Massimo Vespignani

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2012-2021
Publications (10 Years): 14

Top Topics

Perceptual Aliasing

Quadruped Robot

Top Venues

Int. J. Robotics Res.

Publications

David Allen Surovik, Kun Wang, Massimo Vespignani, Jonathan Bruce, Kostas E. Bekris
Adaptive tensegrity locomotion: Controlling a compliant icosahedron with symmetry-reduced reinforcement learning. Int. J. Robotics Res. 40 (1) (2021)
Zakary Littlefield, David Allen Surovik, Massimo Vespignani, Jonathan Bruce, Weifu Wang, Kostas E. Bekris
Kinodynamic planning for spherical tensegrity locomotion with effective gait primitives. Int. J. Robotics Res. 38 (12-13) (2019)
Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Mostafa Ajaoolleian, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Peter Eckert, Michiel D'Haene, Jonas Degrave, Arne Nordmann, Benjamin Schrauwen, Jochen J. Steil, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Oncilla robot: a versatile open-source quadruped research robot with compliant pantograph legs. CoRR (2018)
Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Möckel, Peter Eckert, Michiel D'Haene, Jonas Degrave, Arne Nordmann, Benjamin Schrauwen, Jochen J. Steil, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Oncilla Robot: A Versatile Open-Source Quadruped Research Robot With Compliant Pantograph Legs. Frontiers Robotics AI 5 (2018)
Massimo Vespignani, Jeffrey M. Friesen, Vytas SunSpiral, Jonathan Bruce
Design of SUPERball v2, a Compliant Tensegrity Robot for Absorbing Large Impacts. IROS (2018)
David Allen Surovik, Jonathan Bruce, Kun Wang, Massimo Vespignani, Kostas E. Bekris
Any-Axis Tensegrity Rolling via Symmetry-Reduced Reinforcement Learning. ISER (2018)
Massimo Vespignani, Chiara Ercolani, Jeffrey M. Friesen, Jonathan Bruce
Steerable Locomotion Controller for Six-strut Icosahedral Tensegrity Robots. IROS (2018)
Marvin Zhang, Xinyang Geng, Jonathan Bruce, Ken Caluwaerts, Massimo Vespignani, Vytas SunSpiral, Pieter Abbeel, Sergey Levine
Deep reinforcement learning for tensegrity robot locomotion. ICRA (2017)
Steve W. Heim, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Peter Eckert, Massimo Vespignani, Auke Jan Ijspeert
On designing an active tail for legged robots: simplifying control via decoupling of control objectives. Ind. Robot 43 (3) (2016)
Xinyang Geng, Marvin Zhang, Jonathan Bruce, Ken Caluwaerts, Massimo Vespignani, Vytas SunSpiral, Pieter Abbeel, Sergey Levine
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Tensegrity Robot Locomotion. CoRR (2016)
Mehmet Mutlu, Stéphane Bonardi, Massimo Vespignani, Simon Hauser, Alexandre Bernardino, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Natural user interface for lighting control: Case study on desktop lighting using modular robots. RO-MAN (2016)
Mehmet Mutlu, Kamilo Melo, Massimo Vespignani, Alexandre Bernardino, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Where to place cameras on a snake robot: Focus on camera trajectory and motion blur. SSRR (2015)
Massimo Vespignani, Kamilo Melo, Mehmet Mutlu, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Compliant snake robot locomotion on horizontal pipes. SSRR (2015)
Massimo Vespignani, Kamilo Melo, Stéphane Bonardi, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Role of compliance on the locomotion of a reconfigurable modular snake robot. IROS (2015)
Andrej Gams, Jesse van den Kieboom, Massimo Vespignani, Luc Guyot, Ales Ude, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Rich periodic motor skills on humanoid robots: Riding the pedal racer. ICRA (2014)
Alexander Spröwitz, Rico Moeckel, Massimo Vespignani, Stéphane Bonardi, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Roombots: A hardware perspective on 3D self-reconfiguration and locomotion with a homogeneous modular robot. Robotics Auton. Syst. 62 (7) (2014)
Stéphane Bonardi, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Jesse van den Kieboom, Soha Pouya, Alexander Sproewitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Automatic generation of reduced CPG control networks for locomotion of arbitrary modular robot structures. Robotics: Science and Systems (2014)
Ayberk Ozgur, Stéphane Bonardi, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Natural user interface for Roombots. RO-MAN (2014)
Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Massimo Vespignani, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Emilie Badri, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Towards dynamic trot gait locomotion: Design, control, and experiments with Cheetah-cub, a compliant quadruped robot. Int. J. Robotics Res. 32 (8) (2013)
Federico L. Moro, Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Massimo Vespignani, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Darwin G. Caldwell
Horse-like walking, trotting, and galloping derived from kinematic Motion Primitives (kMPs) and their application to walk/trot transitions in a compliant quadruped robot. Biol. Cybern. 107 (3) (2013)
Rico Moeckel, Yura N. Perov, Anh The Nguyen, Massimo Vespignani, Stéphane Bonardi, Soha Pouya, Alexander Sproewitz, Jesse van den Kieboom, Frédéric Wilhelm, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Gait optimization for roombots modular robots - Matching simulation and reality. IROS (2013)
Stéphane Bonardi, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Collaborative manipulation and transport of passive pieces using the self-reconfigurable modular robots roombots. IROS (2013)
Massimo Vespignani, Emmanuel Senft, Stéphane Bonardi, Rico Moeckel, Auke Jan Ijspeert
An experimental study on the role of compliant elements on the locomotion of the self-reconfigurable modular robots Roombots. IROS (2013)
Stéphane Bonardi, Rico Moeckel, Alexander Sproewitz, Massimo Vespignani, Auke Jan Ijspeert
Locomotion through Reconfiguration based on Motor Primitives for Roombots Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots. ROBOTIK (2012)