Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Method for Measuring Systems Thinking Learning

Creator:: Taylor, Seth H.
Abstract:: The myriad of problems facing the world today are increasingly complex, dynamic, and transcend multiple domains necessitating the need for an equally complex and trans-disciplinary approach to solve these problems. Systems thinking promises to provide the skills necessary for all citizens of the world, not just the experts, to handle...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Seth Taylor

Making the Unconscious Unconscious : Reclaiming Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities

Creator:: Lazewatsky, Daniel A.
Abstract:: Numerous diseases and injuries can limit a person's ability to perform everyday tasks -- things like getting dressed, bathing, and eating. Anything that requires physical activity can be affected; even simple things like turning on the lights can become difficult or impossible. Until recently, the only way for a person...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Daniel A. Lazewatsky

Fully Soft 3D Printed Electroactive Fluidic Valve in Soft Hydraulic Robots

Creator:: Zatopa, Alexander
Abstract:: Soft robots are designed to utilize their compliance and contortionistic abilities to both interact safely with their environment and move through it in ways a rigid robot cannot. To more completely achieve this, the robot should be made of as many soft components as possible. Here we present a completely...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A framework for assessing and improving the resilience of complex engineered systems during the early design process

Creator:: Mehrpouyan, Hoda
Abstract:: As modern systems continue to increase in size and complexity, they pose significant safety and risk management challenges. System engineers and much of the government research efforts are focused on understanding the attributes and characteristics that emerge from the interactions of components and subsystems. As a result, the objective of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Deep Perception Without a Camera: Enabling 3D Reconstruction and Object Recognition using Lidar and Sonar Sensing

Creator:: DeBortoli, Robert A.
Abstract:: Deep learning has recently revolutionized robot perception in many canonical robotic applications, such as autonomous driving. However, a similar transformation has yet to occur in more harsh environments including underwater and underground. This is due in part to the difficulty in deploying robots in these environments, which lack large real...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Nick Lawrance, Seth McCammon, Tim Player, Ian Rankin, Manish Saroya, Andrew Smith, and Thane Somers

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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Efficiently Learning Human Preferences for Robot Autonomy

Creator:: Somers, Thane N.
Abstract:: Human-robot teams are invaluable for mapping unknown environments, exploring difficult-to-reach areas, and manipulating inaccessible equipment. However, guiding autonomous robots requires dealing with these dynamic domains while synthesizing a significant amount of data and balancing competing objectives. Current mission planning methods often involve manually specifying low-level parameters of the mission, such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: school would not have been the same without Seth McCammon, Nick Lawrance, Jen Jen Chung, Jeff Caley

Wave Energy From Idea, to Concept, to Converter: Structuring Methods for Design and Evaluation of Wave Energy Devices

Creator:: Trueworthy, Ali May
Abstract:: The amount of energy we use and the ways that we get that energy sit on the edge of dramatic change as the carbon budget which can keep the planet under 1.5C of global average temperature increase gets smaller (Allen, 2018). In response, we continue to research and develop renewable...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Thanks, Spike. Lastly, thank you to my chosen Oregon family and our Corona-adoptee. Daniel, Seanna, and

Integrated Evaluation of Drinking Water Purification: A Mixed-Method Laboratory and Field Assessment of a Biomass-Powered Water Treatment Technology

Creator:: Burleson, Grace Ellen
Abstract:: The global water crisis is defined as one of the major threats facing humankind over the next decade with over 1 in 10 people lacking access to clean drinking water worldwide. An estimated 1.2 million people pasteurize their drinking water by using boiling as an indicator. Pasteurization is the process...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: supplied head pressure and flow rate. A computer simulated model, developed by my co-author Daniel Caplan

Agile Bipedal Locomotion via Hierarchical Control by Incorporating Physical Principles, Learning, and Optimization

Creator:: Green, Kevin
Abstract:: Robotic Bipedal locomotion holds the potential for efficient, robust traversal of difficult terrain. The difficulty lies in the dynamics of locomotion which complicate control and motion planning. Bipedal locomotion dynamics are dimensionally large problems, extremely nonlinear, and operate on the limits of actuator capabilities, which limit the performance of generic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Method for Measuring Systems Thinking Learning

Making the Unconscious Unconscious : Reclaiming Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities

Fully Soft 3D Printed Electroactive Fluidic Valve in Soft Hydraulic Robots

A framework for assessing and improving the resilience of complex engineered systems during the early design process

Deep Perception Without a Camera: Enabling 3D Reconstruction and Object Recognition using Lidar and Sonar Sensing

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

Efficiently Learning Human Preferences for Robot Autonomy

Wave Energy From Idea, to Concept, to Converter: Structuring Methods for Design and Evaluation of Wave Energy Devices

Integrated Evaluation of Drinking Water Purification: A Mixed-Method Laboratory and Field Assessment of a Biomass-Powered Water Treatment Technology

Agile Bipedal Locomotion via Hierarchical Control by Incorporating Physical Principles, Learning, and Optimization

Limit your search

Academic Affiliation

Advisor

Commencement Year

Committee Member

Conference Name

Creator

Contributor

Date

Decade

Degree Field

Degree Level

Degree Name

Language

License

Location

Non-Academic Affiliation

Peer Reviewed

Resource Type

Rights Statement

Subject

Search Constraints

Search Results

Limit your search