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Remote telepresence over large distances via robot avatars: case studies
Mohamed Elobaid, Stefano Dafarra, Ehsan Ranjbari +5
This paper discusses the necessary considerations and adjustments that allow a recently proposed avatar system architecture to be used with different robotic avatar morphologies (b…
Adaptive Non-linear Centroidal MPC with Stability Guarantees for Robust Locomotion of Legged Robots
Mohamed Elobaid, Giulio Turrisi, Lorenzo Rapetti +7
Nonlinear model predictive locomotion controllers based on the reduced centroidal dynamics are nowadays ubiquitous in legged robots. These schemes, even if they assume an inherent…
Touch, press and stroke: a soft capacitive sensor skin
Mirza S. Sarwar, Ryusuke Ishizaki, Kieran Morton +8
Soft sensors that can discriminate shear and normal force could help provide machines the fine control desirable for safe and effective physical interactions with people. A capacit…
A Control Approach for Human-Robot Ergonomic Payload Lifting
Lorenzo Rapetti, Carlotta Sartore, Mohamed Elobaid +5
Collaborative robots can relief human operators from excessive efforts during payload lifting activities. Modelling the human partner allows the design of safe and efficient collab…
Control of Humanoid in Multiple Fixed and Moving Unilateral Contacts
Julien Roux, Saeid Samadi, Eisoku Kuroiwa +2
Enforcing balance of multi-limbed robots in multiple non-coplanar unilateral contact settings is challenging when a subset of such contacts are also induced in motion tasks. The fi…
Shared Control of Robot-Robot Collaborative Lifting with Agent Postural and Force Ergonomic Optimization
Lorenzo Rapetti, Yeshasvi Tirupachuri, Alberto Ranavolo +3
Humans show specialized strategies for efficient collaboration. Transferring similar strategies to humanoid robots can improve their capability to interact with other agents, leadi…