This article presents a retrospective analysis of Team IHMC's experience throughout the
DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), where we took first or second place overall in each of the …

Repairs and redesigns of components were done on the quadruped robot “Puppy” in order
to bring it back into working order. A control system was derived from Cruse's method for a …

Braided pneumatic actuators (BPAs) are attractive for use in bio-robots because they offer
many muscle-like properties, especially when compared to most other commercially available …

This article presents a retrospective analysis of Team IHMC’s experience throughout the
DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), where we took first or second place overall in each of the …

The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a robotics competition that took place in Pomona,
California USA in June 2015. The competition was the culmination of 33 months of demanding …

Remote robot manipulation with human control enables applications in which safety and
environmental constraints are adverse to humans (eg, underwater, space robotics and disaster …

Virtual reality (VR) interfaces for robots provide a three-dimensional (3D) view of the robot in
its environment, which allows people to better plan complex robot movements in tight or …

Our research explores the potential of a humanoid robot for work in unpredictable environments,
but controlling a humanoid robot remains a very difficult problem. In our previous work, …

TCERA (Tunable Compliance Energy Return Actuator) is a biologically inspired robotic actuator
which captures the variable stiffness properties of the human leg. This actuator emulates …

Remote robot manipulation with human control enables applications where safety and
environmental constraints are adverse to humans (eg underwater, space robotics and disaster …