A humanoid robot that can go up and down stairs, crawl underneath obstacles or simply
walk around requires reliable perceptual capabilities for obtaining accurate and useful …

An environment map building method and an environment map building apparatus can
express the Surrounding embodi ment with a high resolution in the height directionina …

With the development of biped robots, systems became able to navigate in a 3 dimensional
world, walking up and down stairs, or climbing over small obstacles. We present a method …

An important topic in robotics is the design of a robot body using passive mechanical
properties, such as viscoelasticity, to obtain energy-efficient locomotion at low computational …

This work studies locomotion planning of humanoid robots to pass through narrow spaces.
Humanoid robots can alter the style of the locomotion while wheeled robots can not. The …

This paper proposes a method for a humanoid robot to generate 3D model of the
environment using a stereo vision, find a movable space using it and plan feasible …

In order to achieve fully autonomous humanoid navigation, environment perception must be
both fast enough for real-time planning in dynamic environments and robust against …

This paper presents an autonomous planning and control framework for humanoid robots to
climb general ladder-and stair-like structures. The approach consists of two major …

Obstacle avoidance is quite an important issue in the field of legged robotic applications,
such as rescuing and detecting in complicated environment. Most related researchers …

In order to achieve real autonomy, robots have to be able to navigate in completely unknown
environments. Due to the complexity of computer vision algorithms, almost every approach …