Surface Robot

Surface robotics research focuses on enabling robots to effectively interact with and navigate across surfaces, encompassing tasks from precise manipulation to autonomous navigation. Current efforts concentrate on developing robust control algorithms, including those leveraging continuous optimization for whole-body contact manipulation and adaptive control for visual navigation, often incorporating computer vision for environmental perception and object boundary detection. Open-source planning frameworks, offering kinematically feasible path planning algorithms, are also crucial for advancing the field and facilitating broader adoption. These advancements are significant for applications ranging from underwater exploration to industrial automation and search and rescue operations.