Robotics: Locomotion Engineering Supplemental Readings
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Papers from 2017
Ground robotic measurement of aeolian processes, Feifei Qian, Douglas J. Jerolmack, Nicholas Lancaster, George Nikolich, Paul B. Reverdy, Sonia F. Roberts, Thomas F. Shipley, Robert Scott Van pelt, Ted M. Zobeck, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mismatch for Door Opening and Stair Climbing With a Legged Robot, T. Turner Topping, Gavin Kenneally, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2016
Design Principles for a Family of Direct-Drive Legged Robots, Gavin Kenneally, Avik De, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Comparative Design, Scaling, and Control of Appendages for Inertial Reorientation, Thomas Libby, Aaron M Johnson, Evan Chang-Sui, R J. Full, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2015
Tail-Assisted Rigid and Compliant Legged Leaping, Anna Brill, Avik De, Aaron Johnson, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Averaged Anchoring of Decoupled Templates in a Tail-Energized Monoped, Avik De and Daniel E. Koditschek
Parallel Composition of Templates for Tail-Energized Planar Hopping, Avik De and Daniel E. Koditschek
The Penn Jerboa: A Platform for Exploring Parallel Composition of Templates, Avik De and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2014
Active Sensing for Dynamic, Non-holonomic, Robust Visual Servoing, Avik De, Karl S. Bayer, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Desert RHex Technical Report: Jornada and White Sands Trip, Sonia Roberts, Jeff Duperret, Aaron M. Johnson, Scott van Pelt, Ted Zobeck, Nick Lancaster, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2013
Toward a Vocabulary of Legged Leaping, Aaron M. Johnson and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2012
Laboratory on Legs: An Architechture for Adjustable Morphology with Legged Robots, G. Clark Haynes, Jason Pusey, Ryan Knopf, Aaron M. Johnson, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Standing Self-Manipulation for a Legged Robot, Aaron M. Johnson, G. Clark Haynes, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Tail Assisted Dynamic Self Righting, Aaron M. Johnson, Thomas Libby, Evan Chang-Siu, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Robert J. Full, and Daniel E. Koditschek
A Bioinspired Dynamical Vertical Climbing Robot, Goran A. Lynch, Jonathan E. Clark, Pei-Chun Lei, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2008
Biologically Inspired Climbing with a Hexapedal Robot, M. J. Spenko, G. C. Haynes, J. A. Sanders, M. R. Cutkosky, Alfred A. Rizzi, R. J. Full, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 2000
A Brachiating Robot Controller, Jun Nakanishi, Toshio Fukuda, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Approximating the Stance Map of a 2 DOF Monoped Runner, William J. Schwind and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 1998
Toward the Control of a Multi-Jointed, Monoped Runner, Uluc Saranli, William J. Schwind, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 1995
Toward a Dynamical Pick and Place, Robert R. Burridge, Alfred A. Rizzi, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Control of forward velocity for a simplified planar hopping robot, William J. Schwind and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 1992
Distributed Real-Time Control of a Spatial Robot Juggler, Alfred A. Rizzi, Louis L. Whitcomb, and Daniel E. Koditschek
Papers from 1991
Analysis of A Simplified Hopping Robot, Daniel E. Koditschek and Martin Buehler
Papers from 1990
From stable to chaotic juggling: theory, simulation, and experiments, Martin Buehler and Daniel E. Koditschek
A Family of Robot Control Strategies for Intermittent Dynamical Environments, Martin Buehler, Daniel E. Koditschek, and Peter J. Kindlmann