Transient Behavior and Predictability in Manipulating Complex Objects

Rashida Nayeem,Salah Bazzi,Neville Hogan,Dagmar Sternad,Rashida Nayeem,Salah Bazzi,Neville Hogan,Dagmar Sternad

Relatively little work in human and robot control has examined the control of underactuated objects with internal dynamics, such as transporting a cup of coffee, a task that presents little problems for humans. This study examined how humans move a `cup of coffee' with a view to identify principles that may be useful for robot control. The specific focus was on how humans choose initial conditions...