Robotics for Sustainable Future

Section-1: Biped Locomotion.- Studying the two-legged walking system with video capture methods.- Stacked Modulation Architecture for Simultaneous Exploration and Navigation of a Biped Robot.- Continuous inverse kinematics in singular position.- Analysis of biped robot on uneven terrain based on feed-forward control.- Section-2: Human-Machine / Human-Robot Interaction.- The spherical pedal control device for omni-directional mobile robot operation.- Modelling of pedestrians crossing a crosswalk and robot navigation based on its characteristics.- Section-3: Innovative Actuators and Power Supplies.- Design and modelling of a modular robotic joint.- Section-4: Innovative Design of CLAWAR.- The flatworm-like pedal locomotory robotwormesh-II: fundamental properties of pedalwave locomotion.- Experimental investigation of locomotive efficiency of a soft robotic eel with a largely passive body.- Section-5: Inspection.- Residual water removal mechanism for obtaining clear images with sewer pipeinspection robot.- Wireless communication with mobile inspection robots operating while submerged inside oil storage tanks.- Climbing robot to perform radiography of wind blades.- Section-6: Legged Locomotion.- Simulation-based climbing capability analysis for quadrupedal robots.- Enhancing legged robot navigation of rough terrain via tail tapping.- Section-7: Modelling and Simulation of CLAWAR.- Trajectory planning strategy for the links of a walking human-machine system using a neural network.- Passive motion analysis of two identical regular octagonal objects that move on passively vibrating tilted stage.- Analysis of passive dynamic gait of tensegrity robot.- Section-8: Outdoor and Field Robotics.- Semi-autonomous mobile robot for environmental surfaces disinfections against SARS-CoV-2.- Horizontal drilling with seabed robotic explorer.- Development of the object transfer robot with variable height using a pantograph-type jack system.- Section-9: Planning and Control.- Learning and transfer of movement gaits using reinforcement learning.- Rolling resistance model and control of spherical robot.- Experimental investigations of the controlled motion of the roller racer robot.- Generation of the self-motion manifolds of a functionally redundant robot using multi-objective optimization.- Section-10: Wearable Devices and Assistive Robotics.- Evaluation method of gait motion of a patient received total knee arthroplasty using correlation between measurement data and evaluation score.- Lightweight locomotion assistant for people with mild disabilities.- Possibility of getting on/off public vehicle by manual wheelchair with 4 degrees of freedom contact arm mechanism.