Robotics, Volume 13, Issue 1

In this work, we present an analysis of, as well as driving strategies and design considerations for, a type of omnidirectional mobile robot: the offset-differential robot. This system presents omnidirectionality while using any type of standard whee...

The control of deformable linear objects (DLOs) such as cables presents a significant challenge for robotic systems due to their unpredictable behavior during manipulation. This paper introduces a novel approach for cable shape control using dual rob...

There has been a notable focus on the adoption of jamming-based technologies, which involve increasing the friction between grains, layers, or fibers to achieve variable stiffness capability in soft robots. Additionally, magnetorheological elastomers...

Learning-based control systems have shown impressive empirical performance on challenging problems in all aspects of robot control and, in particular, in walking robots such as bipeds and quadrupeds. Unfortunately, these methods have a major critical...

Autonomous legged navigation in unstructured environments is still an open problem which requires the ability of an intelligent agent to detect and react to potential obstacles found in its area. These obstacles may range from vehicles, pedestrians,...

In brain–machine interface (BMI) systems, the performance of trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) is significantly influenced by the quality of the training data. Another issue is the training time of CNNs. This paper introduces a novel...

This paper presents a planar four-bar approximate motion synthesis technique that uses only pole locations. Synthesis for rigid-body guidance determines the linkage dimensions that guide a body in a desired manner. The desired motion is specified wit...

Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence that has been developing at a dynamic pace in recent years. ML is also linked with Big Data, which are huge datasets that need special tools and approaches to process them. ML algorithms ma...

This study aims to provide a comprehensive critical review of the existing body of evidence pertaining to gait rehabilitation. It also seeks to introduce a systematic approach for the development of innovative design solutions in this domain. The fie...

Robotic surgery involves significant task switching between tool control and camera control, which can be a source of distraction and error. This study evaluated the performance of a voice-enabled autonomous camera control system compared to a human-...