A review on locomotion robophysics: the study of movement at the intersection of robotics, soft matter and dynamical systems

J Aguilar, T Zhang, F Qian, M Kingsbury… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Discovery of fundamental principles which govern and limit effective locomotion (self-
propulsion) is of intellectual interest and practical importance. Human technology has …

Mixed-integer programming in motion planning

D Ioan, I Prodan, S Olaru, F Stoican… - Annual Reviews in Control, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of past and present results and approaches in the area of
motion planning using MIP (Mixed-integer Programming). Although in the early 2000s MIP …

Perceptive locomotion through nonlinear model-predictive control

R Grandia, F Jenelten, S Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic locomotion in rough terrain requires accurate foot placement, collision avoidance,
and planning of the underactuated dynamics of the system. Reliably optimizing for such …

Motion planning around obstacles with convex optimization

T Marcucci, M Petersen, D von Wrangel, R Tedrake - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
From quadrotors delivering packages in urban areas to robot arms moving in confined
warehouses, motion planning around obstacles is a core challenge in modern robotics …

Geometrically constrained trajectory optimization for multicopters

Z Wang, X Zhou, C Xu, F Gao - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present an optimization-based framework for multicopter trajectory
planning subject to geometrical configuration constraints and user-defined dynamic …

Graph‐based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots

T Dang, M Tranzatto, S Khattak… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous exploration of subterranean environments remains a major challenge for
robotic systems. In response, this paper contributes a novel graph‐based subterranean …

Optimization-based locomotion planning, estimation, and control design for the atlas humanoid robot

S Kuindersma, R Deits, M Fallon, A Valenzuela… - Autonomous …, 2016 - Springer
This paper describes a collection of optimization algorithms for achieving dynamic planning,
control, and state estimation for a bipedal robot designed to operate reliably in complex …

Planning dynamically feasible trajectories for quadrotors using safe flight corridors in 3-d complex environments

S Liu, M Watterson, K Mohta, K Sun… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is extensive literature on using convex optimization to derive piece-wise polynomial
trajectories for controlling differential flat systems with applications to three-dimensional …

Multi-robot formation control and object transport in dynamic environments via constrained optimization

J Alonso-Mora, S Baker, D Rus - The International Journal …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We present a constrained optimization method for multi-robot formation control in dynamic
environments, where the robots adjust the parameters of the formation, such as size and …

Search-based motion planning for quadrotors using linear quadratic minimum time control

S Liu, N Atanasov, K Mohta… - 2017 IEEE/RSJ …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we propose a search-based planning method to compute dynamically feasible
trajectories for a quadrotor flying in an obstacle-cluttered environment. Our approach …