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DRUMS
1998
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Handling uncertainty in control of autonomous robots
Autonomous robots need the ability to move purposefully and without human intervention in real-world environments that have not been speci cally engineered for them. These environm...
Alessandro Saffiotti
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
An Efficient Approach to the Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping Problem
—The simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem asks if it is possible for an autonomous vehicle to start in an unknown location in an unknown environment and then...
Stefan B. Williams, Gamini Dissanayake, Hugh F. Du...
IROS
2008
IEEE
238views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 3 months ago
Shape-guided superpixel grouping for trail detection and tracking
Abstract— We describe a framework for detecting and tracking continuous ”trails” in images and image sequences for autonomous robot navigation. Continuous trails are extended...
Christopher Rasmussen, Donald Scott
ICRA
2009
IEEE
160views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 3 months ago
Tracking of facial features to support human-robot interaction
— In this paper we present a novel methodology for detection and tracking of facial features like eyes, nose and mouth in image sequences. The proposed methodology is intended to...
Maria Pateraki, Haris Baltzakis, Polychronis Konda...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
130views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 3 months ago
An easy calibration for oblique-viewing endoscopes
— Oblique-viewing endoscopes (oblique scopes) are widely used in minimally invasive surgery. The viewing direction of an oblique endoscope can be changed by rotating the scope cy...
Chenyu Wu, Branislav Jaramaz