Motor primitives are fundamental building blocks of a controller which enable dynamic robot
behavior with minimal high-level intervention. By treating motor primitives as basic …

Manipulating flexible and underactuated objects, such as a whip, remains a significant
challenge in robotics. Remarkably, humans can skillfully manipulate such objects to achieve …

Whip targeting (to hit) is a challenging motor control task owing to movement rapidness (<
1.5 s) and accuracy, as well as tool flexibility. A learning-based arm control framework is …

This paper presents a learning-based control framework for fast (< 1.5 s) and accurate
manipulation of a flexible object, ie, whip targeting. The framework consists of a motion …

Whip targeting (to hit) is a challenging motor control task owing to movement rapidness
(<1.5\s) and accuracy, as well as tool flexibility. A learning-based arm control framework is …

A. Participants and Data Collection Five volunteers participated in a study at Northeastern
University, manipulating a 3D-printed whip to hit two targets placed at different heights. The …