Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Industry: Robotics

Robotics

Bipedal Robotic Locomotion

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Cassie Moves Autonomously Team: Jonathan Rogers (ME), Bike Zhang (ME), and Shuxiao Chen (IEOR) Advisors: Koushil Sreenath (ME) In the field of robotics, legged robot locomotion is one of the hardest problems. We developed a framework for autonomous locomotion. This was accomplished through controllers, path planning, and computer vision. Problem In 2018, California experienced its… Read More »

Optimization Planners for a Human-Friendly Robot

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Improved path planning is key for developing robots that will safely operate in homes, providing care and assistance. Instead of using traditional random sampling-based path planners, the team adapted an optimization-based path planner which gives predictable and intuitive path. Robotics have been promised as a solution to elderly care and home assistance, but we still… Read More »