# IEEE Transactions on Robotics

## Issue 2 • April 2018

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Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): C1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): C2
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• ### Robust Visual Localization Across Seasons

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):289 - 302
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Localization is an integral part of reliable robot navigation, and long-term autonomy requires robustness against perceptional changes in the environment during localization. In the context of vision-based localization, such changes can be caused by illumination variations, occlusion, structural development, different weather conditions, and seasons. In this paper, we present a novel approach for ... View full abstract»

• ### Grasping Without Squeezing: Design and Modeling of Shear-Activated Grippers

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):303 - 316
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Grasping objects that are too large to envelop is traditionally achieved using friction that is activated by squeezing. We present a family of shear-activated grippers that can grasp such objects without the need to squeeze. When a shear force is applied to the gecko-inspired material in our grippers, adhesion is turned on; this adhesion in turn results in adhesion-controlled friction, a friction ... View full abstract»

• ### Elastic Structure Preserving (ESP) Control for Compliantly Actuated Robots

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):317 - 335
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Physical compliance can be considered one of the key technical properties a robot should exhibit to increase its mechanical robustness. In addition, the accompanying temporal energy-storing capabilities enable explosive and energy efficient cyclic motions. But these advantages come at a price, as compliance introduces unwanted intrinsic oscillatory dynamics, underactuation, and reduces the natural... View full abstract»

• ### The Boundaries of Walking Stability: Viability and Controllability of Simple Models

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):336 - 352
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From which states and with what controls can a biped avoid falling or reach a given target state? What is the most robust way to do these? So as to help with the design of walking robot controllers, and perhaps give insights into human walking, we address these questions using two simple 2-D models: the inverted pendulum (IP) and linear inverted pendulum (LIP). Each has one state variable at mid-s... View full abstract»

• ### A Novel Robotic Platform for Aerial Manipulation Using Quadrotors as Rotating Thrust Generators

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):353 - 369
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We propose a novel robotic platform for aerial operation and manipulation, a spherically connected multiquadrotor (SmQ) platform, which consists of a rigid frame and multiple quadrotors that are connected to the frame via passive spherical joints and act as distributed rotating thrust generators to collectively propel the frame by adjusting their attitude and thrust force. Depending on the number ... View full abstract»

• ### Dynamic Humanoid Locomotion: A Scalable Formulation for HZD Gait Optimization

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):370 - 387
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Hybrid zero dynamics (HZD) has emerged as a popular framework for dynamic walking but has significant implementation difficulties when applied to the high degrees of freedom humanoids. The primary impediment is the process of gait design—it is difficult for optimizers to converge on a viable set of virtual constraints defining a gait. This paper presents a methodology that allows for fast a... View full abstract»

• ### 3-D Robust Stability Polyhedron in Multicontact

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):388 - 403
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We propose algorithms to compute the three-dimensional (3-D) robust stability region in multicontact. It is well known that the stability region is a product of convex cones and, hence, is a convex polyhedron. Our stability region extends existing recursive two-dimensional (2-D) static stability approaches to 3-D by accounting for possible center-of-mass accelerations. We provide algorithms that c... View full abstract»

• ### Cooperative Collision Avoidance for Nonholonomic Robots

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):404 - 420
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In this paper, we present a method, namely $epsilon$ CCA, for collision avoidance in dynamic environments among interacting agents, such as other robots or humans. Given a preferred motion by a global planner or driver, the method computes a collision-free local motion for a short time horizon, which respects the actuator const... View full abstract»

• ### A Physics-Based Power Model for Skid-Steered Wheeled Mobile Robots

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):421 - 433
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The power consumed by skid-steered mobile robots varies enormously depending on their operating regimes and environments. Therefore, energy optimal planning of field missions can be accomplished only if the operating environment and an accurate model of the robot's power consumption are known in advance. This paper studies influences of location of the center of mass, surface type, terrain ... View full abstract»

• ### Formation Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Without Position and Velocity Measurements

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):434 - 446
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Most existing formation control approaches are based on the assumption that the global/relative position and/or velocity measurements of mobile robots are directly available. To extend the application domain and to improve the formation control performance, it is extremely necessary to avoid the use of position and velocity measurements in the design of formation controllers. In this paper, we pro... View full abstract»

• ### Online Identification of Environment Hunt–Crossley Models Using Polynomial Linearization

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):447 - 458
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Online environment dynamic estimates are often used for the control of robots, telerobots, and haptic systems. The nonlinear Hunt–Crossley (HC) model, which is physically consistent with the behavior of soft objects with limited deformation at a single point of contact, is being increasingly used in robotic control systems. The HC model can be identified online using a single-stage log line... View full abstract»

• ### Coordinated Search With Multiple Robots Arranged in Line Formations

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):459 - 473
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In this paper, we address the problem of detecting intruders in complex bidimensional environments with a team of robots arranged in line formations called sweep lines. Sweep lines are used to coordinate the motion of multiple robots and guarantee the detection of any number of arbitrarily fast intruders, even when each robot has a limited sensor footprint. We present a formalizat... View full abstract»

• ### Cable-Based Robotic Crane (CBRC): Design and Implementation of Overhead Traveling Cranes Based on Variable Radius Drums

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):474 - 485
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In this paper, we present a new family of overhead traveling cranes based on variable radius drums (VRDs), called cable-based robotic cranes (CBRCs). A VRD is characterized by the variation of the spool radius along its profile. This kind of device is used, in this context, for the development of a cable-robot, which can support and move a load through a planar working area with just two degrees o... View full abstract»

• ### Online Approximate Optimal Station Keeping of a Marine Craft in the Presence of an Irrotational Current

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):486 - 496
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Online approximation of the optimal station-keeping strategy for a marine craft subject to an irrotational current is considered. An approximate policy that minimizes a user-defined cost function over an infinite time horizon is obtained using an actor-critic-identifier-based adaptive dynamic programming technique. The hydrodynamic drift dynamics are assumed to be unknown; therefore, a concurrent ... View full abstract»

• ### Ultrahigh-Precision Rotational Positioning Under a Microscope: Nanorobotic System, Modeling, Control, and Applications

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):497 - 507
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High-precision positioning is an essential requirement for sample operation at a small scale. At the current stage, although nanometer-scale accuracy has been achieved for the linear positioning, the rotational positioning (attitude control) is still very challenging and rarely addressed. This paper presents a rotatable nanorobotic system with rotational degrees of freedom first. Then, the system ... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Gain Control Strategy for Constant Optical Flow Divergence Landing

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):508 - 516
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A control strategy is proposed to deal with the fundamental gain selection problem of optical flow landings. It involves detecting the height by means of an oscillating movement and setting the control gains accordingly at the start of a landing. Then, during descent, the gains are reduced exponentially, with mechanisms in place to ensure high-performance landings. Real-world experiments with a qu... View full abstract»

• ### Controlling Noncooperative Herds with Robotic Herders

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):517 - 525
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We present control strategies for robotic herders to drive noncooperative herds. Our key insight enforces geometrical relationships that map the combined dynamics to simple two-dimensional or three-dimensional nonholonomic vehicle models. We prove convergence of single-agent herds to a goal and propose strategies for multi-agent herds, verified in simulations and experiments. View full abstract»

• ### $varepsilon ^{star }$: An Online Coverage Path Planning Algorithm

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):526 - 533
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This paper presents an algorithm called $varepsilon ^{star }$ , for online coverage path planning of unknown environment. The algorithm is built upon the concept of an Exploratory Turing Machine (ETM), which acts as a supervisor to the autonomous vehicle to guide it with adaptive navigation commands. The ETM generates a coverag... View full abstract»

• ### Full-Pose Tracking Control for Aerial Robotic Systems With Laterally Bounded Input Force

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):534 - 541
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A class of abstract aerial robotic systems is introduced, the laterally bounded force vehicles, in which most of the control authority is expressed along a principal thrust direction, while along the lateral directions a (smaller and possibly null) force may be exploited to achieve full-pose tracking. This class approximates platforms endowed with noncollinear rotors that can modify the orientatio... View full abstract»

• ### Comparative Peg-in-Hole Testing of a Force-Based Manipulation Controlled Robotic Hand

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s):542 - 549
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Force-based manipulation control strategies are evolving as a primary mechanism in robotics for performing the fine manipulation tasks typical within manufacturing assembly. The ability to systematically compare robotic system performance and quantify true advancement in fine manipulation is of utmost importance. Accordingly, the objectives of this paper are threefold: 1) creation of a peg-in-hole... View full abstract»

• ### Introducing IEEE Collabratec

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 550
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• ### IEEE Global History Network

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 551
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• ### Imagine a community hopeful for the future

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 552
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## Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Robotics covers both theory and applications on topics including: kinematics, dynamics, control, and simulation of robots and intelligent machines and systems.

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Frank Park
Seoul National University