This work proposes newly an incremental motion learning algorithm through kinesthetic teachings and a new motion production algorithm by combining learned motions in a humanoid robot. The proposed algorithms are useful to enrich producible motions Read more…
This work presents a design of a thermal SMA based simple small-sized and low-weight crawling robot, mimicking the crawling motion mechanism of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Properties of the thermal SMA are similar to those Read more…
We investigate a new algorithm for real-time 3D human-motion tracking through a monocular camera. The algorithm is based on body-silhouette shape matching combined with particle-filter-based selected-region tracking in the 2D view. The selected-region tracking, combined Read more…
This work investigates mechanisms for active flapping and twisting of robotic wings and assesses flying effectiveness as a function of twist angle. Unlike the flapping motion of bird wings, insects generally make a twisting motion Read more…
This work presents the mechanical human gait-based 3D bipedal walking robot. The robot mimics human walking through the push-off mechanism at the ankle, the passive knee bending mechanism, and the simple lateral balance control. To Read more…
This work proposes an algorithm for real-time navigation of a humanoid robot with a stereo vision but no other sensors. Using the algorithm, a robot can recognize its 3D environment by retrieving SIFT features from Read more…