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 …

Legged robots can have a unique role in manipulating objects in dynamic, human-centric, or
otherwise inaccessible environments. Although most legged robotics research to date …

Many exciting robotic applications require multiple robots with many degrees of freedom,
such as manipulators, to coordinate their motion in a shared workspace. Discovering high …

Handing over objects to humans is an essential capability for assistive robots. While there
are infinite ways to hand an object, robots should be able to choose the one that is best for …

Having a representation of the capabilities of a robot is helpful when online queries, such as
solving the inverse kinematics (IK) problem for gras** tasks, must be processed efficiently …

The ability of computing a quality index for given configurations can be useful for several
applications in the context of robotic manipulation. Eg it can be used for monitoring the …

With the rapid technological and economic development, a growing number of companies
are employing robots for their production and service operations. Motion planning is a …

In this paper, we discuss a framework for teaching bimanual manipulation tasks by imitation.
To this end, we present a system and algorithms for learning compliant and contact-rich …

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 …

The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) requires teams to integrate mobility, manipulation,
and perception to accomplish several disaster‐response tasks. We describe our hardware …