4 papers
Draft: A Parametric Tool for Robot Design Exploration
David Nguyen, Marcelo Coelho, Sangbae Kim
Robot performance is often limited by the cost of iterating on morphology and control together, since every computer-aided design (CAD) change has to be carried into a simulation-r…
Whole Body Model Predictive Control for Spin-Aware Quadrupedal Table Tennis
David Nguyen, Zulfiqar Zaidi, Kevin Karol +2
Developing table tennis robots that mirror human speed, accuracy, and ability to predict and respond to the full range of ball spins remains a significant challenge for legged robo…
High Speed Robotic Table Tennis Swinging Using Lightweight Hardware with Model Predictive Control
David Nguyen, Kendrick D. Cancio, Sangbae Kim
We present a robotic table tennis platform that achieves a variety of hit styles and ball-spins with high precision, power, and consistency. This is enabled by a custom lightweight…
Team Northeastern's Approach to ANA XPRIZE Avatar Final Testing: A Holistic Approach to Telepresence and Lessons Learned
Rui Luo, Chunpeng Wang, Colin Keil +7
This paper reports on Team Northeastern's Avatar system for telepresence, and our holistic approach to meet the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Final testing task requirements. The system featur…