Stéphane Magnenat

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ASEBA, an event-based middleware for distributed robot control

Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Valentin Longchamp

Computing infrastructures of mobile robots have grown in complexity in the last decades; They have evolved from single processor systems to networks of microcontrollers communicating through a shared bus. This has induced additional architectural constrain ...

IEEE Press2007

Improved mobile robot programming performance through real-time program assessment

Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Rémy Alain Siegfried

ACM2017

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

Francesco Mondada, Hannes Bleuler, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Frédéric Rochat, Patrick Schoeneich

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 ...

World Scientific2010

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

Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat

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 ...

Springer2009

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

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe Rétornaz

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 ...

Springer-Verlag2009

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

Gordana Gerber, Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Fanny Riedo, Morgane Solène Denise Chevalier

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 ...

Roboptics Edition2015

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

Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe Rétornaz, Basilio Noris

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 ...

2008

Thymio II, a robot that grows wiser with children

Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Fanny Riedo, Morgane Solène Denise Chevalier

Thymio II is a small robot developed for education. It aims at offering a wide public the possibility to understand the basics of robotics and programming. To achieve this, it aims at being appealing to a large age range and serve as a medium for several t ...

IEEE2013

Integration of Online Learning into HTN Planning for Robotic Tasks

Francesco Mondada, Jean-Cédric Chappelier, Stéphane Magnenat

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 ...

2012

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

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Fanny Riedo

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 ...

IEEE2012

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

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe Rétornaz, Fanny Riedo, Florian Christopher Vaussard

IEEE2013

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

Dario Floreano, Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe Rétornaz, Timothy Stirling, Florian Christopher Vaussard, Valentin Longchamp, James Roberts, Daniel Burnier

2013