Intelligent Service Robotics

Lumbar stabilization exercises are commonly employed in the rehabilitation of patients with low back pain. However, many patients discontinue these exercises, generally calisthenics using various postures or tools, due to the difficulty of ...

In this paper, a novel navigation method with the assistance of a vehicle dynamic model (VDM), known as the VDM-aided navigation method, is introduced. This method is specifically designed for a subset of fixed-wing aerial robots within the ...

This study proposes a methodology to build an interface that will enable end users to interact with ROS-based service robots. The proposed methodology enables building an easy-to-use interface using the jigsaw metaphor. The methodology exploits ...

Redundant robots are gaining popularity for their agility in service tasks, but they struggle with managing multiple tasks in dynamic and unstructured environments. Research is currently centered around adjusting task priorities to facilitate the ...

To achieve the autonomy of mobile robots, effective localization is an essential process. Among localization algorithms, the Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization (AMCL) algorithm is most commonly used in many indoor environments. However, when the ...

This research aims to design controllers based on the hedge-algebras (HA) theory to control differential robots that track reference trajectories. First, the HA-based controller (denoted as HA controller) is synthesized by selecting a suitable ...

The use of robots as personal assistants has gained significant interest in recent years. In this research, our motivation is to employ a robot as a personal assistant to optimize the office ergonomics for students. Our personal assistant system ...

Inspired by the morphology of human finger, this study proposed a pneumatic network actuator for soft robotics gripper with rigid-flexible coupling and stepped chamber structure to improve the grasp stability and strength under low air pressure. ...

Rapidly exploring random trees (RRTs) have been widely used for single-query motion planning problems due to their efficient searching capability in high-dimensional and complex spaces. Optimal RRTs (RRT*s) address the problem of finding optimal ...

One of the most important aspects in the design of a social robot is its visual appeal, with the design of its head playing a particularly important role in this regard. The head design for social robots has been developed using a variety of ways; ...

Flexible surgical robots can move with increased flexibility compared with conventional laparoscopic surgical robots, enabling surgeries along arbitrary curved paths. Because of these characteristics, flexible surgical robots are used for ...

In response to challenges faced by mobile robots in global path planning within high-resolution grid maps—such as excessive waypoints, low efficiency, inability to evade random obstacles, and poor maneuverability in narrow passage environments ...

Path planning algorithm has always been the core of intelligent robot research; a good path planning algorithm can significantly enhance the efficiency of robots in executing tasks. As the application scenarios for intelligent robots continue to ...$$

With the advancement of robotics, mechatronic systems, and automation systems, bilateral teleoperation systems are utilized for performing tasks in remote environments based on commands provided by the master. In application domains like drilling, ...

Lane-change maneuvers are a critical aspect of autonomous vehicles operation, but executing them efficiently and safely in the presence of other vehicles with varying driving behaviors, influenced by drivers’ emotions, poses a significant ...

Compared to wheeled and tracked robots, hexapod robots have higher adaptability and higher flexibility in complex terrains. With various gaits, hexapod robots can fulfill different needs better. Existing researches mainly focused on three common ...