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Derek Pravecek
dblp:383/4555 · also Derek J. Pravecek
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2024
0009-0009-2902-3277ORCID · verified
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021Systems, architecture and hardware · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Legged, aerial and field robots · 67% Motion planning and robot control · 33% |
Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robotics › Legged, aerial and field robots
field robotics |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | RoboBall: An All-Terrain Spherical Robot with a Pressurized Shell · ICRA 2024 |
Robotics › Motion planning and robot control
robot control |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | RoboBall: An All-Terrain Spherical Robot with a Pressurized Shell · ICRA 2024 |
Robotics › Legged, aerial and field robots › field robotics
spherical robot |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | RoboBall: An All-Terrain Spherical Robot with a Pressurized Shell · ICRA 2024 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
pneumatic shell design · 0.8pendulum dynamics modeling · 0.8
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | RoboBall: An All-Terrain Spherical Robot with a Pressurized ShellabstractSpherical robots are a different type of mobility platform. A spherical robot is self-contained within its shell rather than relying on a chassis with wheels to navigate. In this shell, it is completely shielded from dust and the environment. This benefit of geometric simplicity has led to the spherical robot becoming an advantageous option for all-terrain exploration and surveying. This paper focuses on a novel iteration of such a robot with a pressurized pneumatic shell design. A soft robot of this type brings benefits of a passive, compliant contact surface that can affect its performance. However, the added softness of its shell adds new unmodeled dynamics into the system that impair commonly used control schemes. This paper outlines the design and manufacture of a soft, inflatable, spherical shell designed for a robot driven by an internal 2-DOF pendulum. In addition, it presents models for controlling the pendulum and understanding the shell dynamics. The paper concludes with experimental validations of these models and field tests of the system on slopes, gravel, rough grass, and on water. Micah Oevermann, Derek Pravecek, Garrett Jibrail, Rishi Jangale, Robert O. Ambrose |
ICRA | 2 |