying objectives to do heavy-duty work. This robot is equipped with six Stewart …

Automation of heavy-duty vehicles using technologies developed in the robotics domain is
gaining popularity. One such vehicle is the walking excavator with active suspension …

The zero moment point (ZMP) is a measure for realizing dynamic motion in legged robots.
An important concern in ZMP-based motion control is the measurement of the ZMP itself …

AUTONOMOUS mobile robots (AMRs) are well-suited to explore challenging off-road
environments. From mining, search and rescue activities, nuclear plants' inspections …

Object transportation by an assistive tracked robot equipped with an arm constitutes a way to
palliate the autonomy loss of people suffering from cognitive or motor impairments. As …