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  • Navigation and coordination of autonomous mobile robots with limited resources

    Creator:
    Knudson, Matthew D.
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    The use of autonomous robots in complex exploration tasks is rapidly increasing. Indeed, robots can provide speed and cost effectiveness in many tasks, as well as allow operation in environments that are hostile to humans. In this dissertation we: 1) provide two adaptive navigation algorithms; 2) develop a coordination mechanism;...
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    : Navigation and Coordination of Autonomous Mobile Robots with Limited Resources Abstract approved: Kagan

  • Applying hierarchical and adaptive control to coordinating simple robots

    Creator:
    Knudson, Matthew D.
    Abstract:
    Coordinating multiple robots to achieve a complex task requires solving two distinct control problems: the high-level control problem of ensuring that each robot aims to perform a useful task (e.g., coordination) and the low-level control problem of ensuring that each robot actually performs the correct actions to achieve its task...
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    Masters Thesis
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    techniques and reward structures are applied under restrictions of physical robot motion in addition to

  • Optimal control of an underactuated bipedal robot

    Creator:
    Jones, Mikhail S.
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    Bipedal robots represent a unique class of control problems that combine many of the most difficult elements of nonlinear control. These robots are typically designed to be mobile and as such have limited energy and actuator authority making efficiency a prime concern. Unlike wheeled robots, legged robots must transition between...
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    most difficult elements of nonlinear control. These robots are typically designed to be mobile and as

  • A neuro-evolutionary multiagent approach to multi-linked inverted pendulum control

    Creator:
    Sills, Stephen
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    Recent work has shown humanoid robots with spinal columns, instead of rigid torsos, benefit from both better balance and an increased ability to absorb external impact. Similarly, snake robots have shown promise as a viable option for exploration in confined spaces with limited human access, such as during power plant...
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    claims by examining neuro-evolutionary control of 3-, 6-, and 12-link systems with nominal conditions as

  • From running birds to walking robots : optimization as a unifying framework for dynamic bipedal locomotion

    Creator:
    Hubicki, Christian M.
    Abstract:
    Bipedal locomotion is a complex phenomenon to understand and control, making it difficult for legged robots to achieve the speed, agility, efficiency, and robustness of their animal counterparts. This thesis argues for the use of numerical optimization to investigate and implement bipedal control as it applies to biology, dynamical models,...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics and Mechanical Engineering presented on December