Review and comparison of dry friction force models

E Pennestrì, V Rossi, P Salvini, PP Valentini - Nonlinear dynamics, 2016‏ - Springer
Friction force models play a fundamental role for simulation of mechanical systems. Their
choice affects the matching of numerical results with physically observed behavior. Friction …

A review on locomotion robophysics: the study of movement at the intersection of robotics, soft matter and dynamical systems

J Aguilar, T Zhang, F Qian, M Kingsbury… - Reports on Progress …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Discovery of fundamental principles which govern and limit effective locomotion (self-
propulsion) is of intellectual interest and practical importance. Human technology has …

Optimization-based control for dynamic legged robots

PM Wensing, M Posa, Y Hu, A Escande… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a world designed for legs, quadrupeds, bipeds, and humanoids have the opportunity to
impact emerging robotics applications from logistics, to agriculture, to home assistance. The …

Versatile multicontact planning and control for legged loco-manipulation

JP Sleiman, F Farshidian, M Hutter - Science Robotics, 2023‏ - science.org
Loco-manipulation planning skills are pivotal for expanding the utility of robots in everyday
environments. These skills can be assessed on the basis of a system's ability to coordinate …

End-to-end differentiable physics for learning and control

F de Avila Belbute-Peres, K Smith… - Advances in neural …, 2018‏ - proceedings.neurips.cc
We present a differentiable physics engine that can be integrated as a module in deep
neural networks for end-to-end learning. As a result, structured physics knowledge can be …

Global planning for contact-rich manipulation via local smoothing of quasi-dynamic contact models

T Pang, HJT Suh, L Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The empirical success of reinforcement learning (RL) in contact-rich manipulation leaves
much to be understood from a model-based perspective, where the key difficulties are often …

Add: Analytically differentiable dynamics for multi-body systems with frictional contact

M Geilinger, D Hahn, J Zehnder, M Bächer… - ACM Transactions on …, 2020‏ - dl.acm.org
We present a differentiable dynamics solver that is able to handle frictional contact for rigid
and deformable objects within a unified framework. Through a principled mollification of …

A direct method for trajectory optimization of rigid bodies through contact

M Posa, C Cantu, R Tedrake - The International Journal of …, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Direct methods for trajectory optimization are widely used for planning locally optimal
trajectories of robotic systems. Many critical tasks, such as locomotion and manipulation …

Simulation tools for model-based robotics: Comparison of bullet, havok, mujoco, ode and physx

T Erez, Y Tassa, E Todorov - 2015 IEEE international …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is growing need for software tools that can accurately simulate the complex dynamics
of modern robots. While a number of candidates exist, the field is fragmented. It is difficult to …

[ספר][B] Finite-dimensional variational inequalities and complementarity problems

F Facchinei, JS Pang - 2003‏ - Springer
Complementary to Chapter 11, the present chapter is devoted to the study of solution
methods for VIs that are of the monotone type and also for NCPs of the P 0 type. We already …