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1. Learning Modular Robotic Control via Reinforcement Learning using Attention based Global State Prediction

Keyword:: Reinforcement Learning, Legged Robotics, Communication, Modular Robotics, and Coordination
Creator:: Francis, Brian
Advisor:: Bloom, Josh and Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-12-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

2. MagFlex: An Electromagnetic Soft Actuator for Safe Human-Robot Interaction

Creator:: Elbayoumi, Merna
Advisor:: Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-12-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

3. SiPA: Spider-inspired Pneumatic Actuator as a Programmable Modular Soft Robotic Building Block

Keyword:: Re-Configureable, Pneumatic, Modular, Spider-Inspired, Actuator, and Soft Robotics
Creator:: Muralt, Arnold
Advisor:: Onal, Cagdas, Telliel, Yunus Dogan, and Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

4. A New Mechanics Model for Continuum Notched-Tube Wrists that Accounts for Tendon Friction and Material Nonlinearities

Keyword:: Continuum Robots, Steerable Needles, Notched-tube Wrists, and Surgical Robotics
Creator:: Pacheco, Nicholas E.
Advisor:: Fichera, Loris
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

5. Nursing Robot Teleoperation via Motion Mapping Interfaces

Keyword:: Nursing Robots, Robot Teleoperation, and Human Robot Interaction
Creator:: Unni Krishnan, Achyuthan
Advisor:: Li, Zhi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-08-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

6. Design, Development and Characterization of a Wrap Spring Clutch/Brake Mechanism as a Knee Joint for a Hybrid Exoskeleton

Keyword:: Trade Study Approach, Testing and Open Sourced, Biomechanics, Exoskeleton Knee Joint, Analytical Based Design, and Wrap Spring Clutch/Brake Mechanism
Creator:: Subra Mani, Vishnu Aishwaryan
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-05-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

7. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cold Sprayed Aluminum and Titanium Alloys

Keyword:: Aluminum, Cold Spray, Indentation, and Titanium
Creator:: Bond, Trevor
Advisor:: Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-12-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

8. Virtual Coordination in Collective Object Manipulation

Keyword:: Collective behaviors, Swarm Systems, and Object Manipulation
Creator:: Tasdighi Kalat, Shadi
Advisor:: Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

9. The Development of a Sensitive Manipulation Platform

Keyword:: series elastic actuator, sensitive manipulation, sensitive robotics, compliance, robotic arm, tactile sensor, and SEA
Creator:: Cochran, Nigel B
Advisor:: Torres-Jara, Eduardo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-05-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

10. Analysis and Realization of a Dual-Nacelle Tiltrotor Aerial Vehicle

Keyword:: UAV, Tiltrotor, and robot dynamics
Creator:: Heslinga, Paul
Advisor:: Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering