The next generation of autonomous-legged robots will herald a new era in the fields of
manufacturing, healthcare, terrain exploration, and surveillance. We can expect significant …

Some animals exhibit multi-modal locomotion capability to traverse a wide range of terrains
and environments, such as amphibians that can swim and walk or birds that can fly and …

Despite major advancements in control design that are robust to unplanned disturbances,
bipedal robots are still susceptible to falling over and struggle to negotiate rough terrains. By …

The main contributions of this MS Thesis is centered around taking steps towards successful
multi-modal demonstrations using Northeastern's legged-aerial robot, Husky Carbon. This …

Heavy‐duty hexapod robots have impressive stability, high load‐bearing capacity, and
exceptional adaptability to rugged terrains. They are capable of working in challenging …

Object manipulation has been extensively studied in the context of fixed base and mobile
manipulators. However, the overactuated locomotion modality employed by snake robots …

This research focuses on enabling Northeastern University's Husky, a multi-modal
quadrupedal robot, to navigate narrow paths akin to various animals in nature. The Husky is …

Flying car is a new type of vehicle with high obstacle avoidance ability for urban air traffic
and future smart travel. In order to plan feasible paths for flying cars in urban environments …

Multi-modal mobility in robots can enable versatile, adaptable, and plastic locomotion in
various environments. The additional mode of mobility can allow the robot to perform …

Our work aims to make significant strides in understanding unexplored locomotion control
paradigms based on the integration of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. These …