2 papers
cs.RO2025
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…
cs.RO2025
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…