We introduce our concept on the modular wireless robot consisting of three main modules : main unit, data acquisition and data processing modules. We have developed a generic prototype with an integrated control and monitoring system to enhance its flexibility, and to enable simple operation through a web-based interface accessible wirelessly. In present paper, we focus on the microcontroller b...

In this paper we introduce the core results of the project on software development for social robotics systems. The usability of maintenance and control features is crucial for many kinds of systems, but in the case of social robotics we also have to take into account that (1) the humanoid robot physically interacts with humans, (2) the conversation with children might have different requiremen...

a general robotic mechanism was presented for in-pipe inspection oflevel pipes with varied diameter or curved pipelines. the robot employed three legs comprised of parallelogram linkages mechanism which enables adapting to various elbow joints in the piping systems. the curvatures in pipeline are the most important constraints in front of the robot through navigation process. to study the adapt...

We present an automated planning application for generating 3D tasks demonstrations involving a teleoperated robot arm on the International Space Station (ISS). A typical task demonstration involves moving the robot arm from one configuration to another. Our objective is to automatically plan the position of virtual cameras to film the arm in a manner that conveys the best awareness of the robo...

This paper discusses the application of Castigliano’s Theorem to a half circular beam intended for use as a shaped, tunable, passively compliant robot leg. We present closed-form equations characterizing the deflection behavior of the beam (whose compliance properties vary along the leg) under appropriate loads. We compare the accuracy of this analytical representation to that of a Pseudo Rigid...

Robots are needed to perform important tasks in field environments. A limitation to the practical use of robot systems is their high cost and long development times. It would be desirable to rapidly design and fabricate the hardware and software for these systems, on a time scale of days or weeks instead of years. An integral part of this system is a rapid generator of the motion plans that the...

Lower limb rehabilitation robots are designed to enhance gait function in individuals with motor impairments. Although numerous rehabilitation robots have been developed, only few of these robots have been used in practical health care, particularly in China. The objective of this study is to construct a lower limb rehabilitation robot and bridge the gap between research and application. Open s...

Many agricultural and especially greenhouse applications like plant inspection, data gathering, spraying and selective harvesting could be performed by robots. In this paper multiple nonholonomic robots are used in order to create a desired formation scheme for screening solar energy in a greenhouse through data gathering. The formation consists from a leader and a team member equipped with app...

this paper presents a delay compensator fuzzy control for trajectory tracking of omni-directional mobile robots. fuzzy logic control (flc) of the robots is a suitable strategy for dealing with model uncertainties, nonlinearities and disturbances.  on the other hand, in many robotic applications such as mobile robots, delay phenomenon is able to substantially deteriorate the behavior of system's...

The localisation is not a trivial problem of mobile robotics. The robot must localise itself, having merely a map of the environment and sensor readings. This is a base knowledge that robot must possess in order to be able to complete higher level tasks like path planning. The Monte Carlo Localisation (MCL) is a probabilistic algorithm successfully applied in many mobile robot systems. The core...