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Francesco Nori
Head of the robotics lab, Google Deepmind
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Learning Robot Soccer from Egocentric Vision with Deep Reinforcement Learning
D Tirumala, M Wulfmeier, B Moran, S Huang, J Humplik, G Lever, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.02425, 2024
2024
Learning agile soccer skills for a bipedal robot with deep reinforcement learning
T Haarnoja, B Moran, G Lever, SH Huang, D Tirumala, J Humplik, ...
Science Robotics 9 (89), eadi8022, 2024
12024
Mastering Stacking of Diverse Shapes with Large-Scale Iterative Reinforcement Learning on Real Robots
T Lampe, A Abdolmaleki, S Bechtle, SH Huang, JT Springenberg, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.11374, 2023
12023
RoboCat: A Self-Improving Generalist Agent for Robotic Manipulation
K Bousmalis, G Vezzani, D Rao, CM Devin, AX Lee, MB Villalonga, ...
Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2023
32023
Training an action selection system using relative entropy q-learning
RC Jeong, JT Springenberg, JO Kay, DHH Zheng, A Galashov, ...
US Patent App. 18/008,838, 2023
2023
Robocat: A self-improving foundation agent for robotic manipulation
K Bousmalis, G Vezzani, D Rao, C Devin, AX Lee, M Bauza, T Davchev, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.11706, 2023
412023
Nerf2real: Sim2real transfer of vision-guided bipedal motion skills using neural radiance fields
A Byravan, J Humplik, L Hasenclever, A Brussee, F Nori, T Haarnoja, ...
2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 9362-9369, 2023
252023
Barkour: Benchmarking animal-level agility with quadruped robots
K Caluwaerts, A Iscen, JC Kew, W Yu, T Zhang, D Freeman, KH Lee, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.14654, 2023
172023
Learning agile soccer skills for a bipedal robot with deep reinforcement learning
T Haarnoja, B Moran, G Lever, SH Huang, D Tirumala, J Humplik, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13653, 2023
382023
Analysis of human whole-body joint torques during overhead work with a passive exoskeleton
C Latella, Y Tirupachuri, L Tagliapietra, L Rapetti, B Schirrmeister, ...
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 52 (5), 1060-1068, 2021
132021
Beyond pick-and-place: Tackling robotic stacking of diverse shapes
AX Lee, CM Devin, Y Zhou, T Lampe, K Bousmalis, JT Springenberg, ...
5th Annual Conference on Robot Learning, 2021
802021
Icub
L Natale, C Bartolozzi, F Nori, G Sandini, G Metta
arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.02313, 2021
82021
Domain adaptation for robotic control using self-supervised learning
RC Jeong, Y Aytar, D Khosid, Y Zhou, JO Kay, T Lampe, K Bousmalis, ...
US Patent App. 17/065,489, 2021
12021
" What, not how": Solving an under-actuated insertion task from scratch
G Vezzani, M Neunert, M Wulfmeier, R Jeong, T Lampe, N Siegel, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.15492, 2020
2020
Learning dexterous manipulation from suboptimal experts
R Jeong, JT Springenberg, J Kay, D Zheng, Y Zhou, A Galashov, N Heess, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.08587, 2020
352020
Self-supervised sim-to-real adaptation for visual robotic manipulation
R Jeong, Y Aytar, D Khosid, Y Zhou, J Kay, T Lampe, K Bousmalis, F Nori
2020 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation (ICRA), 2718-2724, 2020
592020
Momentum-Based Topology Estimation of Articulated Objects
Y Tirupachuri, S Traversaro, F Nori, D Pucci
Intelligent Systems and Applications: Proceedings of the 2019 Intelligent …, 2020
2020
Towards partner-aware humanoid robot control under physical interactions
Y Tirupachuri, G Nava, C Latella, D Ferigo, L Rapetti, L Tagliapietra, ...
Intelligent Systems and Applications: Proceedings of the 2019 Intelligent …, 2020
162020
Modelling generalized forces with reinforcement learning for sim-to-real transfer
R Jeong, J Kay, F Romano, T Lampe, T Rothorl, A Abdolmaleki, T Erez, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09471, 2019
212019
Towards real-time whole-body human dynamics estimation through probabilistic sensor fusion algorithms: A physical human–robot interaction case study
C Latella, M Lorenzini, M Lazzaroni, F Romano, S Traversaro, MA Akhras, ...
Autonomous Robots 43, 1591-1603, 2019
172019
Simultaneous floating-base estimation of human kinematics and joint torques
C Latella, S Traversaro, D Ferigo, Y Tirupachuri, L Rapetti, ...
Sensors 19 (12), 2794, 2019
232019
A build system for software development in robotic academic collaborative environments
DE Domenichelli, S Traversaro, L Muratore, A Rocchi, F Nori, L Natale
International Journal of Semantic Computing 13 (02), 185-205, 2019
52019
Model based in situ calibration with temperature compensation of 6 axis force torque sensors
FJA Chavez, G Nava, S Traversaro, F Nori, D Pucci
2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5397-5403, 2019
102019
Simultaneously learning vision and feature-based control policies for real-world ball-in-a-cup
D Schwab, T Springenberg, MF Martins, T Lampe, M Neunert, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04706, 2019
292019
An Affordance-based Action Planner for On-line and Concurrent Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly
F Stramandinoli, A Roncone, O Mangin, F Nori, B Scassellati
2nd ICRA International Workshop on Computational Models of Affordance in …, 2019
22019
iCub: the open humanoid robot designed for learning and developing complex cognitive tasks
G Metta, G Sandini, D Vernon, L Natale, F Nori
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent …, 2019
32019
Design and Control of a passive noise rejecting Variable Stiffness Actuator
L Fiorio, F Romano, A Parmiggiani, B Berret, G Metta, F Nori
Biomechanics of Anthropomorphic Systems, 235-262, 2019
12019
Learning robust task priorities of QP-based whole-body torque-controllers
M Charbonneau, V Modugno, F Nori, G Oriolo, D Pucci, S Ivaldi
2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 1-9, 2018
142018
Advancing anticipatory behaviors in dyadic human-robot collaboration: The andy project
P Maurice, S Ivaldi, L Fritzsche, J Babič, F Stulp, M Damsgaard, ...
SIAS 2018-9th International Conference on Safety of Industrial Automated Systems, 2018
12018
A control architecture with online predictive planning for position and torque controlled walking of humanoid robots
S Dafarra, G Nava, M Charbonneau, N Guedelha, F Andrade, ...
2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2018
182018
Advancing Human-Robot Collaboration through Online Human Inverse Dynamics Estimation
C Latella, L Tagliapietra, D Ferigo, Y Tirupachuri, F Nori, D Pucci
2018 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), 21-22, 2018
2018
A plenum-based calibration device for tactile sensor arrays
J Kangro, AV Sureshbabu, S Traversaro, D Pucci, F Nori
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (4), 3937-3943, 2018
42018
Contact force and joint torque estimation using skin
FJA Chavez, J Kangro, S Traversaro, F Nori, D Pucci
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (4), 3900-3907, 2018
112018
A receding horizon push recovery strategy for balancing the icub humanoid robot
S Dafarra, F Romano, F Nori
Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics: Proceedings of the 26th …, 2018
32018
Safe trajectory optimization for whole-body motion of humanoids
V Modugno, G Nava, D Pucci, F Nori, G Oriolo, S Ivaldi
2017 IEEE-RAS 17th International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids …, 2017
72017
Modeling and control of humanoid robots in dynamic environments: Icub balancing on a seesaw
G Nava, D Pucci, N Guedelha, S Traversaro, F Romano, S Dafarra, F Nori
2017 IEEE-RAS 17th International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids …, 2017
82017
The codyco project achievements and beyond: Toward human aware whole-body controllers for physical human robot interaction
F Romano, G Nava, M Azad, J Čamernik, S Dafarra, O Dermy, C Latella, ...
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (1), 516-523, 2017
312017
Optimizing task feasibility using model-free policy search and model-based whole-body control
R Lober, J Eljaik, G Nava, S Dafarra, F Romano, D Pucci, S Traversaro, ...
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, submitted, 2017
32017
Momentum control of humanoid robots with series elastic actuators
G Nava, D Pucci, F Nori
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2017
62017
Momentum control of an underactuated flying humanoid robot
D Pucci, S Traversaro, F Nori
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (1), 195-202, 2017
412017
An optimization based control framework for balancing and walking: Implementation on the icub robot
M Charbonneau, G Nava, F Nori, D Pucci
arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.08359, 2017
12017
Inverse, forward and other dynamic computations computationally optimized with sparse matrix factorizations
F Nori
2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR …, 2017
12017
Anticipatory models of human movements and dynamics: the roadmap of the andy project
S Ivaldi, L Fritzsche, J Babič, F Stulp, M Damsgaard, B Graimann, ...
Digital Human Models (DHM), 2017
212017
A Predictive Momentum-Based Whole-Body Torque Controller: Theory and Simulations for the iCub Stepping
S Dafarra, F Romano, G Nava, F Nori
arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.10635, 2017
2017
Skin normal force calibration using vacuum bags
J Kangro, S Traversaro, D Pucci, F Nori
2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 401-406, 2017
82017
Control of humanoid robot motions with impacts: Numerical experiments with reference spreading control
M Rijnen, E De Mooij, S Traversaro, F Nori, N Van De Wouw, A Saccon, ...
2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 4102-4107, 2017
362017
Heteroscedastic regression and active learning for modeling affordances in humanoids
F Stramandinoli, V Tikhanoff, U Pattacini, F Nori
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems 10 (2), 455-468, 2017
82017
A whole-body software abstraction layer for control design of free-floating mechanical systems
F Romano, S Traversaro, D Pucci, J Eljaik, A Del Prete, F Nori
2017 First IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC), 148-155, 2017
192017
Whole-body multi-contact motion in humans and humanoids: Advances of the CoDyCo European project
V Padois, S Ivaldi, J Babič, M Mistry, J Peters, F Nori
Robotics and Autonomous Systems 90, 97-117, 2017
232017
Regularized hierarchical differential dynamic programming
M Geisert, A Del Prete, N Mansard, F Romano, F Nori
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 33 (4), 819-833, 2017
212017
On centroidal dynamics and integrability of average angular velocity
A Saccon, S Traversaro, F Nori, H Nijmeijer
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2 (2), 943-950, 2017
282017
Force control and reaching movements on the icub humanoid robot
G Metta, L Natale, F Nori, G Sandini
Robotics Research: The 15th International Symposium ISRR, 161-182, 2017
82017
Synthesis of a Predictive Push-Recovery Controller: Simulation Results on the iCub Humanoid Robot.
S Dafarra, F Romano, F Nori
CoRR, 2017
2017
Design and validation of a series rotary elastic actuator for humanoid robots
S TISI, S SALICETI, D PUCCI, P SILVESTRI, F NORI, G METTA
Advances in Cooperative Robotics, 783-790, 2017
12017
A unified view of the equations of motion used for control design of humanoid robots
S Traversaro, D Pucci, F Nori
On line, 2017
152017
On-line joint limit avoidance for torque controlled robots by joint space parametrization
M Charbonneau, F Nori, D Pucci
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
102016
Highly dynamic balancing via force control
D Pucci, F Romano, S Traversaro, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
312016
Self-calibration of joint offsets for humanoid robots using accelerometer measurements
N Guedelha, N Kuppuswamy, S Traversaro, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
72016
Walking on partial footholds including line contacts with the humanoid robot atlas
G Wiedebach, S Bertrand, T Wu, L Fiorio, S McCrory, R Griffin, F Nori, ...
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
1072016
Stable bipedal foot planting on uneven terrain through optimal ankle impedance
F Romano, N Kuppuswamy, M Ciocca, S Traversaro, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
32016
Automatic gain tuning of a momentum based balancing controller for humanoid robots
D Pucci, G Nava, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
72016
Model based in situ calibration of six axis force torque sensors
FJA Chavez, S Traversaro, D Pucci, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
122016
Torque-controlled stepping-strategy push recovery: Design and implementation on the iCub humanoid robot
S Dafarra, F Romano, F Nori
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
272016
Walking of the iCub humanoid robot in different scenarios: implementation and performance analysis
Y Hu, J Eljaik, K Stein, F Nori, K Mombaur
2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids …, 2016
142016
Stability analysis and design of momentum-based controllers for humanoid robots
G Nava, F Romano, F Nori, D Pucci
2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2016
732016
Identification of fully physical consistent inertial parameters using optimization on manifolds
S Traversaro, S Brossette, A Escande, F Nori
2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2016
692016
The Static Center of Pressure Sensitivity: a further Criterion to assess Contact Stability and Balancing Controllers
F Romano, D Pucci, S Traversaro, F Nori
arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.01495, 2016
2016
Grounding speech utterances in robotics affordances: An embodied statistical language model
F Stramandinoli, V Tikhanoff, U Pattacini, F Nori
2016 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and …, 2016
82016
Robots with a sense of touch
C Bartolozzi, L Natale, F Nori, G Metta
Nature materials 15 (9), 921-925, 2016
2712016
Robots with a sense of touch.
F Nori, L Natale, C Bartolozzi, G Metta
2016
Squat motion generation for the humanoid robot iCub with Series Elastic Actuators
Y Hu, F Nori, K Mombaur
2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and …, 2016
92016
WearDY: Wearable dynamics. A prototype for human whole-body force and motion estimation
C Latella, N Kuppuswamy, F Nori
AIP Conference Proceedings 1749 (1), 2016
22016
Embodied language learning and cognitive bootstrapping: methods and design principles
C Lyon, CL Nehaniv, J Saunders, T Belpaeme, A Bisio, K Fischer, ...
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 13 (3), 105, 2016
132016
Whole-body human inverse dynamics with distributed micro-accelerometers, gyros and force sensing
C Latella, N Kuppuswamy, F Romano, S Traversaro, F Nori
Sensors 16 (5), 727, 2016
212016
Incremental semiparametric inverse dynamics learning
R Camoriano, S Traversaro, L Rosasco, G Metta, F Nori
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 544-550, 2016
622016
Implementing torque control with high-ratio gear boxes and without joint-torque sensors
A Del Prete, N Mansard, OE Ramos, O Stasse, F Nori
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics 13 (01), 1550044, 2016
732016
The Sensitivity of the Static Center of Pressure as a Criterion to assess Balancing Controllers Performance
F Romano, D Pucci, S Traversaro, F Nori
CoRR, 2016
12016
Force and motion capture system based on distributed micro-accelerometers, gyros, force and tactile sensing
C Latella, N Kuppuswamy, F Nori
Conference Proceedings 2nd International Electronic Conference on Sensors …, 2015
32015
Collocated adaptive control of underactuated mechanical systems
D Pucci, F Romano, F Nori
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 31 (6), 1527-1536, 2015
742015
Multimodal sensor fusion for foot state estimation in bipedal robots using the extended kalman filter
J Eljaik, N Kuppuswamy, F Nori
2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2015
112015
Simultaneous state and dynamics estimation in articulated structures
F Nori, N Kuppuswamy, S Traversaro
2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2015
172015
A bayesian approach towards affordance learning in artificial agents
F Stramandinoli, V Tikhanoff, U Pattacini, F Nori
2015 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and …, 2015
52015
Inertial parameters identification and joint torques estimation with proximal force/torque sensing
S Traversaro, A Del Prete, S Ivaldi, F Nori
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2105-2110, 2015
202015
Prioritized optimal control: A hierarchical differential dynamic programming approach
F Romano, A Del Prete, N Mansard, F Nori
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3590-3595, 2015
182015
In situ calibration of six-axis force-torque sensors using accelerometer measurements
S Traversaro, D Pucci, F Nori
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2111-2116, 2015
272015
iCub whole-body control through force regulation on rigid non-coplanar contacts
F Nori, S Traversaro, J Eljaik, F Romano, A Del Prete, D Pucci
Frontiers in Robotics and AI 2, 6, 2015
1062015
Bibo stability and asymptotic stability
F Nori
system 1, x2, 2015
22015
Whole-body force control of the icub humanoid robot for balancing tasks
F Romano, D Pucci, S Traversaro, J Eljaik, F Nori
Workshop at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015
12015
Using optimal control to generate squat motions for the humanoid robot iCub with SEA
Y Hu, K Mombaur, F Nori
Proceedings of Dynamic Walking, 2015
42015
Force control of the icub humanoid for one-foot balancing and safe interaction
F Pucci, D Romano, S Traversaro, J Eljaik, F Nori
Workshop at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015
12015
A generic testing framework for test driven development of robotic systems
A Paikan, S Traversaro, F Nori, L Natale
Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems: Second International …, 2015
132015
Prioritized motion–force control of constrained fully-actuated robots:“Task Space Inverse Dynamics”
A Del Prete, F Nori, G Metta, L Natale
Robotics and Autonomous Systems 63, 150-157, 2015
652015
Communicative lifting actions in human-humanoid interaction
O Palinko, A Sciutti, L Patané, F Rea, F Nori, G Sandini
2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 1116-1121, 2014
112014
Tools for simulating humanoid robot dynamics: a survey based on user feedback
S Ivaldi, J Peters, V Padois, F Nori
2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 842-849, 2014
832014
Prioritized optimal control
AD Prete, F Romano, L Natale, G Metta, G Sandini, F Nori
42014
Developmental changes in children understanding robotic actions: The case of lifting
A Sciutti, L Patanè, O Palinko, F Nori, G Sandini
4th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic …, 2014
22014
Control of physical interaction through tactile and force sensing during visually guided reaching
L Jamone, M Fumagalli, L Natale, F Nori, G Metta, G Sandini
2014 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC), 1360-1365, 2014
62014
Control of a two-dof manipulator equipped with a pnr-variable stiffness actuator
F Romano, L Fiorio, G Sandini, F Nori
2014 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC), 1354-1359, 2014
52014
Exploiting global force torque measurements for local compliance estimation in tactile arrays
C Ciliberto, L Fiorio, M Maggiali, L Natale, L Rosasco, G Metta, G Sandini, ...
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2014
102014
Partial force control of constrained floating-base robots
A Del Prete, N Mansard, F Nori, G Metta, L Natale
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2014
242014
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