Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis

Orcid: 0000-0002-9877-8237

Affiliations:
  • Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy


According to our database1, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis authored at least 406 papers between 1997 and 2023.

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2023
Autonomous Navigation With Online Replanning and Recovery Behaviors for Wheeled-Legged Robots Using Behavior Trees.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., October, 2023

XBot2D: towards a robotics hybrid cloud architecture for field robotics.
Frontiers Robotics AI, October, 2023

A Unified Multimodal Interface for the RELAX High-Payload Collaborative Robot.
Sensors, September, 2023

A Power-Aware Control Strategy for an Elbow Effort-Compensation Device.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., July, 2023

The XBot2 real-time middleware for robotics.
Robotics Auton. Syst., May, 2023

On Perpendicular Curve-Based Task Space Trajectory Tracking Control With Incomplete Orientation Constraint.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., April, 2023

A Haptic Shared Autonomy With Partial Orientation Regulation for DoF Deficiency in Remote Side.
IEEE Trans. Haptics, 2023

A survey on control of humanoid fall over.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2023

A telerobotic system enabling online switching among various architectures and controllers.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2023

Multi-contact planning and control for humanoid robots: Design and validation of a complete framework.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2023

ROS End-Effector: A Hardware-Agnostic Software and Control Framework for Robotic End-Effectors.
J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2023

Semantic-based Loco-Manipulation for Human-Robot Collaboration in Industrial Environments.
CoRR, 2023

FollowMe: a Robust Person Following Framework Based on Re-Identification and Gestures.
CoRR, 2023

CARPE-ID: Continuously Adaptable Re-identification for Personalized Robot Assistance.
CoRR, 2023

In-Hand Re-grasp Manipulation with Passive Dynamic Actions via Imitation Learning.
CoRR, 2023

Modelling and Compensation for Transmission Error of Timing Belt in Legged Robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2023

Design and Validation of a Multi-Arm Relocatable Manipulator for Space Applications.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

A Real-Time Approach for Humanoid Robot Walking Including Dynamic Obstacles Avoidance.
Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2023

Optimal Design of Agile Jumping Maneuvers for a Single Leg System.
Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2023

Whole-Body MPC for Highly Redundant Legged Manipulators: Experimental Evaluation with a 37 DoF Dual-Arm Quadruped.
Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2023

Artifacts Mapping: Multi-Modal Semantic Mapping for Object Detection and 3D Localization.
Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots, 2023

An Optimization Study on Modular Reconfigurable Robots: Finding the Task-Optimal Design.
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023

FollowMe: a Robust Person Following Framework Based on Visual Re-Identification and Gestures.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, 2023

2022
TelePhysicalOperation: Remote Robot Control Based on a Virtual "Marionette" Type Interaction Interface.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

A Generalized Index for Fault-Tolerant Control in Operational Space Under Free-Swinging Actuation Failure.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

Variable stiffness locomotion with guaranteed stability for quadruped robots traversing uneven terrains.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2022

Horizon: A Trajectory Optimization Framework for Robotic Systems.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2022

Prototyping fast and agile motions for legged robots with Horizon.
CoRR, 2022

Loco-Manipulation Planning for Legged Robots: Offline and Online Strategies.
CoRR, 2022

Reconfigurable and Agile Legged-Wheeled Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments With Movable Obstacles.
IEEE Access, 2022

Manipulability-Aware Shared Locomanipulation Motion Generation for Teleoperation of Mobile Manipulators.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

A Hybrid Primitive-Based Navigation Planner for the Wheeled-Legged Robot CENTAURO.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

A Shared Telemanipulation Interface to Facilitate Bimanual Grasping and Transportation of Objects of Unknown Mass.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

From Offline to Online: A Perception-Based Local Planner for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

An Optimal Frontier Enhanced "Next Best View" Planner For Autonomous Exploration.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

An MPC-Based Framework for Dynamic Trajectory Re-Planning in Uncertain Environments.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

Trajectory Optimization for Quadruped Mobile Manipulators that Carry Heavy Payload.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

Task Driven Online Impedance Modulation.
Proceedings of the 21st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022

Optimal Modulation of Joint Stiffness with Guaranteed Stability for Quadruped Robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2022

2021
Exo-Muscle: A Semi-Rigid Assistive Device for the Knee.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

A Workspace Limit Approach for Teleoperation Based on Signed Distance Function.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

Blending of Series-Parallel Compliant Actuation With Field Weakening Control for Explosive Motion Generation.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

An efficient leg with series-parallel and biarticular compliant actuation: design optimization, modeling, and control of the eLeg.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2021

The Math of Tasks: A Domain Specific Language for Constraint-Based Task Specification.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2021

Omnidirectional Walking Pattern Generator Combining Virtual Constraints and Preview Control for Humanoid Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

NSPG: An Efficient Posture Generator Based on Null-Space Alteration and Kinetostatics Constraints.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Autonomous Obstacle Crossing Strategies for the Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Robot Centauro.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Nonlinear model predictive control for robust bipedal locomotion: exploring angular momentum and CoM height changes.
Adv. Robotics, 2021

A Whole-Body Control Framework Based on the Operational Space Formulation Under Inequality Constraints via Task-Oriented Optimization.
IEEE Access, 2021

A Soft Assistive Device for Elbow Effort-Compensation.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

Grasping with Embedded Synergies through a Reconfigurable Electric Actuation Topology.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

Locomotion Adaptation in Heavy Payload Transportation Tasks with the Quadruped Robot CENTAURO.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Minimum-Effort Task-based Design Optimization of Modular Reconfigurable Robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Agile Actions with a Centaur-Type Humanoid: A Decoupled Approach.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Modeling and Optimal Control for Rope-Assisted Rappelling Maneuvers.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Towards an Open-Source Hardware Agnostic Framework for Robotic End-Effectors Control.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2021

Thermal Control for Peak Operation of Electric Robotic actuators.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2021

Towards a Generic Grasp Planning Pipeline using End-Effector Specific Primitive Grasping Actions.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2021

Optimization-Based Quadrupedal Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Locomotion.
Proceedings of the 20th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2021

A Compliant Mechanism with Progressive Stiffness for Robotic Actuation.
Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2021

Mechatronic Design and Control of a Light Weight Manipulator Arm for Mobile Platforms.
Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2021

2020
Wheeled motion kinematics and control of a hybrid mobility CENTAURO robot.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2020

The XBot Real-Time Software Framework for Robotics: From the Developer to the User Perspective.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2020

Smart Collaborative Systems for Enabling Flexible and Ergonomic Work Practices [Industry Activities].
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2020

Multi-Contact Heavy Object Pushing With a Centaur-Type Humanoid Robot: Planning and Control for a Real Demonstrator.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

A Disturbance-Aware Trajectory Planning Scheme Based on Model Predictive Control.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Incomplete Orientation Mapping for Teleoperation With One DoF Master-Slave Asymmetry.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

An Augmented Kinematic Model for the Cartesian Control of the Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Quadrupedal Robot CENTAURO.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Reactive Support Polygon Adaptation for the Hybrid Legged-Wheeled CENTAURO Robot.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

A Study on Sparse Hierarchical Inverse Kinematics Algorithms for Humanoid Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Remote mobile manipulation with the centauro robot: Full-body telepresence and autonomous operator assistance.
J. Field Robotics, 2020

A Simple Yet Effective Whole-Body Locomotion Framework for Quadruped Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2020

A method for autonomous robotic manipulation through exploratory interactions with uncertain environments.
Auton. Robots, 2020

A Multi-Contact Motion Planning and Control Strategy for Physical Interaction Tasks Using a Humanoid Robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

Robust Gait Synthesis Combining Constrained Optimization and Imitation Learning.
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

Agile Legged-Wheeled Reconfigurable Navigation Planner Applied on the CENTAURO Robot.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

A Novel Orientability Index and the Kinematic Design of the RemoT-ARM: A Haptic Master with Large and Dexterous Workspace.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

On the efficient control of series-parallel compliant articulated robots.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

Human Arm Posture Optimisation in Bilateral Teleoperation Through Interface Reconfiguration.
Proceedings of the 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2020

2019
Adaptive-Robust Control of a Class of EL Systems With Parametric Variations Using Artificially Delayed Input and Position Feedback.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2019

A selective muscle fatigue management approach to ergonomic human-robot co-manipulation.
Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf., 2019

Human inspired fall prediction method for humanoid robots.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2019

Curved patch mapping and tracking for irregular terrain modeling: Application to bipedal robot foot placement.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2019

A<sup>2</sup>ML: A general human-inspired motion language for anthropomorphic arms based on movement primitives.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2019

Compliant Humanoids Moving Toward Rehabilitation Applications: Transparent Integration of Real-Time Control, Whole-Body Motion Generation, and Virtual Reality.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2019

The Compliant Joint Toolbox for MATLAB: An Introduction With Examples.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2019

Flexible Disaster Response of Tomorrow: Final Presentation and Evaluation of the CENTAURO System.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2019

Developing Humanoid Robots for Applications in Real-World Scenarios [From the Guest Editors].
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2019

Sparse Optimization of Contact Forces for Balancing Control of Multi-Legged Humanoids.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2019

CENTAURO: A Hybrid Locomotion and High Power Resilient Manipulation Platform.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2019

Editorial: Advances in Mechatronics and Biomechanics Towards Efficient Robot Actuation.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2019

V2CNet: A Deep Learning Framework to Translate Videos to Commands for Robotic Manipulation.
CoRR, 2019

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Robust Bipedal Locomotion Exploring CoM Height and Angular Momentum Changes.
CoRR, 2019

Robust and adaptive dynamic controller for fully-actuated robots in operational space under uncertainties.
Auton. Robots, 2019

Learning to exploit passive compliance for energy-efficient gait generation on a compliant humanoid.
Auton. Robots, 2019

Design a Fall Recovery Strategy for a Wheel-Legged Quadruped Robot Using Stability Feature Space.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2019

Online Relative Footstep Optimization for Legged Robots Dynamic Walking Using Discrete-Time Model Predictive Control.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Synchronizing Virtual Constraints and Preview Controller: a Walking Pattern Generator for the Humanoid Robot COMAN+.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Variable Configuration Planner for Legged-Rolling Obstacle Negotiation Locomotion: Application on the CENTAURO Robot.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Outlier-Robust State Estimation for Humanoid Robots<sup>*</sup>.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Agile Standing-up Control of Humanoids: Energy-based Reactive Contact Wrench Optimization with Strict Dynamic Consistency.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Nonlinear optimization of Step Duration and Step Location.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Collision Detection and Isolation on a Robot using Joint Torque Sensing.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Whole-Body Stabilization for Visual-Based Box Lifting with the COMAN+ Robot.
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, 2019

Benchmarking Resilience of Artificial Hands.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

A Self-Modulated Impedance Multimodal Interaction Framework for Human-Robot Collaboration.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Reactive Walking Based on Upper-Body Manipulability: An application to Intention Detection and Reaction.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

A Rolling Flexure Mechanism for Progressive Stiffness Actuators.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

CartesI/O: A ROS Based Real-Time Capable Cartesian Control Framework.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Exploitation of Environment Support Contacts for Manipulation Effort Reduction of a Robot Arm.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Versatile Reactive Bipedal Locomotion Planning Through Hierarchical Optimization.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Towards Robot Interaction Autonomy: Explore, Identify, and Interact.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Object Captioning and Retrieval with Natural Language.
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, 2019

Flux Regulation for Torque-controlled Robotics Actuators.
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2019

Terrain Segmentation and Roughness Estimation using RGB Data: Path Planning Application on the CENTAURO Robot.
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2019

Real-Time 6DOF Pose Relocalization for Event Cameras With Stacked Spatial LSTM Networks.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, 2019

2018
On the Combined Inverse-Dynamics/Passivity-Based Control of Elastic-Joint Robots.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2018

Online impedance regulation techniques for compliant humanoid balancing.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2018

Humanoids at Work: The WALK-MAN Robot in a Postearthquake Scenario.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2018

Residual-Based External Torque Estimation in Series Elastic Actuators Over a Wide Stiffness Range: Frequency Domain Approach.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Anticipatory Robot Assistance for the Prevention of Human Static Joint Overloading in Human-Robot Collaboration.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Grasp Stiffness Control in Robotic Hands Through Coordinated Optimization of Pose and Joint Stiffness.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Online Model Based Estimation of Complete Joint Stiffness of Human Arm.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Design and Evaluation of a Wearable Skin Stretch Device for Haptic Guidance.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Reduced-complexity representation of the human arm active endpoint stiffness for supervisory control of remote manipulation.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2018

Center-of-Mass-Based Grasp Pose Adaptation Using 3D Range and Force/Torque Sensing.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2018

An Overview on Principles for Energy Efficient Robot Locomotion.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2018

A mixed real-time robot hardware abstraction layer (R-HAL).
Encycl. Semantic Comput. Robotic Intell., 2018

Object Captioning and Retrieval with Natural Language.
CoRR, 2018

Robot adaptation to human physical fatigue in human-robot co-manipulation.
Auton. Robots, 2018

Online Joint Stiffness Transfer from Human Arm to Anthropomorphic Arm.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2018

A Real-Time Identification and Tracking Method for the Musculoskeletal Model of Human Arm.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2018

An open-source architecture for simulation, execution and analysis of real-time robotics systems.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, 2018

Neural-Network-Controlled Spring Mass Template for Humanoid Running.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

On the Orientation Planning with Constrained Angular Velocity and Acceleration at Endpoints.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

A Novel Joint Torque Estimation Method and Sensory System for Assistive Lower Limb Exoskeletons.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

A Fail-Safe Semi-Centralized Impedance Controller: Validation on a Parallel Kinematics Ankle.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

Enhanced Explosive Motion for Torque Controlled Actuators Through Field Weakening Control.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

HERI II: A Robust and Flexible Robotic Hand based on Modular Finger design and Under Actuation Principles.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

A Method for Robot Motor Fatigue Management in Physical Interaction and Human-Robot Collaboration Tasks.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

Online Human Muscle Force Estimation for Fatigue Management in Human-Robot Co-Manipulation.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

XBotCloud: A Scalable Cloud Computing Infrastructure for XBot Powered Robots.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

Quadrupedal walking motion and footstep placement through Linear Model Predictive Control.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

On the Kinematics of Wheeled Motion Control of a Hybrid Wheeled-Legged CENTAURO robot.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

A Self-Tuning Impedance Controller for Autonomous Robotic Manipulation.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018

Towards a Robot Hardware Abstraction Layer (R-Hal) Leveraging the XBot Software Framework.
Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, 2018

Online Falling-Over Control of Humanoids Exploiting Energy Shaping and Distribution Methods.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Design of a Novel 3-DoF Leg with Series and Parallel Compliant Actuation for Energy Efficient Articulated Robots.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Translating Videos to Commands for Robotic Manipulation with Deep Recurrent Neural Networks.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Enhanced Tele-interaction in Unknown Environments Using Semi-Autonomous Motion and Impedance Regulation Principles.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Continuously Controllable Series Clutches for Efficient Robot Actuation.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Footstep Planning in Rough Terrain for Bipedal Robots Using Curved Contact Patches.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Multi-Priority Cartesian Impedance Control Based on Quadratic Programming Optimization.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Ctrl-MORE: A Framework to Integrate Controllers of Multi-DoF Robot for Developers and Users.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

A Whole Body Attitude Stabilizer for Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Quadruped Robots.
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Bi-Manual Articulated Robot Teleoperation using an External RGB-D Range Sensor.
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Control, 2018

New Cross-Step Enabled Configurations for Humanoid Robot.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

Online Rolling Motion Generation for Humanoid Falls Based on Active Energy Control Concepts.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

The eLeg: A Novel Efficient Leg Prototype Powered by Adjustable Parallel Compliant Actuation Principles.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

A Study on Low-Drift State Estimation for Humanoid Locomotion, Using LiDAR and Kinematic-Inertial Data Fusion.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

Robust Real-Time Whole-Body Motion Retargeting from Human to Humanoid.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

Balancing Control Through Post-Optimization of Contact Forces.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

rxKinFu: Moving Volume KinectFusion for 3D Perception and Robotics.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

From Non-Reactive to Reactive Walking in Humanoid Robots.
Proceedings of the 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2018

Explosive Motions with Compliant Actuation Arrangements in Articulated Robots.
Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2018

An analysis of the effect of gravity compensation on compliant biped walking controllers.
Proceedings of the IEEE 15th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, 2018

2017
Choosing Poses for Force and Stiffness Control.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2017

Model-Free Robust Adaptive Control of Humanoid Robots With Flexible Joints.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2017

On the Stiffness Selection for Torque-Controlled Series-Elastic Actuators.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2017

On the Sensor Design of Torque Controlled Actuators: A Comparison Study of Strain Gauge and Encoder-Based Principles.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2017

WALK-MAN: A High-Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments.
J. Field Robotics, 2017

Visual Grasp Affordance Localization in Point Clouds Using Curved Contact Patches.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2017

Corrigendum: The Walk-Man Robot Software Architecture.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2017

Artificial Delay Based ARC of a Class of Uncertain EL Systems with Only Position Feedback.
CoRR, 2017

AffordanceNet: An End-to-End Deep Learning Approach for Object Affordance Detection.
CoRR, 2017

Real-Time Pose Estimation for Event Cameras with Stacked Spatial LSTM Networks.
CoRR, 2017

Humanoid running based on centroidal dynamics and heuristic foot placement.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017

Orientation planning in task space using quaternion polynomials.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017

FloBaRoID - A Software Package for the Identification of Robot Dynamics Parameters.
Proceedings of the Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics, 2017

Exploiting the natural dynamics of compliant joint robots for cyclic motions.
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, 2017

A torque-controlled humanoid robot riding on a two-wheeled mobile platform.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Inverse dynamics control of bimanual object manipulation using orthogonal decomposition: An analytic approach.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

HERI hand: A quasi dexterous and powerful hand with asymmetrical finger dimensions and under actuation.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Object-based affordances detection with Convolutional Neural Networks and dense Conditional Random Fields.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

What is the torque bandwidth of this actuator?
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Teleoperation in cluttered environments using wearable haptic feedback.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Development of a human size and strength compliant bi-manual platform for realistic heavy manipulation tasks.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

XBotCore: A Real-Time Cross-Robot Software Platform.
Proceedings of the First IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, 2017

A study of nonlinear forward models for dynamic walking.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

A self-adaptive variable impedance actuator based on intrinsic non-linear compliance and damping principles.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

Combined inverse-dynamics/passivity-based control for robots with elastic joints.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

A novel human effort estimation method for knee assistive exoskeletons.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2017

A real-time and reduced-complexity approach to the detection and monitoring of static joint overloading in humans.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2017

Actuation principles for robots with high power and enhance physical interaction capabilities.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, 2017

Variable impedance walking using Time-Varying Lyapunov Stability Margins.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

A two-staged residual for resilient external torque estimation with series elastic actuators.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

Vision-based foothold contact reasoning using curved surface patches.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

Robot control for dummies: Insights and examples using OpenSoT.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

On the common-mode and configuration-dependent stiffness control of multiple degrees of freedom hands.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

An online interactive method for guided calibration of multi-dimensional force/torque transducers.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

MPC strategy for dynamic stabilization of preplanned walking gaits.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017

Design and characterization of a novel high-compliance spring for robots with soft joints.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2017

RRT-based motion planning with sampling in Redundancy space for robots with anthropomorphic arms.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2017

2016
Proxy-based position control of manipulators with passive compliant actuators: Stability analysis and experiments.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2016

Design Optimisation and Control of Compliant Actuation Arrangements in Articulated Robots for Improved Energy Efficiency.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016

Dynamic and Reactive Walking for Humanoid Robots Based on Foot Placement Control.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2016

The Walk-Man Robot Software Architecture.
Frontiers Robotics AI, 2016

Stabilization of bipedal walking based on compliance control.
Auton. Robots, 2016

Compliance control for stabilizing the humanoid on the changing slope based on terrain inclination estimation.
Auton. Robots, 2016

Straight leg walking strategy for torque-controlled humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2016

Multi-sensor based fall prediction method for humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, 2016

Experimental Evaluation of a Perceptual Pipeline for Hierarchical Affordance Extraction.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2016

Balance and impedance optimization control for COmpliant huMANoid stepping.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

HEXOTRAC: A highly under-actuated hand exoskeleton for finger tracking and force feedback.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

iT-Knee: An exoskeleton with ideal torque transmission interface for ergonomic power augmentation.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

Comparison of open-loop and closed-loop disturbance observers for series elastic actuators.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

Towards multi-modal intention interfaces for human-robot co-manipulation.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

Detecting object affordances with Convolutional Neural Networks.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

Preparatory object reorientation for task-oriented grasping.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

WALK-MAN humanoid lower body design optimization for enhanced physical performance.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Robust and adaptive whole-body controller for humanoids with multiple tasks under uncertain disturbances.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Design of a variable compliant humanoid foot with a new toe mechanism.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Synergy-based interface for bilateral tele-manipulations of a master-slave system with large asymmetries.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Reflex control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand during object slippage.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Evaluation of Hip Kinematics Influence on the Performance of a Quadrupedal Robot Leg.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2016), 2016

A Compliant Actuation Dynamics Gazebo-ROS Plugin for Effective Simulation of Soft Robotics Systems: Application to CENTAURO Robot.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2016), 2016

Robust Model Predictive Control for humanoids standing balancing.
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2016

Adaptation of robot physical behaviour to human fatigue in human-robot co-manipulation.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2016

An active compliant impact protection system for humanoids: Application to WALK-MAN hands.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2016

Uncertainty analysis for curved surface contact patches.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2016

An affordance-based pilot interface for high-level control of humanoid robots in supervised autonomy.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2016

Design of a wearable skin stretch cutaneous device for the upper limb.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Haptics Symposium, 2016

A generic optimization-based framework for reactive collision avoidance in bipedal locomotion.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2016

Robot Dynamics Constraint for Inverse Kinematics.
Proceedings of the Advances in Robot Kinematics 2016, 2016

Teleimpedance Control: Overview and Application.
Proceedings of the Human and Robot Hands, 2016

2015
Tele-impedance based assistive control for a compliant knee exoskeleton.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2015

Enhancing the robustness of the EPSAC predictive control using a Singular Value Decomposition approach.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2015

Benchmarking Bipedal Locomotion: A Unified Scheme for Humanoids, Wearable Robots, and Humans.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2015

Energy efficient actuators with adjustable stiffness: a review on AwAS, AwAS-II and CompACT VSA changing stiffness based on lever mechanism.
Ind. Robot, 2015

Variable stiffness actuators: The user's point of view.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2015

Experimental Study on Linear State Feedback Control of Humanoid Robots with Flexible Joints.
Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, SyRoCo 2015, 2015

Exploiting the redundancy for humanoid robots to dynamically step over a large obstacle.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

From one-legged hopping to bipedal running and walking: A unified foot placement control based on regression analysis.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

Active control of under-actuated foot tilting for humanoid push recovery.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

Online regeneration of bipedal walking gait pattern optimizing footstep placement and timing.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

A general whole-body compliance framework for humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

A new foot sole design for humanoids robots based on viscous air damping mechanism.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

A reduced-complexity description of arm endpoint stiffness with applications to teleimpedance control.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

OpenSoT: A whole-body control library for the compliant humanoid robot COMAN.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Fall Prediction of legged robots based on energy state and its implication of balance augmentation: A study on the humanoid.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Damping control of variable damping compliant actuators.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Kinematic analysis and design considerations for optimal base frame arrangement of humanoid shoulders.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

On the role of robot configuration in Cartesian stiffness control.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Online impedance parameter tuning for compliant biped balancing.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2015

Optically-regulated impedance-based balancing for humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2015

A modular compliant actuator for emerging high performance and fall-resilient humanoids.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2015

Efficient self-collision avoidance based on focus of interest for humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2015

2014
How Tactor Size and Density of Normal Indentation Tactile Displays Affects Grating Discrimination Tasks.
IEEE Trans. Haptics, 2014

Exploring Teleimpedance and Tactile Feedback for Intuitive Control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
IEEE Trans. Haptics, 2014

Bipedal Hopping Pattern Generation for Passively Compliant Humanoids: Exploiting the Resonance.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2014

Development and control of a series elastic actuator equipped with a semi active friction damper for human friendly robots.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2014

Walking in the resonance with the COMAN robot with trajectories based on human kinematic motion primitives (kMPs).
Auton. Robots, 2014

Development of a 7DOF soft manipulator arm for the compliant humanoid robot COMAN.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2014

How leg/foot compliance and posture affects impact forces during landing.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2014

Bio-inspired impedance controller and balancing feedback for the effective teleoperation of a bipedal robot.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2014

A Modular Approach for Remote Operation of Humanoid Robots in Search and Rescue Scenarios.
Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems, 2014

Yarp Based Plugins for Gazebo Simulator.
Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems, 2014

Lyapunov Stability Margins for humanoid robot balancing.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014

The patched intrinsic tactile object: A tool to investigate human grasps.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014

Terminal sliding-mode based force tracking control of piezoelectric actuators for variable physical damping system.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014

A passivity based compliance stabilizer for humanoid robots.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Development of a hybrid actuator with controllable mechanical damping.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Power efficient balancing control for humanoids based on approximate optimal ankle compliance regulation.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Model-free force tracking control of piezoelectric actuators: Application to variable damping actuator.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Physical interaction detection and control of compliant manipulators equipped with friction clutches.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Real-time damping estimation for variable impedance actuators.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Dynamically transitioning between surfaces of varying inclinations to achieve uneven-terrain walking.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Natural redundancy resolution in dual-arm manipulation using configuration dependent stiffness (CDS) control.
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Proxy-Based Sliding Mode Control of Compliant Joint Manipulators.
Proceedings of the Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2014

Enhanced Physical Interaction Performance for Compliant Joint Manipulators using Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control.
Proceedings of the ICINCO 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Volume 2, Vienna, Austria, 1, 2014

Compliant antagonistic joint tuning for gravitational load cancellation and improved efficient mobility.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Optimal human-inspired ankle stiffness regulation for humanoid balancing control.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Comparison study of two inverted pendulum models for balance recovery.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Upper-body impedance control with variable stiffness for a door opening task.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Can active impedance protect robots from landing impact?
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Tele-manipulation with a humanoid robot under autonomous joint impedance regulation and vibrotactile balancing feedback.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

A manipulation framework for compliant humanoid COMAN: Application to a valve turning task.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2014

Humanoid Robot Teleoperation with Vibrotactile Based Balancing Feedback.
Proceedings of the Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications, 2014

Decentralized Feedback Design for a Compliant Robot Arm.
Proceedings of the 2014 European Modelling Symposium, Pisa, Italy, October 21-23, 2014, 2014

HANDS.DVI: A Device-Independent Programming and Control Framework for Robotic Hands.
Proceedings of the Gearing Up and Accelerating Cross-fertilization between Academic and Industrial Robotics Research in Europe:, 2014

2013
Gain Scheduling Control for a Class of Variable Stiffness Actuators Based on Lever Mechanisms.
IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2013

Improving Mouse-Based Computer Interaction in Users With Weak Upper Limb Motion Control Using a Haptic Assistive System.
IEEE Trans. Hum. Mach. Syst., 2013

Variable impedance actuators: A review.
Robotics Auton. Syst., 2013

Horse-like walking, trotting, and galloping derived from kinematic Motion Primitives (kMPs) and their application to walk/trot transitions in a compliant quadruped robot.
Biol. Cybern., 2013

Walking pattern generation for a humanoid robot with compliant joints.
Auton. Robots, 2013

Hybrid gait pattern generator capable of rapid and dynamically consistent pattern regeneration.
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, 2013

Quantitative Evaluation of Standing Stabilization Using Stiff and Compliant Actuators.
Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems IX, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2013

Impedance control with inner PI torque loop: Disturbance attenuation and impedance emulation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2013

Human-inspired balancing assistance: Application to a knee exoskeleton.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2013

An asymmetric compliant antagonistic joint design for high performance mobility.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

A compliant humanoid walking strategy based on the switching of state feedback gravity compensation controllers.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Compliant attitude control and stepping strategy for balance recovery with the humanoid COMAN.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Optimal ankle compliance regulation for humanoid balancing control.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Stabilizing humanoids on slopes using terrain inclination estimation.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Link position control of a compliant actuator with unknown transmission friction torque.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Teleimpedance control of a synergy-driven anthropomorphic hand.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

COMpliant huMANoid COMAN: Optimal joint stiffness tuning for modal frequency control.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Gravity compensation control of compliant joint systems with multiple drives.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Tele-Impedance based stiffness and motion augmentation for a knee exoskeleton device.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Optimal control for maximizing velocity of the CompAct™ compliant actuator.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Human-like impedance and minimum effort control for natural and efficient manipulation.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

A push recovery strategy for a passively compliant humanoid robot using decentralized LQR controllers.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, 2013

Dynamic modeling and adaptable control of the CompAct™ arm.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, 2013

Development of a dynamic simulator for a compliant humanoid robot based on a symbolic multibody approach.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, 2013

Designing a High Performance Humanoid Robot Based on Dynamic Simulation.
Proceedings of the Seventh UKSim/AMSS European Modelling Symposium, 2013

On the stiffness design of intrinsic compliant manipulators.
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2013

2012
A High Performance Tactile Feedback Display and Its Integration in Teleoperation.
IEEE Trans. Haptics, 2012

On-line estimation of variable stiffness in flexible robot joints.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2012

Tele-impedance: Teleoperation with impedance regulation using a body-machine interface.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2012

Yaw moment compensation for bipedal Robots via Intrinsic angular momentum Constraint.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2012

The Design of the iCub humanoid Robot.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2012

On the Kinematic Motion Primitives (kMPs) - Theory and Application.
Frontiers Neurorobotics, 2012

Exploration of virtual surface features with a high performance tactile and force feedback interface.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2012

CompAct Arm™: a Compliant Manipulator with Intrinsic Variable Physical Damping.
Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems VIII, 2012


Integration of a tactile display in teleoperation of a soft robotic finger using model based tactile feedback.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

A simple controller for a variable stiffness joint with uncertain dynamics and prescribed performance guarantees.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

The role of physical damping in compliant actuation systems.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

The anatomy of a fall: Automated real-time analysis of raw force sensor data from bipedal walking robots and humans.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

Internal model control for improving the gait tracking of a compliant humanoid robot.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

Hopping at the resonance frequency: A trajectory generation technique for bipedal robots with elastic joints.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

A position and stiffness control strategy for variable stiffness actuators.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

A compact tactile display suitable for integration in VR and teleoperation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Efficient human-like walking for the compliant huMANoid COMAN based on linematic Motion Primitives (kMPs).
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Stabilization for the compliant humanoid robot COMAN exploiting intrinsic and controlled compliance.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Walking trajectory generation for humanoid robots with compliant joints: Experimentation with COMAN humanoid.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

How design can affect the energy required to regulate the stiffness in variable stiffness actuators.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

A Variable Damping module for Variable Impedance Actuation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

Tele-impedance: Towards transferring human impedance regulation skills to robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

The mechatronic design of the new legs of the iCub robot.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), Osaka, Japan, November 29, 2012

A passivity based admittance control for stabilizing the compliant humanoid COMAN.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), Osaka, Japan, November 29, 2012

Statistical dynamical systems for skills acquisition in humanoids.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), Osaka, Japan, November 29, 2012

TeleImpedance: Exploring the role of common-mode and configuration-dependant stiffness.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), Osaka, Japan, November 29, 2012

Variable physical damping actuators (VPDAs): Facilitating the control and improving the performance of compliant actuation systems.
Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, 2012

2011
Feeling through Tactile Displays: A Study on the Effect of the Array Density and Size on the Discrimination of Tactile Patterns.
IEEE Trans. Haptics, 2011

MACCEPA 2.0: compliant actuator used for energy efficient hopping robot Chobino1D.
Auton. Robots, 2011

Tele-Impedance based teleoperation: Peg-in-hole experimental results.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2011

Tele-Impedance: Preliminary results on measuring and replicating human arm impedance in tele operated robots.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2011

A new variable stiffness actuator (CompAct-VSA): Design and modelling.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011

Bipedal walking energy minimization by reinforcement learning with evolving policy parameterization.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011

Robust estimation of variable stiffness in flexible joints.
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011

The design of the lower body of the compliant humanoid robot "cCub".
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

A decoupled impedance observer for a variable stiffness robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

A compact compliant actuator (CompAct™) with variable physical damping.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

AwAS-II: A new Actuator with Adjustable Stiffness based on the novel principle of adaptable pivot point and variable lever ratio.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

Exploiting natural dynamics for energy minimization using an Actuator with Adjustable Stiffness (AwAS).
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

VSA-CubeBot: A modular variable stiffness platform for multiple degrees of freedom robots.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011

A human-like walking for the COmpliant huMANoid COMAN based on CoM trajectory reconstruction from kinematic Motion Primitives.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2011), 2011

Effectiveness of a Tactile Display for Providing Orientation Information of 3d-patterned Surfaces.
Proceedings of the Virtual and Mixed Reality - Systems and Applications, 2011

Orientation discrimination of patterned surfaces through an actuated and non-actuated tactile display.
Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference, 2011

A multi-DOF robotic exoskeleton interface for hand motion assistance.
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2011

2010
Fast bipedal walk using large strides by modulating hip posture and toe-heel motion.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2010

A human hand compatible optimised exoskeleton system.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2010

Design and experimental evaluation of the hydraulically actuated prototype leg of the HyQ robot.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

Antagonistically actuated compliant joint: Torque and stiffness control.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

A novel actuator with adjustable stiffness (AwAS).
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

An octopus anatomy-inspired robotic arm.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

Water/air performance analysis of a fluidic muscle.
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

Control strategies for ankle rehabilitation using a high performance ankle exerciser.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010

A variable physical damping actuator (VPDA) for compliant robotic joints.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010

Trajectory generation of straightened knee walking for humanoid robot iCub.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Control, 2010

Psychophysical Evaluation of a Low Density and Portable Tactile Device Displaying Small-Scale Surface Features.
Proceedings of the Haptics: Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations, 2010

Human Tactile Ability to Discriminate Variations in Small Ridge Patterns thorugh a Portable-Wearable Tactile Display.
Proceedings of the ACHI 2010, 2010

2009
A High-performance Redundantly Actuated Parallel Mechanism for Ankle Rehabilitation.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2009

Leg mechanisms for hydraulically actuated robots.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

The mechanical design of the new lower body for the child humanoid robot 'iCub'.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

Antagonistic and series elastic actuators: a comparative analysis on the energy consumption.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

Safe human robot interaction via energy regulation control.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

MACCEPA 2.0: Adjustable compliant actuator with stiffening characteristic for energy efficient hopping.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009

A compact soft actuator unit for small scale human friendly robots.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009

A high performance 2-dof over-actuated parallel mechanism for ankle rehabilitation.
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009

Effect of the tactile array density on the discrimination of edge patterns: Implications for tactile systems design.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2009

2008
2D motion coordination enhancement for 'Ataxia' impaired users using a haptic device.
Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008

The initial design and manufacturing process of a low cost hand for the robot iCub.
Proceedings of the 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2008

2007
"Soft" Exoskeletons for Upper and Lower Body Rehabilitation - Design, Control and Testing.
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2007

iCub: the design and realization of an open humanoid platform for cognitive and neuroscience research.
Adv. Robotics, 2007

Lower body realization of the baby humanoid - 'iCub'.
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 29, 2007

2006
Haptic-Enabled Multimodal Interface for the Planning of Hip Arthroplasty.
IEEE Multim., 2006

Performance Assessment of a 3 DOF Differential Based Waist joint for the "iCub" Baby Humanoid Robot.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006

Free to Touch: A Portable Tactile Display For 3D Surface Texture Exploration.
Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006

Lower Body Design of the 'iCub' a Human-baby like Crawling Robot.
Proceedings of the 2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2006

2005
SLIP AESTHEASIS: A Portable 2D Slip/Skin Stretch Display for the Fingertip.
Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005

A 5 dof Haptic Interface for Pre-operative Planning of Surgical Access in Hip Arthroplasty.
Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005

A Portable Fingertip Tactile Feedback Array -- Transmission System Reliability and Modelling.
Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005

A Haptic Enabled Multimodal Pre-operative Planner for Hip Arthroplasty.
Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005

2004
Occupational and physical therapy using a hand exoskeleton based exerciser.
Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan, September 28, 2004

2003
Exoskeletons for human force augmentation.
Ind. Robot, 2003

Enhanced Modelling and Performance in Braided Pneumatic Muscle Actuators.
Int. J. Robotics Res., 2003

Development and Control of a 'Soft-Actuated' Exoskeleton for Use in Physiotherapy and Training.
Auton. Robots, 2003

2002
Enhanced Dynamic Performance in Pneumatic Muscle Actuators.
Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002

2000
Improved Modelling and Assessment of Pneumatic Muscle Actuators.
Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2000

1999
Development of a Pneumatic Muscle Actuator Driven Manipulator Rig for Nuclear Waste Retrieval Operations.
Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1999

An Integrated Tactile/Shear Feedback Array for Stimulation of Finger Mechanoreceptor.
Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1999

1998
Pneumatic Muscle Actuator Technology a Light Weight Power System for a Humanoid Robot.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1998

Dextrous Exploration of a Virtual World for Improved Prototyping.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1998

1997
Mechano thermo and proprioceptor feedback for integrated haptic feedback.
Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1997


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