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Design and Control of a Multimodal Legged-Aerial Robot Through Separate Control Contraction Metrics
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Eric Sihite, Alireza Ramezani +1
The integration of dynamic legged locomotion and aerial mobility offers versatility that is deterred by challenges in payload distribution, actuation, and the contrasting requireme…
Dynamic Quadrupedal Legged and Aerial Locomotion via Structure Repurposing
Chenghao Wang, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Shreyansh Pitroda +5
Multi-modal ground-aerial robots have been extensively studied, with a significant challenge lying in the integration of conflicting requirements across different modes of operatio…
Quadratic Programming-Based Posture Manipulation and Thrust-vectoring for Agile Dynamic Walking on Narrow Pathways
Chenghao Wang, Eric Sihite, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy +4
There has been significant advancement in legged robot's agility where they can show impressive acrobatic maneuvers, such as parkour. These maneuvers rely heavily on posture manipu…
Enhanced Capture Point Control Using Thruster Dynamics and QP-Based Optimization for Harpy
Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Taoran Liu +6
Our work aims to make significant strides in understanding unexplored locomotion control paradigms based on the integration of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. These tech…
Conjugate momentum based thruster force estimate in dynamic multimodal robot
Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Taoran Liu +6
In a multi-modal system which combines thruster and legged locomotion such our state-of-the-art Harpy platform to perform dynamic locomotion. Therefore, it is very important to hav…
Quadratic Programming Optimization for Bio-Inspired Thruster-Assisted Bipedal Locomotion on Inclined Slopes
Shreyansh Pitroda, Eric Sihite, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy +5
Our work aims to make significant strides in understanding unexplored locomotion control paradigms based on the integration of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. These tech…
Enabling steep slope walking on Husky using reduced order modeling and quadratic programming
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Eric Sihite, Chenghao Wang +4
Wing-assisted inclined running (WAIR) observed in some young birds, is an attractive maneuver that can be extended to legged aerial systems. This study proposes a control method us…
Optimization free control and ground force estimation with momentum observer for a multimodal legged aerial robot
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang, Shreyansh Pitroda +3
Legged-aerial multimodal robots can make the most of both legged and aerial systems. In this paper, we propose a control framework that bypasses heavy onboard computers by using an…
Thruster-Assisted Incline Walking
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang, Shreyansh Pitroda +5
In this study, our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of thruster-assisted steep slope walking for the Husky Carbon, a quadrupedal robot equipped with custom-designed actuators a…
Narrow-Path, Dynamic Walking Using Integrated Posture Manipulation and Thrust Vectoring
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Chenghao Wang, Shreyansh Pitroda +5
This research concentrates on enhancing the navigational capabilities of Northeastern Universitys Husky, a multi-modal quadrupedal robot, that can integrate posture manipulation an…
Towards dynamic Narrow path walking on NU's Husky
Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy
This research focuses on enabling Northeastern University's Husky, a multi-modal quadrupedal robot, to navigate narrow paths akin to various animals in nature. The Husky is equippe…
How Strong a Kick Should be to Topple Northeastern's Tumbling Robot?
Adarsh Salagame, Neha Bhattachan, Andre Caetano +16
Rough terrain locomotion has remained one of the most challenging mobility questions. In 2022, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program invited US academic institutions t…
A Letter on Progress Made on Husky Carbon: A Legged-Aerial, Multi-modal Platform
Adarsh Salagame, Shoghair Manjikian, Chenghao Wang +8
Animals, such as birds, widely use multi-modal locomotion by combining legged and aerial mobility with dominant inertial effects. The robotic biomimicry of this multi-modal locomot…