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Computers, Brains, and the Control of Movement
(1982-06-01)
Many of the problems associated with the planning and execution of human arm trajectories are illuminated by planning and control strategies which have been developed for robotic manipulators. This comparison may ...
Workshop on the Design and Control of Dextrous Hands
(1982-04-01)
The Workshop for the Design and Control of Dexterous Hands was held at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory on November 5-6, 1981. Outside experts were brought together to discuss four topics: kinematics of hands, ...
Specialization of Perceptual Processes
(1995-04-22)
In this report, I discuss the use of vision to support concrete, everyday activity. I will argue that a variety of interesting tasks can be solved using simple and inexpensive vision systems. I will provide a number ...
Evolving Robocode Tank Fighters
(2003-10-28)
In this paper, I describe the application of genetic programming to evolve a controller for a robotic tank in a simulated environment.The purpose is to explore how genetic techniques can best be applied to produce controllers ...
Team MIT Urban Challenge Technical Report
(2007-12-14)
This technical report describes Team MIT s approach to theDARPA Urban Challenge. We have developed a novel strategy forusing many inexpensive sensors, mounted on the vehicle periphery,and calibrated with a new cross-modal ...
Evolving Robocode Tank Fighters
(2003-10-28)
In this paper, I describe the application of genetic programming to evolve a controller for a robotic tank in a simulated environment. The purpose is to explore how genetic techniques can best be applied to produce ...
Series Elastic Actuators
(1995-09-07)
This thesis presents the design, construction, control and evaluation of a novel force controlled actuator. Traditional force controlled actuators are designed from the premise that "Stiffer is better''. This approach ...
The Grasping Problem: Toward Task-Level Programming for an Articulated Hand
(1990-05-01)
This report presents a system for generating a stable, feasible, and reachable grasp of a polyhedral object. A set of contact points on the object is found that can result in a stable grasp; a feasible grasp is found ...
Dynamically Stable Legged Locomotion (September 1985-Septembers1989)
(1989-09-01)
This report documents our work in exploring active balance for dynamic legged systems for the period from September 1985 through September 1989. The purpose of this research is to build a foundation of knowledge that ...
Roles of Knowledge in Motor Learning
(1987-02-01)
The goal of this thesis is to apply the computational approach to motor learning, i.e., describe the constraints that enable performance improvement with experience and also the constraints that must be satisfied by ...