10 papers
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…
NMPC-based Unified Posture Manipulation and Thrust Vectoring for Fault Recovery
Adarsh Salagame, Shashwat Pandya, Ioannis Mandralis +3
Multi-rotors face significant risks, as actuator failures at high altitudes can easily result in a crash and the robot's destruction. Therefore, rapid fault recovery in the event o…
ATMO: An Aerially Transforming Morphobot for Dynamic Ground-Aerial Transition
Ioannis Mandralis, Reza Nemovi, Alireza Ramezani +2
Designing ground-aerial robots is challenging due to the increased actuation requirements which can lead to added weight and reduced locomotion efficiency. Morphobots mitigate this…
Self-supervised cost of transport estimation for multimodal path planning
Vincent Gherold, Ioannis Mandralis, Eric Sihite +3
Autonomous robots operating in real environments are often faced with decisions on how best to navigate their surroundings. In this work, we address a particular instance of this p…
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…