Browsing Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering by Subject "Robotics"
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Development of a Mobile Modular Robotic System, R2TM3, for Enhanced Mobility in Unstructured Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-12)Limited mobility of mobile ground robots in highly unstructured environments is a problem that inhibits the use of such robots in applications with irregular terrain. Furthermore, applications with hazardous environments ... -
Development of a Social Robot for the Study of Robot Roles in Robot-Assisted Language Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)The objective of this thesis encompasses both the development of a novel social robot, named ”Maple,” and the examination of its effectiveness in various roles within the context of education and Human-Robot Interaction ... -
Experimental Evaluation of Affordance Detection Applied to 6-DoF Pose Estimation for Intelligent Robotic Grasping of Household Objects
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-22)Recent computer vision research has demonstrated that deep convolutional neural networks can be trained on real images to add context to object parts for simultaneous object detection and affordance segmentation. However, ... -
Informed Data Selection For Dynamic Multi-Camera Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Traditional multi-camera systems require a fixed calibration between cameras to provide the solution at the correct scale, which places many limitations on its performance. This thesis investigates the calibration of dynamic ... -
Multi-frame Measurement Fusion for State Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a technique used by robots and autonomous vehicles to build up a map while operating in an unknown environment, while at the same time keeping track of a current position ... -
Nonprehensile Manipulation via Multisensory Learning from Demonstration
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-04)Dexterous manipulation problem concerns control of a robot hand to manipulate an object in a desired manner. While classical dexterous manipulation strategies are based on stable grasping (or force closure), many human-like ... -
Realtime Motion Planning for Manipulator Robots under Dynamic Environments: An Optimal Control Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-19)This report presents optimal control methods integrated with hierarchical control framework to realize real-time collision-free optimal trajectories for motion control in kinematic chain manipulator (KCM) robot systems ... -
Scan Registration Using the Normal Distributions Transform and Point Cloud Clustering Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-23)As the capabilities of autonomous vehicles increase, their use in situations that are dangerous or dull for humans is becoming more popular. Autonomous systems are currently being used in several military and civilian ...