Robot Videos

Pulling Open Doors and Drawers: Coordinating an Omni-directional Base and a Compliant Arm with Equilibrium Point Control

The new, as yet unnamed, robot moves its mobile base while pulling open novel cabinet doors and drawers with Equilibrium Point Control. More details can be found on the project website of the paper published at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010.

September, 2009

Pulling Open Novel Doors and Drawers with Equilibrium Point Control

The new, as yet unnamed, robot pulls open a number of novel cabinet doors and drawers with Equilibrium Point Control. More details can be found on the project website of the paper published at the International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2009.

July, 2009

Door Opening with Equilibrium Point Control

The new, as yet unnamed, robot opens a door after the user designates a door handle. More details can be found in the paper published at the 2009 RSS Mobile Manipulation Workshop.

March 15, 2009.

Door Opening with a Stiff Manipulator and Force Sensing

El-E opening doors after the user selects the handle using a laser pointer. More details can be found in the paper published at the 2008 RSS Mobile Manipulation Workshop.


October 11, 2008.




May 2, 2008.