Publications by Stéphane Magnenat

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A Magnetic Switchable Device (MSD) is a ferromagnetic circuit using permanent magnets where the flux can circulate between different paths when its configuration is changed. This routes or cancels the flux through specific surfaces, and thus turns on or of ...

Autonomous mobile robots are promising tools for operations in environments that are difficult to access for humans. When these environments are dynamic and non-deterministic, like in collapsed buildings, the robots must coordinate their actions and the us ...

We present a novel approach to mobile object manipulation for service in indoor environments. Current research in service robotics focus on single robots able to move, manipulate objects, and transport them to various locations. Our approach differs by tak ...

We present the IniRobot pedagogical kit, conceived and deployed within French and Swiss primary schools for the initiation to robotics and computer science. It provides a microworld for learning, and takes an enquiry-based educational approach, where kids ...

Swarm robotics in real world requires a large number of robots and thus enough room for experimentation. Therefore, to implement such experiments with limited budget, robots should be compact and low cost, which entails the use of microcontroller-based min ...

This document is a roadmap describing two directions for improving the user experience of the Thymio robot and its visual programming language using augmented reality techniques.

This paper extends hierarchical task network (HTN) planning with lightweight learning, considering that in robotics, actions have a non-zero probability of failing. Our work applies to A*-based HTN planners with lifting. We prove that the planner finds the ...

Robots are both fascinating objects for the general public and devices whose conception, understanding and pro- gramming involve many fields. This unique combination makes them an ideal tool for introducing science and technology to children. This paper pr ...

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Design of Magnetic Switchable Device (MSD) and applications in climbing robot

Planner9, a HTN planner distributed on groups of miniature mobile robots

The Hand-bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation

IniRobot : a pedagogical kit to initiate children to concepts of robotics and computer science

Scripting the swarm: event-based control of microcontroller-based robots

Improving the Thymio Visual Programming Language Experience through Augmented Reality

Integration of Online Learning into HTN Planning for Robotic Tasks

A Programming Workshop using the Robot "Thymio II": The Effect on the Understanding by Children

Seamless Multi-Robot Programming for the People: ASEBA and the Wireless Thymio II Robot

Swarmanoid: a novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms