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Mark A. Minor
Researcher at University of Utah
Publications - 106
Citations - 2526
Mark A. Minor is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mobile robot & Robot kinematics. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 98 publications receiving 2323 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark A. Minor include Michigan State University.
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Dexterous articulated linkage for surgical applications
Mark A. Minor,Ranjan Mukherjee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a gear link structure operably coupling the tool to the actuator for moving the tool in a first direction defined a first degree of freedom and in a second direction defining a second degree of control.
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Climbing the walls [robots]
R. Lal Tummala,Ranjan Mukherjee,Ning Xi,Dean M. Aslam,Hans Dulimarta,Jizhong Xiao,Mark A. Minor,G. Dang +7 more
TL;DR: Presents two underactuated kinematic designs for miniature climbing robots that use suction and the underactuation is to save weight.
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An Avian-Inspired Passive Mechanism for Quadrotor Perching
Courtney E. Doyle,Justin J. Bird,Taylor A. Isom,Jason C. Kallman,Daman Bareiss,David J. Dunlop,Raymond King,Jake J. Abbott,Mark A. Minor +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a compliant, underactuated gripping foot and a collapsing leg mechanism that converts rotorcraft weight into tendon tension in order to passively actuate the foot are presented.
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Motion Planning for a Spherical Mobile Robot: Revisiting the Classical Ball-Plate Problem
TL;DR: This paper addresses the motion planning problem for the rolling sphere, often referred in the literature as the "ball-plate problem," and proposes two different algorithms for reconfiguration, based on simple geometry and the Gauss-Bonet theorem of parallel transport.
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Simple motion planning strategies for spherobot: a spherical mobile robot
TL;DR: In this paper, two strategies for reconfiguration of a spherical exo-skeleton are presented. The first strategy uses spherical triangles to bring the sphere to a desired position with a desired orientation and the second strategy uses a specific kinematic model and generates a trajectory comprising straight lines and circular arc segments.