36th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing

Planning and Control for Planar Batting and Hopping

Craig K. Black and Kevin M. Lynch

Abstract

Manipulation by batting and locomotion by hopping share several common features. We look at planning and control methods for these types of dynamic underactuated manipulation using predictive model optimization. This generates optimal control sequences for reaching a desired goal state. Results are given for disk batting simulations. Current work is focused on experimental implementation.
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