T-RO Papers Presented at Conferences
Authors of an IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) regular paper (not evolved papers, survey papers, or communication items) are given the opportunity to present their paper at one upcoming conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
Designing Robots for Reachability and Dexterity - Continuum Surgical Robots as a Pretext Application
K. Leibrandt, L. Da Cruz, and C. Bergeles [Xplore Link]
An Efficient Paradigm for Feasibility Guarantees in Legged Locomotion
A. Abdalla, M. Focchi, R. Orsolino, and C. Semini [Xplore Link]
Static Shape Control of Soft Continuum Robots using Deep Visual Inverse Kinematic Models
E. Almanzor, F. Ye, J. Shi, T. G. Thuruthel, H. A. Wurdemann, and F. Iida [Xplore Link]
Toward Consistent and Efficient Map-based Visual-inertial Localization: Theory Framework and Filter Design
Z. Zhang, Y. Song, S. Huang, R. Xiong, and Y. Wang [Xplore Link]
Cognitive Exercise for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementia Using a Social Robot
F. Yuan, M. Boltz, D. Bilal, Y.-L. Jao, M. Crane, J. Duzan, A. Bahour, and X. Zhao [Xplore Link]
Learning from Sparse Demonstrations
W. Jin, T. Murphey, D. Kulic, N. Ezer, and S. Mou [Xplore Link]
Learning Stable Models for Prediction and Control
G. Mamakoukas, I. Abraham, and T. Murphey [Xplore Link]
Learning from Human Directional Corrections
W. Jin, T. Murphey, Z. Lu, and S. Mou [Xplore Link]
Robust Task Scheduling for Heterogeneous Robot Teams under Capability Uncertainty
B. Fu, W. Smith, D. M. Rizzo, M. P. Castanier, M. Ghaffari, and K. Barton [Xplore Link]
Active-Cooling-in-the-Loop Controller Design and Implementation for an SMA-Driven Soft Robotic Tentacle
X. An, Y. Cui, H. Sun, Q. Shao, and H. Zhao [Xplore Link]
Distributed Framework Matching
K. Cao, X. Li, and L. Xie [Xplore Link]
CoPR: Towards Accurate Visual Localization With Continuous Place-descriptor Regression
M. Zaffar, L. Nan, and J. Kooij [Xplore Link]
A Wearable Force-Sensitive and Body-Aware Exoprosthesis for a Transhumeral Prosthesis Socket
A. Toedtheide, E. P. Fortunić, J. Kuehn, E. R. Jensen, and S. Haddadin [Xplore Link]
An On-wall-rotating Strategy for Effective Upstream Motion of Untethered Millirobot: Principle, Design and Demonstration
L. Yang, T. Zhang, H. Huang, H. Ren, W. Shang, and Y. Shen [Xplore Link]
Lie Group Formulation and Sensitivity Analysis for Shape Sensing of Variable Curvature Continuum Robots with General String Encoder Routing
A. Orekhov, E. Ahronovich, and N. Simaan [Xplore Link]
Quadruped Capturability and Push Recovery via a Switched-Systems Characterization of Dynamic Balance
H. Chen, Z. Hong, S. Yang, P. M. Wensing, and W. Zhang [Xplore Link]
Noise Tolerant Identification and Tuning Approach Using Deep Neural Networks For Visual Servoing Applications
O. Abdul Hay, M. Chehadeh, A. Ayyad, M. Wahbah, M. A. Humais, I. Boiko, L. Seneviratne, and Y. Zweiri [Xplore Link]
Probabilistic Semantic Data Association for Collaborative Human-Robot Sensing
S. Wakayama and N. Ahmed [Xplore Link]
Robot Active Neural Sensing and Planning in Unknown Cluttered Environments
H. Ren and A. H. Qureshi [Xplore Link]
Simulation, Learning, and Application of Vision-based Tactile Sensing at Large Scale
V. A. Ho, Q. K. Luu, and N. H. Nguyen [Xplore Link]
Evaluation of a Fused Sonomyography and Electromyography-based Control on a Cable-Driven Ankle Exoskeleton
Q. Zhang, K. Lambeth, Z. Sun, A. Dodson, X. Bao, and N. Sharma [Xplore Link]
Robot Programming by Demonstration: Trajectory Learning Enhanced by sEMG-based User Hand Stiffness Estimation
L. Biagiotti, R. Meattini, D. Chiaravalli, G. Palli, and C. Melchiorri [Xplore Link]
Data-driven Modeling for Gait Phase Recognition in a Wearable Exoskeleton using Estimated Forces
K.-W. Park, J. Choi, and K. Kong [Xplore Link]
Real-Time Gait Phase and Task Estimation for Controlling a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton on Extremely Uneven Terrain
R. L. Medrano, G. C. Thomas, C. G. Keais, E. J. Rouse, and R. D. Gregg [Xplore Link]
BarrierNet: Differentiable Control Barrier Functions for Learning of Safe Robot Control
W. Xiao, T.-H. Wang, R. Hasani, M. Chahine, A. Amini, X. Li, and D. Rus [Xplore Link]
Auxiliary Control to Avoid Undesirable Equilibria in Constrained Quadratic Programs for Trajectory Tracking Applications
M. Desai and A. Ghaffari [Xplore Link]
The Design, Education and Evolution of a Robotic Baby
H. Zhu, S. Wilson, and E. Feron [Xplore Link]
Spontaneous-Ordering Platoon Control for Multirobot Path Navigation Using Guiding Vector Fields
B. Hu, H.-T. Zhang, W. Yao, J. Ding, and M. Cao [Xplore Link]
iSimLoc: Visual Global Localization for Previously Unseen Environments with Simulated Images
P. Yin, I. Cisneros, S. Zhao, J. Zhang, H. Choset, and S. Scherer [Xplore Link]
Combined Admittance Control with Type II Singularity Evasion for Parallel Robots using Dynamic Movement Primitives
R. J. Escarabajal, J. L. Pulloquinga, A. Valera, V. Mata, M. Valles, and F. J. Castillo-García [Xplore Link]
Close the Optical Sensing Domain Gap by Physics-Grounded Active Stereo Sensor Simulation
X. Zhang, R. Chen, A. Li, F. Xiang, Y. Qin, J. Gu, Z. Ling, M. Liu, P. Zeng, S. Han, Z. Huang, T. Mu, J. Xu, and H. Su [Xplore Link]
Exploiting Kinematic Redundancy for Robotic Grasping of Multiple Objects
K. Yao and A. Billard [Xplore Link]
Dynamic Optimization Fabrics for Motion Generation
M. Spahn, M. Wisse, and J. Alonso-Mora [Xplore Link]
Cross Entropy Regularized Policy Gradient for Multirobot Non-Adversarial Moving Target Search
H. Guo, Z. Liu, R. Shi, W.-Y. Yau, and D. Rus [Xplore Link]
DRL-VO: Learning to Navigate Through Crowded Dynamic Scenes Using Velocity Obstacles
Z. Xie and P. Dames [Xplore Link]
Inverse-Dynamics MPC via Nullspace Resolution
C. Mastalli, S. P. Chhatoi, T. Corbères, S. Tonneau, and S. Vijayakumar [Xplore Link]
Certifiable Object Pose Estimation: Foundations, Learning Models, and Self-Training
R. Talak, L. Peng, and L. Carlone [Xplore Link]
On the Comparability and Optimal Aggressiveness of the Adversarial Scenario-based Safety Testing of Robots
B. Weng, G. Castillo, W. Zhang, and A. Hereid [Xplore Link]
Vertical Jump of a Humanoid Robot with CoP-guided Angular Momentum Control and Impact Absorption
H. Qi, X. Chen, Z. Yu, G. Huang, Y. Liu, L. Meng, and Q. Huang [Xplore Link]
Robotic Rotational Positioning of End-Effectors for Micromanipulation
S. Zhuang; C. Dai; G. Shan; C. Ru; Z. Zhang; Y. Sun [Xplore Link]
Shape Tracking and Feedback Control of Cardiac Catheter Using MRI-guided Robotic Platform - Validation with Pulmonary Vein Isolation Simulator in MRI
Z. Dong; X. Wang G. Fang; Z. He; J. D.-L. Ho; C. L. Cheung; W. L. Tang; X. Xie; L. Liang; H.-C.Chang; C. K. Ching; K.-W. Kwok. [Xplore Link]
Powered Knee and Ankle Prosthesis with Adaptive Control Enables Climbing Stairs with Different Stair Heights, Cadences, and Gait Patterns
S. Hood; L. Gabert; T. Lenzi. [Xplore Link]
Mean Field Behaviour of Collaborative Multi-Agent Foragers
D. Jarne Ornia; P. J. Zufiria; M. Mazo Jr. [Xplore Link]
DiffCo: Auto-Differentiable Proxy Collision Detection with Multi-class Labels for Safety-Aware Trajectory Optimization
Y. Zhi; N. Das; M. C. Yip. [Xplore Link]
RBO Hand 3 - A Platform for Soft Dexterous Manipulation
S. Puhlmann; J. Harris; O. Brock. [Xplore Link]
Robotic Manipulation of Sperm as a Deformable Linear Object
C. Dai; G. Shan; H. Liu; C. Ru; Y. Sun. [Xplore Link]
Risk-Aware Submodular Optimization for Multi-Robot Coordination
L. Zhou; P. Tokekar. [Xplore Link]
A Decentralized Multi-Robot Spatio-Temporal Multi-Task Assignment Approach for Perimeter Defense
S. Velhal; S. Sundaram; S. Narasimman. [Xplore Link]
Geometrically Constrained Trajectory Optimization for Multicopters
Z. Wang; X. Zhou; C. Xu; F. Gao. [Xplore Link]
Fast and Robust Inverse Kinematics of Serial Robots using Halley's Method
S. Lloyd; R. Irani; M. Ahmadi. [Xplore Link]
Neuromechanical Model-based Adaptive Control of Bi-lateral Ankle Exoskeletons: Biological Joint Torque and Electromyogram Reduction Across Walking Conditions
G. Durandau; W. F. Rampeltshammer; H. Van der Kooij; M. Sartori. [Xplore Link]
So-EAGlove: VR Haptic Glove Rendering Softness Sensation with Force-tunable Electrostatic Adhesive Brakes
Q. Xiong; X. Liang; D. Wei; H. Wang; T. WANG; R. Zhu; J. Mao; H. Wang. [Xplore Link]
Design, Development, and Control of a Hand/Wrist Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Training
M. Dragusanu; M. Z. Iqbal; T. Lisini Baldi; D. Prattichizzo; M. Malvezzi. [Xplore Link]
Model Predictive Contouring Control for Time-Optimal Quadrotor Flight
A. Romero; S. Sun; P. Foehn; D. Scaramuzza [Xplore Link]
Learning to Play Table Tennis From Scratch using Muscular Robots
D. Büchler; S. Guist; R. Calandra; V. Berenz; B. Schölkopf; J. Peters. [Xplore Link]
A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight
S. Sun; A. Romero; P. Foehn; E. Kaufmann; D. Scaramuzza. [Xplore Link]
Autonomous Navigation in Unknown Environments with Sparse Bayesian Kernel-based Occupancy Mapping
T. Duong; M. C. Yip; N. Atanasov. [Xplore Link]
Directional Sensor Planning for Occlusion Avoidance
J. Gemerek; B. Fu; Y. Chen; Z. Liu; M. Zheng; D. van Wijk; S. Ferrari. [Xplore Link]
A Generalized Framework for Concentric Tube Robot Design Using Gradient-Based Optimization
J.-T. Lin; C. Girerd; J. Yan; J. T. Hwang; T. K. Morimoto [Xplore Link]
Model-Based Policy Search Using Monte Carlo Gradient Estimation with Real Systems Application
D. Romeres; F. Amadio; A. Dalla Libera; R. Antonello; D. Nikovski; R. Carli [Xplore Link]
An Energy based Control Architecture for Shared Autonomy
F. Benzi; F. Ferraguti; G. Riggio; C. Secchi [Xplore Link]
Adaptive Constrained Kinematic Control using Partial or Complete Task-Space Measurements
M. Marques Marinho; B. V. Adorno [Xplore Link]
Closed-Loop Motion Control of Robotic Swarms A Tether-Based Strategy
K. Eshaghi; A. Rogers; G. Nejat; B. Benhabib [Xplore Link]
Bidirectional Sampling-Based Motion Planning Without Two-Point Boundary Value Solution
S. Nayak; M. W. Otte [Xplore Link]
Energy Aware Impedance Control of a Flying End-effector in the Port-Hamiltonian Framework
R. Rashad, Ramy; D. Bicego; J. Zult, Jelle; S. Sanchez-Escalonilla; R. Jiao; A. Franchi; S. Stramigioli [Xplore Link]
SOFT2: Stereo Visual Odometry for Road Vehicles based on a Point-to-Epipolar-Line Metric
I. Cvišić; I. Markovic; I. Petrovic [Xplore Link]
Elastic-actuation Mechanism for Repetitive Hopping Based on Power Modulation and Cyclic Trajectory Generation
W. D. Shin; W. Stewart; M. Estrada; A. Ijspeert; D. Floreano [Xplore Link]
Controlling Collision-Induced Aggregations in a Swarm of Micro Bristle-Robots
Z. Hao; S. Mayya; G. Notomista; S. Hutchinson; M. Egerstedt; A. Ansari [Xplore Link]
Design of a New Bio-Inspired Dual-Axis Compliant Micromanipulator with Millimeter Strokes
Z. Lyu; Q. Xu [Xplore Link]
A Multi-DoF Exoskeleton Haptic Device for the Grasping of a Compliant Object Adapting to a User's Motion Using Jamming Transitions
R. Michikawa; T. Endo; F. Matsuno [Xplore Link]
Kinematic Redundancy Analysis for (2n+1)R Circular Manipulators
Z. Li; M. Brandstötter; M. Hofbaur [Xplore Link]
Multitask Learning for Scalable and Dense Multilayer Bayesian Map Inference
L. Gan; Y. Kim; J. W. Grizzle; J. Walls; A. Kim; R. Eustice; M. Ghaffari [Xplore Link]
On the Workspace of Electromagnetic Navigation Systems
Q. Boehler; S. Gervasoni; S. L. Charreyron; C. Chautems; B. J. Nelson [Xplore Link]
Self-triggered Coverage Control for Mobile Sensors
E. J. Rodriguez-Seda; X. Xu; J. M. Olm; A. Doria-Cerezo; Y. Diaz-Mercado [Xplore Link]
Power-based Velocity-domain Variable Structure Passivity Signature Control for Physical Human-(Tele) Robot Interaction
P. Paik; S. Thudi; S. F. Atashzar [Xplore Link]
Long-Horizon Multi-Robot Rearrangement Planning for Construction Assembly
V. N. Hartmann; A. Orthey; D. Driess; O. S. Oguz; M. Toussain [Xplore Link]
An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger with Innate Human-finger-like Biomechanical Advantages Part I: Design, Ligamentous Joint and Extensor Mechanism
Y. Zhu; G. Wei; L. Ren; Z. Luo; J. Shang [Xplore Link]
An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger with Innate Human-finger-like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration
Y. Zhu; G. Wei; L. Ren; Z. Luo; J. Shang [Xplore Link]
A Novel Scaffold Reinforced Actuator With Tunable Attitude Ability for Grasping
P. Jiang; J. Luo; J. Li; M. Z. Q. Chen; Y. Chen; Y. Yang; R. Chen [Xplore Link]
Simultaneous Online Registration-Independent Stiffness Identification and Tip Localization of Surgical Instruments in Robot-assisted Eye Surgery
A. Ebrahimi; S. Sefati; P. Gehlbach; R. H. Taylor; I. I. Iordachita [Xplore Link]
An Investigation on the Effect of Actuation Pattern on the Power Consumption of Legged Robots for Extraterrestrial Exploration
Y. Hu; W. Z. Guo; R. Lin [Xplore Link]
Reduced Euler-Lagrange Equations of Floating-base Robots: Computation, Properties & Applications
H. Mishra; G. Garofalo; A. M. Giordano; M. De Stefano; C. Ott; A. Kugi [Xplore Link]
Kinegami: Algorithmic Design of Compliant Kinematic Chains from Tubular Origami
W.-H. Chen; W. Yang; L. Peach; D. Koditschek; C. Sung [Xplore Link]
Object Detection Using Sim2Real Domain Randomization for Robotic Applications
D. Horváth; G. Erdos; Z. Istenes; T. Horvath; S. Földi [Xplore Link]
ASRO-DIO: Active Subspace Random Optimization based Depth Inertial Odometry
J. Zhang; Y. Tang; H. Wang; K. Xu [Xplore Link]
Collaborative Magnetic Manipulation via Two Robotically-Actuated Permanent Magnets
G. Pittiglio; M. Brockdorff; T. da Veiga; J. Davy; J. H. Chandler; P. Valdastri [Xplore Link]
An Unconstrained Convex Formulation of Compliant Contact
A. Castro; F. Permenter; X. Han [Xplore Link]
Closing the Planning-Learning Loop with Application to Autonomous Driving
P. Cai; D. Hsu [Xplore Link]
Bounds on Optimal Revisit Times in Persistent Monitoring Missions with a Distinct & Remote Service Station
S. K. K. Hari; S. Rathinam; S. Darbha; K. Kalyanam; S. G. Manyam; D. Casbeer [Xplore Link]
Probabilistic Framework for Hand-Eye and Robot-World Calibration AX=YB
J. Ha [Xplore Link]
Multi-Robot Pickup and Delivery via Distributed Resource Allocation
A. Camisa; A. Testa; G. Notarstefano [Xplore Link]
High-Performance Six-DOF Flight Control of the Bee++: An Inclined-Stroke-Plane Approach
R. Bena; X. Yang; A. Calderon; N. O. Perez-Arancibia [Xplore Link]
A Geometrically-Exact Assumed Strain Modes Approach for the Geometrico- and Kinemato-static Modellings of Continuum Parallel Robots
S. Briot; F. Boyer [Xplore Link]
Design, Control, and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Robotic Glove System for Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries
W. Xu; Y. Guo; C. Bravo; P. Ben-Tzvi [Xplore Link]
Shape Sensing of Flexible Robots based on Deep Learning
X. T. Ha; D. Wu; M. Ourak; G. Borghesan; J. Dankelman; A. Menciassi; E. B. Vander Poorten [Xplore Link]
ViTAL: Vision-Based Terrain-Aware Locomotion for Legged Robots
S. Fahmi; V. Barasuol; D. Esteban; O. A. Villarreal Magaña; C. Semini [Xplore Link]
Efficient Anytime CLF Reactive Planning System for a Bipedal Robot on Undulating Terrain
J.-K. Huang; J. W. Grizzle [Xplore Link]
Active Inference and Behavior Trees for Reactive Action Planning and Execution in Robotics
C. Pezzato; C. Hernández; S. Bonhof; M. Wisse [Xplore Link]
Haptify: a Measurement-Based Benchmarking System for Grounded Force-Feedback Devices
F. Fazlollahi; K. J. Kuchenbecker [Xplore Link]
Statics and Dynamics of Continuum Robots Based on Cosserat Rods and Optimal Control Theories
F. Boyer; V. Lebastard; F. Candelier; F. Renda; M. Alamir [Xplore Link]
Interaction Control of a Robotic Manipulator with the Surface of Deformable Object
A. Dometios; C. S. Tzafestas [Xplore Link]
Kinetostatic Modeling of Tendon-Driven Parallel Continuum Robots
S. Lilge; J. Burgner-Kahrs [Xplore Link]
Large-Dimensional Multibody Dynamics Simulation Using Contact Nodalization and Diagonalization
J. Lee; M. Lee; D. Lee [Xplore Link]
Deep Learning Reactive Robotic Grasping with a Versatile Vacuum Gripper
H. Zhang; J. Peeters; E. Demeester; K. Kellens [Xplore Link]
Data-Driven Variable Impedance Control of a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis for Adaptive Speed and Incline Walking
T. Best; C. G. Welker; E. Rouse; R. D. Gregg [Xplore Link]
Improving Self-Consistency in Underwater Mapping through Laser-Based Loop Closure
T. Hitchcox; J. R. Forbes [Xplore Link]
Maximum-Entropy Multi-Agent Dynamic Games: Forward and Inverse Solutions
N. Mehr; M. Wang; M. Bhatt; M. Schwager [Xplore Link]
BiConMP: A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Framework for Whole Body Motion Planning
A. Meduri; P. Shah; J. Viereck; M. Khadiv; I. Havoutis; L. Righetti [Xplore Link]