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Description:: This research looks at the robotic shape formation problem, which is one of the fundamental problems in robotic swarm systems. Here, the task is to move a group of robots to form a user-specified shape. In this dissertation, the task of shape formation is divided to four problems: (i) using...
Keyword:: algorithms, swarm systems, scheduling and planning, sensor networks, and distributed systems
Subject:: Robotics, Computer engineering, and Computer science
Creator:: wang, hanlin
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 10/07/2021
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15732 and etdadmin_upload_844241

Description:: In the current state of robotics, the systems we create are heavily reliant on our consistent guidance, programming of tasks, and oracle information that allow them to operate in the world that we inhabit. What happens to our robotic systems when we are unable to perform as an oracle, creating...
Keyword:: Optimal Experimental Design, Imitation Learning, Robotics, Active learning, and Optimal Control
Subject:: Robotics and Computer science
Creator:: Abraham, Ian
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_764973 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15287

Description:: The theory of how humans and machines control and communicate with each other is at the core of the scientific field known as Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Researchers in this sub-discipline of robotics are therefore particularly interested in developing methods to chuppahreduce the inherent friction in this communication and control channel....
Keyword:: Human-Robot Interaction, Data-driven Control, Machine Learning, and Optimal Control
Subject:: Robotics and Computer science
Creator:: Broad, Alexander Sherman
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_683518 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14789

Description:: Assistive robotics focuses on human-robot systems that provide physical support and assistance to the elderly and people with motor-impairments. While assistive machines, such as the powered wheelchair, can significantly enhance the functional independence of individuals, many users are challenged by their direct operation, the manner in which such systems are...
Keyword:: Human-Robot Interaction, Assistive Robotics, Shared Autonomy, Human-in-the-loop, Robot Perception, and Intent Inference
Subject:: Artificial intelligence, Robotics, and Computer science
Creator:: Jain, Siddarth
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Modified:: 01/11/2021
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_685925 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14818

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