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Quadrupeds for Planetary Exploration: Field Testing Control Algorithms on an Active Volcano
Shubham Vyas, Franek Stark, Rohit Kumar +6
Missions such as the Ingenuity helicopter have shown the advantages of using novel locomotion modes to increase the scientific return of planetary exploration missions. Legged robo…
An adaptive hierarchical control framework for quadrupedal robots in planetary exploration
Franek Stark, Rohit Kumar, Shubham Vyas +6
Planetary exploration missions require robots capable of navigating extreme and unknown environments. While wheeled rovers have dominated past missions, their mobility is limited t…
Evolutionary Continuous Adaptive RL-Powered Co-Design for Humanoid Chin-Up Performance
Tianyi Jin, Melya Boukheddimi, Rohit Kumar +2
Humanoid robots have seen significant advancements in both design and control, with a growing emphasis on integrating these aspects to enhance overall performance. Traditionally, r…
Parallel Transmission Aware Co-Design: Enhancing Manipulator Performance Through Actuation-Space Optimization
Rohit Kumar, Melya Boukheddimi, Dennis Mronga +2
In robotics, structural design and behavior optimization have long been considered separate processes, resulting in the development of systems with limited capabilities. Recently,…
Sitting, Standing and Walking Control of the Series-Parallel Hybrid Recupera-Reha Exoskeleton
Ibrahim Tijjani, Rohit Kumar, Melya Boukheddimi +3
This paper presents advancements in the functionalities of the Recupera-Reha lower extremity exoskeleton robot. The exoskeleton features a series-parallel hybrid design characteriz…