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Movement Generation and Control
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Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems [Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues]
Righetti, L., Pham, Q., Madhavan, R., Chatila, R.
IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine, 25(1):123-126, March 2018 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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The Impact of Robotics and Automation on Working Conditions and Employment [Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues]
Pham, Q., Madhavan, R., Righetti, L., Smart, W., Chatila, R.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 25(2):126-128, June 2018 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
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Momentum-Centered Control of Contact Interactions
Righetti, L., Herzog, A.
In Geometric and Numerical Foundations of Movements, 117:339-359, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Springer, Cham, 2017 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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Momentum Control with Hierarchical Inverse Dynamics on a Torque-Controlled Humanoid
Herzog, A., Rotella, N., Mason, S., Grimminger, F., Schaal, S., Righetti, L.
Autonomous Robots, 40(3):473-491, 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
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Kinematic and gait similarities between crawling human infants and other quadruped mammals
Righetti, L., Nylen, A., Rosander, K., Ijspeert, A.
Frontiers in Neurology, 6(17), February 2015 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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An autonomous manipulation system based on force control and optimization
Righetti, L., Kalakrishnan, M., Pastor, P., Binney, J., Kelly, J., Voorhies, R. C., Sukhatme, G. S., Schaal, S.
Autonomous Robots, 36(1-2):11-30, January 2014 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Autonomous Motion
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Learning of grasp selection based on shape-templates
Herzog, A., Pastor, P., Kalakrishnan, M., Righetti, L., Bohg, J., Asfour, T., Schaal, S.
Autonomous Robots, 36(1-2):51-65, January 2014 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Controlled Reduction with Unactuated Cyclic Variables: Application to 3D Bipedal Walking with Passive Yaw Rotation
Gregg, R., Righetti, L.
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 58(10):2679-2685, October 2013 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Optimal distribution of contact forces with inverse-dynamics control
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Mistry, M., Kalakrishnan, M., Schaal, S.
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(3):280-298, March 2013 ()
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Autonomous Motion
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Using Torque Redundancy to Optimize Contact Forces in Legged Robots
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Mistry, M., Kalakrishnan, M., Schaal, S.
In Redundancy in Robot Manipulators and Multi-Robot Systems, 57:35-51, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Toward simple control for complex, autonomous robotic applications: combining discrete and rhythmic motor primitives
Degallier, S., Righetti, L., Gay, S., Ijspeert, A.
Autonomous Robots, 31(2-3):155-181, October 2011 ()
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Movement Generation and Control
Autonomous Motion
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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
Autonomous Motion
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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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Adaptive Frequency Oscillators and Applications
Righetti, L., Buchli, J., Ijspeert, A.
The Open Cybernetics \& Systemics Journal, 3:64-69, 2009 ()
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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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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Movement Generation and Control
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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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Frequency analysis with coupled nonlinear oscillators
Buchli, J., Righetti, L., Ijspeert, A.
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 237(13):1705-1718, August 2008 ()
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