3 papers
cs.RO2025
DRPA-MPPI: Dynamic Repulsive Potential Augmented MPPI for Reactive Navigation in Unstructured Environments
Takahiro Fuke, Masafumi Endo, Kohei Honda +1
Reactive mobile robot navigation in unstructured environments is challenging when robots encounter unexpected obstacles that invalidate previously planned trajectories. Model predi…
cond-mat.soft2024
Snap and Jump: How Elastic Shells Pop Out
Takara Abe, Isamu Hashiguchi, Yukitake Nakahara +5
Grip, walk, crawl, and jump. Soft robots are integrated functional structures composed of compliant mechanisms, whose activity spans various industrial applications such as surgery…
cs.RO2024
Towards Local Minima-free Robotic Navigation: Model Predictive Path Integral Control via Repulsive Potential Augmentation
Takahiro Fuke, Masafumi Endo, Kohei Honda +1
Model-based control is a crucial component of robotic navigation. However, it often struggles with entrapment in local minima due to its inherent nature as a finite, myopic optimiz…