As we talked in the previous lesson, the configuration of the robot answers the question: where is the robot? In order to know where the robot is, we need to know the position and orientation of the ...

Rotation Matrix: An Implicit Representation of the Orientation As we saw at the beginning of this lesson, in order to know the configuration of a robot, we should know the position and orientation w.r ...

Inspired by the effortless way humans handle objects without seeing them, engineers have developed a new approach that enables a robotic hand to rotate objects solely through touch, without relying on ...