16 papers
Light-Loco-Parkour: Versatile Perceptive Whole-Body Locomotion via Multi-Skill Distillation
Hongming Chen, Zhuoran Li, Hongxi Wang +9
Existing humanoid whole-body control systems still fall short of the way humans move through cluttered terrain: they either track expressive whole-body references without terrain g…
FlyAware: Inertia-Aware Aerial Manipulation via Vision-Based Estimation and Post-Grasp Adaptation
Biyu Ye, Na Fan, Zhengping Fan +4
Aerial manipulators (AMs) are gaining increasing attention in automated transportation and emergency services due to their superior dexterity compared to conventional multirotor dr…
Design and Implementation of a High-Precision Wind-Estimation UAV with Onboard Sensors
Haowen Yu, Na Fan, Xing Liu +1
Accurate real-time wind vector estimation is essential for enhancing the safety, navigation accuracy, and energy efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Traditional approach…
COMET: A Dual Swashplate Autonomous Coaxial Bi-copter AAV with High-Maneuverability and Long-Endurance
Shuai Wang, Xiaoming Tang, Junning Liang +5
Coaxial bi-copter autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) have garnered attention due to their potential for improved rotor system efficiency and compact form factor. However, balancing…
Threat-Aware UAV Dodging of Human-Thrown Projectiles with an RGB-D Camera
Yuying Zhang, Na Fan, Haowen Zheng +4
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) performing tasks such as transportation and aerial photography are vulnerable to intentional projectile attacks from humans. Dodging such a sudden a…
Head Stabilization for Wheeled Bipedal Robots via Force-Estimation-Based Admittance Control
Tianyu Wang, Chunxiang Yan, Xuanhong Liao +6
Wheeled bipedal robots are emerging as flexible platforms for field exploration. However, head instability induced by uneven terrain can degrade the accuracy of onboard sensors or…