This book presents the state of the art in reinforcement learning applied to robotics both in terms of novel algorithms and applications. It discusses recent approaches that allow robots to learn motor.
skills and presents tasks that need to take into account the dynamic behavior of the robot and its environment, where a kinematic movement plan is not sufficient. The book illustrates a method that learns to generalize parameterized motor plans which is obtained by imitation or reinforcement learning, by adapting a small set of global parameters and appropriate kernel-based...
This book presents the state of the art in reinforcement learning applied to robotics both in terms of novel algorithms and applications. It discus...
Localized slippage occurs during any relative sliding of soft contacts, ranging from human fingertips to robotic fingertips. Although this phenomenon is dominant for a very short time prior to gross slippage, localized slippage is a crucial factor for any to-be-developed soft sensing system to respond to slippage before it occurs. The content of this book addresses all aspects of localized slippage, including modeling and simulating it, as well as applying it to the construction of novel sensors with slip tactile perception.
Localized slippage occurs during any relative sliding of soft contacts, ranging from human fingertips to robotic fingertips. Although this phenomen...
The sensitivity and maneuverability of the human hand is notoriously difficult to replicate in robotics, but this compilation of the very latest research results shows how the field is being transformed by state-of-the-art sensor and computing technology.
The sensitivity and maneuverability of the human hand is notoriously difficult to replicate in robotics, but this compilation of the very latest resea...
This book examines the requirements needed to ensure safety in human-robot coexistence. It focuses on the biomechanical level of injury assessment, addresses the physical evaluation of robot-human impacts and isolates major factors that cause human injuries.
This book examines the requirements needed to ensure safety in human-robot coexistence. It focuses on the biomechanical level of injury assessment, ad...
This book is for researchers, engineers, and students who are willing to understand how humanoid robots move and be controlled. The book starts with an overview of the humanoid robotics research history and state of the art. Biped walking control is discussed in depth, since it is one of the main interests of humanoid robotics.
This book is for researchers, engineers, and students who are willing to understand how humanoid robots move and be controlled. The book starts with a...
FSR, the International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, is a robotics Symposium which has established over the past ten years the latest research and practical results towards the use of field and service robotics in the community with particular focus on proven technology.
FSR, the International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, is a robotics Symposium which has established over the past ten years the latest rese...
Using novel model-based methods, this book bridges the gap between statistical mechanics and control theory by tackling challenges for a class of distributed systems involving a specific type of constitutive components, referred to as Smart Minimal Particles.
Using novel model-based methods, this book bridges the gap between statistical mechanics and control theory by tackling challenges for a class of dist...
This carefully edited volume is the outcome of the eleventh edition of the Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), which is the premier venue showcasing cutting edge research in algorithmic robotics. The eleventh WAFR, which was held August 3-5, 2014 at Boğazici University in Istanbul, Turkey continued this tradition. This volume contains extended versions of the 42 papers presented at WAFR. These contributions highlight the cutting edge research in classical robotics problems (e.g. manipulation, motion, path, multi-robot and kinodynamic planning), geometric and...
This carefully edited volume is the outcome of the eleventh edition of the Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), which is the pre...
