Pyrotechnic robots are service robots which are used to reduce the intervention time of pyrotechnic troops and the danger for the operators. Pyrotechnic robots are used to inspect hazardous areas or/and to remove and to destroy explosive or suspect devices/objects. These robots can be used to make some corridors through mined battle fields, to manipulate and neutralize the intact ammunition, to...

Many robotic systems are comprised of two or more arms. Such systems range from dual-arm household manipulators to factory floors populated with a multitude of industrial robotic arms. While the use of multiple arms increases the productivity of the system and extends dramatically its workspace, it also introduces a number of challenges. One such challenge is planning the motion of the arm(s) r...

Recent advances in both anthropomorphic robots and bimanual industrial manipulators had led to an increased interest in the specific problems pertaining to dual arm manipulation. For the future, we foresee robots performing humanlike tasks in both domestic and industrial settings. It is therefore natural to study specifics of dual arm manipulation in humans and methods for using the resulting k...

In the future of automated production processes, manipulator must be more efficient to complete certain tasks. Compared single-arm robots, dual-arm robots have a larger workspace and stronger load capacity. Coordinated motion planning multi-arm is problem that solved in process robot development. This paper proposes an obstacle avoidance path method for based on goal probability bias cost funct...

There exists the co-operative activity between a human being and rehabilitation robots because the human operates rehabilitation robots in the same environment and has the bene t of rehabilitation robots, such as manipulatory or mobile functions. Intention reading is one of the essential functions of humanfriendly rehabilitation robots in order to promise the comfort and safety for all who need...

There is a growing need for robots that can not only function in close proximity to human beings but also physically interact with them safely. We believe inherent safety is extremely important for robots in human environments. In this paper, we identify key design paradigms for robots that can safely perform physical human robot interaction (pHRI). We believe soft robots can incorporate these ...

This short paper describes the application of a model free, learning neural controller, that is able to optimally control a flexible joint of a robot arm.

This paper addresses the visual servoing of robot manipulators in fixed-camera configuration considering a moving target. We propose a control scheme consisting of two loops: an inner loop, which is a joint velocity controller, and an outer loop which is an image-based feedback loop. We present the stability analysis and the experimental evaluation on a two degrees of freedom direct-drive plana...

Two applications of Anticipatory Classifier Systems (ACS) in robotics are discussed. The first one is a simulation of an experiment about latent learning in rats with a mobile robot. It shows that an ACS is able to learn latently, i.e. in the absence of environmental reward and that ACS can do action planning. The second one is about learning of the hand-eye coordination of a robot arm in conju...