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Movement Generation and Control
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Visual-Inertial and Leg Odometry Fusion for Dynamic Locomotion
Dhédin, V., Li, H., Khorshidi, S., Mack, L., Ravi, A. K. C., Meduri, A., Shah, P., Grimminger, F., Righetti, L., Khadiv, M., et al.
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 (Published)
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Nonlinear Stochastic Trajectory Optimization for Centroidal Momentum Motion Generation of Legged Robots
Gazar, A., Khadiv, M., Kleff, S., DelPrete, A., Righetti, L.
In Robotics Research, :420-435, Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, 27, (Editors: Billard, Aude and Asfour, Tamim and Khatib, Oussama), Springer, Cham, 20th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2022), September 2022 (Published)
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iRiSC: Iterative Risk Sensitive Control for Nonlinear Systems with Imperfect Observations
Hammoud, B., Jordana, A., Righetti, L.
In 2022 American Control Conference (ACC 2022), :3550-3557, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, American Control Conference (ACC 2022), June 2022 (Published)
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Rapid Convex Optimization of Centroidal Dynamics using Block Coordinate Descent
Shah, P., Meduri, A., Merkt, W., Khadiv, M., Havoutis, I., Righetti, L.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) , IEEE, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) in Prague, Czech Republic., September 2021, Accepted (Accepted)
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Movement Generation and Control
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High-frequency nonlinear model predictive control of a manipulator
Kleff, S., Meduri, A., Budhiraja, R., Mansard, N., Righetti, L.
In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :7330-7336 , The 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021), June 2021 (Published)
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Movement Generation and Control
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Meta-Learning via Learned Loss
Bechtle, S., Molchanov, A., Chebotar, Y., Grefenstette, E., Righetti, L., Sukhatme, G., Meier, F.
In 2020 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), IEEE, January 2021 (Published)
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Movement Generation and Control
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Crocoddyl: An efficient and versatile framework for multi-contact optimal control
Mastalli, C., Budhiraja, R., Merkt, W., Saurel, G., Hammoud, B., Naveau, M., Carpentier, J., Righetti, L., Vijayakumar, S., Mansard, N.
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 2020 (Published)
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Autonomous Motion
Movement Generation and Control
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Leveraging Contact Forces for Learning to Grasp
Merzic, H., Bogdanovic, M., Kappler, D., Righetti, L., Bohg, J.
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2019, IEEE, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 2019 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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An MPC Walking Framework With External Contact Forces
Mason, S., Rotella, N., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :1785-1790, IEEE, Brisbane, Australia, May 2018 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Learning Task-Specific Dynamics to Improve Whole-Body Control
Gams, A., Mason, S., Ude, A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In Hua, IEEE, Beijing, China, November 2018 ()
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On Time Optimization of Centroidal Momentum Dynamics
Ponton, B., Herzog, A., Del Prete, A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :5776-5782, IEEE, Brisbane, Australia, 2018 ()
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Unsupervised Contact Learning for Humanoid Estimation and Control
Rotella, N., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :411-417, IEEE, Brisbane, Australia, 2018 ()
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Pattern Generation for Walking on Slippery Terrains
Khadiv, M., Moosavian, S. A. A., Herzog, A., Righetti, L.
In 2017 5th International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICROM), Iran, August 2017 ()
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A Convex Model of Momentum Dynamics for Multi-Contact Motion Generation
Ponton, B., Herzog, A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots Humanoids, :842-849, IEEE, Cancun, Mexico, 2016 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Balancing and Walking Using Full Dynamics LQR Control With Contact Constraints
Mason, S., Rotella, N., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), :63-68, IEEE, Cancun, Mexico, 2016 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Inertial Sensor-Based Humanoid Joint State Estimation
Rotella, N., Mason, S., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :1825-1831, IEEE, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016 ()
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On the Effects of Measurement Uncertainty in Optimal Control of Contact Interactions
Ponton, B., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In The 12th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics WAFR, Berkeley, USA, 2016 ()
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Step Timing Adjustement: a Step toward Generating Robust Gaits
Khadiv, M., Herzog, A., Moosavian, S. A. A., Righetti, L.
In 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), :35-42, IEEE, Cancun, Mexico, 2016 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Stepping Stabilization Using a Combination of DCM Tracking and Step Adjustment
Khadiv, M., Kleff, S., Herzog, A., Moosavian, S. A. A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2016 4th International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICROM), :130-135, IEEE, Teheran, Iran, 2016 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Structured contact force optimization for kino-dynamic motion generation
Herzog, A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), :2703-2710, IEEE, Daejeon, South Korea, 2016 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Humanoid Momentum Estimation Using Sensed Contact Wrenches
Rotella, N., Herzog, A., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2015 IEEE-RAS 15th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), :556-563, IEEE, Seoul, South Korea, 2015 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Trajectory generation for multi-contact momentum control
Herzog, A., Rotella, N., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
In 2015 IEEE-RAS 15th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), :874-880, IEEE, Seoul, South Korea, 2015 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Balancing experiments on a torque-controlled humanoid with hierarchical inverse dynamics
Herzog, A., Righetti, L., Grimminger, F., Pastor, P., Schaal, S.
In 2014 IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :981-988, IEEE, Chicago, USA, 2014 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Dual Execution of Optimized Contact Interaction Trajectories
Toussaint, M., Ratliff, N., Bohg, J., Righetti, L., Englert, P., Schaal, S.
In 2014 IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :47-54, IEEE, Chicago, USA, 2014 ()
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Full Dynamics LQR Control of a Humanoid Robot: An Experimental Study on Balancing and Squatting
Mason, S., Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In 2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, :374-379, IEEE, Madrid, Spain, 2014 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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State Estimation for a Humanoid Robot
Rotella, N., Bloesch, M., Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :952-958, IEEE, Chicago, USA, 2014 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Learning Objective Functions for Manipulation
Kalakrishnan, M., Pastor, P., Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013 ()
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Learning Task Error Models for Manipulation
Pastor, P., Kalakrishnan, M., Binney, J., Kelly, J., Righetti, L., Sukhatme, G. S., Schaal, S.
In 2013 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013 ()
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AGILITY – Dynamic Full Body Locomotion and Manipulation with Autonomous Legged Robots
Hutter, M., Bloesch, M., Buchli, J., Semini, C., Bazeille, S., Righetti, L., Bohg, J.
In 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), :1-4, IEEE, Linköping, Sweden, 2013 ()
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Encoding of Periodic and their Transient Motions by a Single Dynamic Movement Primitive
Ernesti, J., Righetti, L., Do, M., Asfour, T., Schaal, S.
In 2012 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), :57-64, IEEE, Osaka, Japan, November 2012 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Learning Force Control Policies for Compliant Robotic Manipulation
Kalakrishnan, M., Righetti, L., Pastor, P., Schaal, S.
In ICML’12 Proceedings of the 29th International Coference on International Conference on Machine Learning, :49-50, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012 ()
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Probabilistic depth image registration incorporating nonvisual information
Wüthrich, M., Pastor, P., Righetti, L., Billard, A., Schaal, S.
In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, :3637-3644, IEEE, Saint Paul, USA, 2012 ()
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Quadratic programming for inverse dynamics with optimal distribution of contact forces
Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In 2012 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), :538-543, IEEE, Osaka, Japan, November 2012 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Template-based learning of grasp selection
Herzog, A., Pastor, P., Kalakrishnan, M., Righetti, L., Asfour, T., Schaal, S.
In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, :2379-2384, IEEE, Saint Paul, USA, 2012 ()
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Towards Associative Skill Memories
Pastor, P., Kalakrishnan, M., Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In 2012 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), :309-315, IEEE, Osaka, Japan, November 2012 ()
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Control of legged robots with optimal distribution of contact forces
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Mistry, M., Schaal, S.
In 2011 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, :318-324, IEEE, Bled, Slovenia, 2011 ()
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Inverse Dynamics Control of Floating-Base Robots with External Constraints: a Unified View
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Mistry, M., Schaal, S.
In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, :1085-1090, IEEE, Shanghai, China, 2011 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Learning Force Control Policies for Compliant Manipulation
Kalakrishnan, M., Righetti, L., Pastor, P., Schaal, S.
In 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :4639-4644, IEEE, San Francisco, USA, sep 2011 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Learning Motion Primitive Goals for Robust Manipulation
Stulp, F., Theodorou, E., Kalakrishnan, M., Pastor, P., Righetti, L., Schaal, S.
In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :325-331, IEEE, San Francisco, USA, sep 2011 ()
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Online movement adaptation based on previous sensor experiences
Pastor, P., Righetti, L., Kalakrishnan, M., Schaal, S.
In 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :365-371, IEEE, San Francisco, USA, sep 2011 ()
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Operational Space Control of Constrained and Underactuated Systems
Mistry, M., Righetti, L.
In Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 2011 ()
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Constrained Accelerations for Controlled Geometric Reduction: Sagittal-Plane Decoupling for Bipedal Locomotion
Gregg, R., Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Schaal, S.
In 2010 10th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, :1-7, IEEE, Nashville, USA, 2010 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Inverse dynamics with optimal distribution of ground reaction forces for legged robot
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Mistry, M., Schaal, S.
In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR), :580-587, Nagoya, Japan, sep 2010 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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Modelling the interplay of central pattern generation and sensory feedback in the neuromuscular control of running
Daley, M., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
In Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Annual Main Meeting for the Society for Experimental Biology, 153, Glasgow, Scotland, 2009 ()
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A modular bio-inspired architecture for movement generation for the infant-like robot iCub
Degallier, S., Righetti, L., Natale, L., Nori, F., Metta, G., Ijspeert, A.
In 2008 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, :795-800, IEEE, Scottsdale, USA, October 2008 ()
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A Dynamical System for Online Learning of Periodic Movements of Unknown Waveform and Frequency
Gams, A., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A., Lenarčič, J.
In 2008 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, :85-90, IEEE, Scottsdale, USA, October 2008 ()
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Experimental Study of Limit Cycle and Chaotic Controllers for the Locomotion of Centipede Robots
Matthey, L., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
In 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :1860-1865, IEEE, Nice, France, sep 2008 ()
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Passive compliant quadruped robot using central pattern generators for locomotion control
Rutishauser, S., Sproewitz, A., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
In 2008 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, :710-715, IEEE, Scottsdale, USA, October 2008 ()
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Pattern generators with sensory feedback for the control of quadruped locomotion
Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
In 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, :819-824, IEEE, Pasadena, USA, 2008 ()
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Hand placement during quadruped locomotion in a humanoid robot: A dynamical system approach
Degallier, S., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
In 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, :2047-2052, IEEE, San Diego, USA, 2007 ()
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