4 papers
Load-Based Variable Transmission Mechanism for Robotic Applications
Sinan Emre, Victor Barasuol, Matteo Villa +1
This paper presents a Load-Based Variable Transmission (LBVT) mechanism designed to enhance robotic actuation by dynamically adjusting the transmission ratio in response to externa…
Load-bearing Assessment for Safe Locomotion of Quadruped Robots on Collapsing Terrain
Vivian S. Medeiros, Giovanni B. Dessy, Thiago Boaventura +3
Collapsing terrains, often present in search and rescue missions or planetary exploration, pose significant challenges for quadruped robots. This paper introduces a robust locomoti…
RAKOMO: Reachability-Aware K-Order Markov Path Optimization for Quadrupedal Loco-Manipulation
Mattia Risiglione, Abdelrahman Abdalla, Victor Barasuol +3
Legged manipulators, such as quadrupeds equipped with robotic arms, require motion planning techniques that account for their complex kinematic constraints in order to perform mani…
Primal-Dual iLQR for GPU-Accelerated Learning and Control in Legged Robots
Lorenzo Amatucci, João Sousa-Pinto, Giulio Turrisi +3
This paper introduces a novel Model Predictive Control (MPC) implementation for legged robot locomotion that leverages GPU parallelization. Our approach enables both temporal and s…