About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to address this gap in algorithm development and explore innovative morphological designs, which are crucial steps in meeting the growing need for redundant robots and enhancing their applicability across various sectors. The primary objectives include developing advanced AI algorithms to support the kinematics, dynamics, and control of redundant robots, as well as proposing new morphological designs that can be integrated into a broader range of industries. Specific questions to be answered include: What are the most effective AI algorithms for controlling redundant robots? How can new morphological designs improve the adaptability and precision of redundant robots in various applications?
To gather further insights into the design and application of redundant robots, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Identification of operational needs and requirements for redundant robots: surveys or original research focused on identifying and justifying operational requirements for various medical, agricultural, and industrial applications.
- Engineering and computational designs tailored to operational needs for redundant robots, encompassing structural design and modeling, material selection and synthesis, actuation modalities, sensing principles, sensor-free estimators, control systems, decision making, and artificial intelligence integration.
- Innovation in new applications of redundant robots for commercial, medical, agricultural, and industrial applications.
- Developing new actuators or sensors to develop better stability and robustness to redundant robot morphologies.
- Designing risk-aware redundant robots and integrating risk awareness using computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, or others.
- Development of validation studies specifically tailored for redundant robots, addressing the unique challenges associated with their increased degrees of freedom and complex kinematics.
- Evaluation of redundant robots, including performance assessments, adoption in different operational settings, exploration of future challenges, and new morphologies or architectures.
Keywords: kinematics, dynamics, neural networks, machine learning, morphologies
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