Robotics & Motion Ctrl
Kinematics/dynamics, motion control, sensors/perception, path planning, ROS, system integration, and advanced robotics.
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Articles for this branch are still being written. The topics below are the planned roadmap.
Intern Engineer· 30
- Cable-Driven Robot MechanicsArticle coming
- Capture Point and Divergent Component of MotionArticle coming
- Continuum Robot Kinematics (Constant Curvature)Article coming
- Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) Parameter ConventionArticle coming
- Elastic Joint Model: Series Elastic ActuatorArticle coming
- Equations of Motion: M(q)q'' + C + G = tauArticle coming
- Euler Angles: ZYX, ZYZ ConventionsArticle coming
- Forward Kinematics (FK): Joint-to-Pose CalculationArticle coming
- Friction Models: Coulomb, Viscous, StribeckArticle coming
- Gravity Compensation Vector G(q)Article coming
- IK: Jacobian Pseudoinverse MethodArticle coming
- Inverse Kinematics (IK): Geometric SolutionArticle coming
- Jacobian Matrix: Definition and ComputationArticle coming
- Jacobian Singularity Analysis and AvoidanceArticle coming
- Joint Limits and Task-Space ConstraintsArticle coming
- Lagrangian Dynamics: Kinetic and Potential EnergyArticle coming
- Legged Robot Dynamics: Centroidal ModelArticle coming
- Lie Groups and Lie Algebra for RoboticsArticle coming
- Manipulability Ellipsoid and IndexArticle coming
- Modified DH vs. Classic DH ComparisonArticle coming
- Newton-Euler Dynamics: Recursive AlgorithmArticle coming
- Parallel Mechanism Kinematics (Delta, Stewart)Article coming
- Product of Exponentials (PoE) FormulaArticle coming
- Quaternion Representation of Rotation (SO3)Article coming
- SE(3) Rigid Body TransformationArticle coming
- Screw Theory: Twist and Wrench DefinitionArticle coming
- Variable Stiffness Actuator (VSA) MechanicsArticle coming
- Whole-Body Dynamics and Floating-Base ModelArticle coming
- Workspace Analysis: Reachable and DextrousArticle coming
- Zero Moment Point (ZMP) for Bipedal WalkingArticle coming
Junior Engineer· 30
- Auto-Tuning Servo Drive with Frequency SweepArticle coming
- BLDC Motor: Trapezoidal and Sinusoidal CommutationArticle coming
- Battery-Powered Mobile Robot Motor DriveArticle coming
- CAN Bus in Servo Drive (CANopen DS402)Article coming
- Compliant Actuator for Human CollaborationArticle coming
- DC Motor Control: Armature Voltage, Back-EMFArticle coming
- Dual-Axis Gantry Synchronization ControlArticle coming
- Encoder: Incremental (ABZ), Absolute (SSI, BiSS)Article coming
- EtherCAT Master Implementation (SOEM)Article coming
- EtherCAT Real-Time Motion Bus: ProtocolArticle coming
- Force/Torque Sensor Calibration and Bias RemovalArticle coming
- Gearbox Selection: Harmonic Drive, CycloidalArticle coming
- High-Torque Direct-Drive Motor DesignArticle coming
- Hydraulic Actuator: Servo Valve, Pressure DynamicsArticle coming
- Joint Torque Sensor Design and IntegrationArticle coming
- Linear Motor and Voice Coil Actuator DriverArticle coming
- Motor Sizing: Torque-Speed Curve for TaskArticle coming
- Motor Thermal Management in High-Duty CycleArticle coming
- Multi-Axis Coordinated Motion: InterpolationArticle coming
- PMSM Field-Oriented Control (FOC) for RobotsArticle coming
- Piezoelectric Actuator for Precision PositioningArticle coming
- Pneumatic Actuator Control: Valve, CylinderArticle coming
- Power Electronics for Servo Drive (SiC)Article coming
- Regenerative Braking in Servo SystemsArticle coming
- Resolver and Resolver-to-Digital ConverterArticle coming
- Series Elastic Actuator (SEA) Torque ControlArticle coming
- Servo Drive Tuning: P, I, D, Feed-ForwardArticle coming
- Silicon-Based Artificial Muscle Actuator ConceptArticle coming
- Stepper Motor Microstepping and ResonanceArticle coming
- Transmission Ratio and Reflected InertiaArticle coming
Middle Engineer· 60
- 2D LiDAR (SICK, Hokuyo): Point Cloud BasicsArticle coming
- 3D LiDAR (Velodyne, Ouster): 360 degree ScanArticle coming
- 4D Imaging Radar for Robot NavigationArticle coming
- 6D Pose Estimation (FoundPose, GDR-Net)Article coming
- A* Graph Search on Grid MapArticle coming
- Behavior Tree for Task SequencingArticle coming
- Bi-directional RRT (RRT-Connect)Article coming
- CHOMP: Covariant Hamiltonian OptimizationArticle coming
- Collision Avoidance: ORCA AlgorithmArticle coming
- Configuration Space (C-Space) and ObstaclesArticle coming
- Constrained Motion Planning (MoveIt2)Article coming
- Costmap 2D: Inflation, Static, Obstacle LayersArticle coming
- Coverage Path Planning (Boustrophedon)Article coming
- D* Lite for Dynamic Re-PlanningArticle coming
- Depth Completion: Sparse-to-Dense LiDARArticle coming
- Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance: DWA, TEBArticle coming
- Elastic Band (E-Band) Trajectory OptimizationArticle coming
- Event Camera (DVS): High-Speed, Low-LatencyArticle coming
- FSM and Hierarchical FSM for TasksArticle coming
- Force/Torque (F/T) Sensor: ATI, RobotiqArticle coming
- GPS and GNSS Integration for Outdoor RobotsArticle coming
- Global Path + Local Planner Integration (Nav2)Article coming
- IMU Pre-Integration for State EstimationArticle coming
- IMU: Accelerometer and Gyroscope FusionArticle coming
- Jump Point Search (JPS) for Grid MapsArticle coming
- LiDAR Point Cloud Processing: Filtering, SegmentationArticle coming
- LiDAR-Camera Extrinsic CalibrationArticle coming
- LiDAR-Only SLAM: Cartographer, LeGO-LOAMArticle coming
- MPPI (Model Predictive Path Integral) ControlArticle coming
- Magnetometer Calibration: Hard/Soft IronArticle coming
- Multi-Goal Planning with TSP HeuristicsArticle coming
- Neural Motion Planning (Motion Transformer)Article coming
- Neuromorphic Vision: Event Camera SLAMArticle coming
- Object Detection: YOLO for GraspingArticle coming
- Optical Flow Sensor (PX4FLOW, ADNS)Article coming
- Potential Field Method for Real-Time PlanningArticle coming
- Probabilistic Roadmap Method (PRM)Article coming
- RGB-D Camera (RealSense D435, ZED 2)Article coming
- RRT*: Asymptotically Optimal PlanningArticle coming
- RRT: Rapidly-Exploring Random TreeArticle coming
- RTK-GPS for Precision Agricultural RobotArticle coming
- Receding Horizon MPC for Mobile RobotsArticle coming
- Rotary Encoder: Resolution, Index PulseArticle coming
- SLAM: Simultaneous Localization and MappingArticle coming
- STOMP: Stochastic Trajectory OptimizationArticle coming
- Semantic Segmentation for Scene UnderstandingArticle coming
- Stereo Camera Calibration: Zhang MethodArticle coming
- Stereo Disparity and Depth EstimationArticle coming
- TOPP-RA: Time-Optimal Path ParameterizationArticle coming
- Tactile Glove Sensor for Dexterous ManipulationArticle coming
- Tactile Sensor Array: Capacitive, ResistiveArticle coming
- Task and Motion Planning (TAMP)Article coming
- Theta* for Any-Angle Path PlanningArticle coming
- Time Elastic Band (TEB) Local PlannerArticle coming
- Torque Sensing via Motor Current (Indirect)Article coming
- Trajectory Stitching and Execution MonitoringArticle coming
- Vision: Calibration with OpenCV (Mono, Stereo)Article coming
- Visual Odometry (VO): Essential MatrixArticle coming
- Visual-Inertial SLAM: VINS-Mono, KIMERAArticle coming
- iLQR / DDP: Differential Dynamic ProgrammingArticle coming
Senior Engineer· 30
- Behavior Trees with BehaviorTree.CPPArticle coming
- Docker Containerization for ROS2Article coming
- Gazebo Classic vs. Ignition Harmonic SimulationArticle coming
- Isaac ROS Accelerated Perception NodesArticle coming
- Isaac Sim for Robot Learning SimulationArticle coming
- MoveIt2 Planning Pipelines (OMPL, Pilz)Article coming
- MoveIt2 Servo for Real-Time Cartesian ControlArticle coming
- MoveIt2 Task Constructor for Complex TasksArticle coming
- MoveIt2: Motion Planning FrameworkArticle coming
- Nav2 BT XML Behavior Tree DesignArticle coming
- Nav2 Costmap, Planner, Controller ServerArticle coming
- Open-Source Full Stack: ROS2 + Nav2 + MoveIt2Article coming
- PyBullet for Dynamics SimulationArticle coming
- ROS2 Bag Recording and PlaybackArticle coming
- ROS2 Component Nodes for Intra-Process CommArticle coming
- ROS2 Control: Controller Manager, HW InterfaceArticle coming
- ROS2 Core: Node, Topic, Service, Action, ParameterArticle coming
- ROS2 Custom Interface: Message, Service, ActionArticle coming
- ROS2 DDS Middleware: Fast DDS, Cyclone DDSArticle coming
- ROS2 Launch Files: XML and Python FormatArticle coming
- ROS2 Lifecycle Managed NodesArticle coming
- ROS2 Navigation Stack: Nav2 LifecycleArticle coming
- ROS2 QoS: Reliability, Durability, HistoryArticle coming
- ROS2 TF2: Coordinate Frames and TransformsArticle coming
- ROS2 URDF and XACRO Robot DescriptionArticle coming
- ROS2 micro-ROS for Embedded DevicesArticle coming
- SLAM Packages: Cartographer, RTAB-MapArticle coming
- SROS2: Security-Enabled ROS2Article coming
- micro-ROS on FreeRTOS and ZephyrArticle coming
- ros2_control: Joint Trajectory ControllerArticle coming
Staff Engineer· 30
- AMR Safety (ANSI B56.5)Article coming
- ANSI/RIA R15.06 North American StandardArticle coming
- Area Scanner Integration (SICK S300, PILZ)Article coming
- CE Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC RequirementsArticle coming
- CE Technical File Assembly for Robotic SystemArticle coming
- Cobot Force Limiting (ISO/TS 15066)Article coming
- EN ISO 12100: Risk Assessment for MachineryArticle coming
- EN ISO 13849-1: Safety Categories PLa-PLeArticle coming
- Emergency Stop Circuit: STO, SS1, SS2Article coming
- FMEA for Robot Safety-Critical FunctionsArticle coming
- Functional Safety Validation Test CampaignArticle coming
- IEC 62061: Functional Safety for MachineryArticle coming
- ISO 10218-2 (Robot Integration in Workplace)Article coming
- ISO/TS 15066: Human-Robot Collaboration LimitsArticle coming
- Light Curtain Type 4 Integration and MutingArticle coming
- OSHA Regulation for Industrial Robot SafetyArticle coming
- Power and Force Limiting (PFL) MonitoringArticle coming
- Risk Assessment: Hazard Identification, ReductionArticle coming
- Robot Product Liability: EU Machinery DirectiveArticle coming
- Robot Safety Standards ISO 10218-1 (Robot Design)Article coming
- Safe Human-Robot Proximity Sensor IntegrationArticle coming
- Safe Limited Position (SLP) MonitoringArticle coming
- Safety Communication (PROFIsafe, CIP Safety)Article coming
- Safety Function Spec for E-Stop, Safe StopArticle coming
- Safety PLC (Pilz PNOZsigma, Siemens F-CPU)Article coming
- Safety-Rated I/O Module SelectionArticle coming
- Safety-Rated Monitoring Speed (SMS) and SLSArticle coming
- Security for Robot Systems (IEC 62443)Article coming
- Speed and Separation Monitoring (SSM)Article coming
- Verification and Validation of Safety FunctionsArticle coming
Distinguished Engineer· 30
- Aerial Manipulation with UAV and ArmArticle coming
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) AIArticle coming
- Bipedal Robot Running (ATLAS, G1, Cassie)Article coming
- Deep RL: TD3 for Continuous ControlArticle coming
- Dexterous Manipulation Learning (Contact-Rich)Article coming
- Diffusion Policy for Robot Imitation LearningArticle coming
- Domain Randomization for Sim-to-Real TransferArticle coming
- Embodied AI: Navigation and ManipulationArticle coming
- Foundation Models for Robotics (RT-2, pi0)Article coming
- GPT-4 and LLMs for Robot Task PlanningArticle coming
- Gaussian Splatting for Robot PerceptionArticle coming
- Generalist Robot Policy: Cross-EmbodimentArticle coming
- Hierarchical RL for Long-Horizon TasksArticle coming
- In-Hand Manipulation with Reinforcement LearningArticle coming
- Learning from Demonstration (LfD, DAgger, GAIL)Article coming
- Meta-Learning for Fast Robot Adaptation (MAML)Article coming
- Model-Based RL for Robot Dynamics (MBPO)Article coming
- Multi-Robot RL: Cooperative and CompetitiveArticle coming
- Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) for RobotsArticle coming
- Offline RL and Dataset-Driven Robot LearningArticle coming
- Open-Vocabulary Object Detection for RobotsArticle coming
- Proprioceptive Locomotion for Legged RobotsArticle coming
- Quadruped Locomotion (Spot, ANYmal, Go1)Article coming
- RL for Robot Manipulation (PPO, SAC)Article coming
- Robot Learning in Simulation (Sim-to-Real)Article coming
- Self-Supervised Robot Skill LearningArticle coming
- Soft Robotics: Control of Deformable BodiesArticle coming
- Swarm Robotics: Distributed ControlArticle coming
- Vision-Language-Action Model (VLA)Article coming
- Whole-Body Control for Humanoid LocomotionArticle coming