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FOCS
2002
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Protocols and Impossibility Results for Gossip-Based Communication Mechanisms
In recent years, gossip-based algorithms have gained prominence as a methodology for designing robust and scalable communication schemes in large distributed systems. The premise ...
David Kempe, Jon M. Kleinberg
HRI
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Planning as an architectural control mechanism
We describe recent work on PECAS, an architecture for intelligent robotics that supports multi-modal interaction. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.8 [Computing Methodologies...
Nick Hawes, Michael Brenner, Kristoffer Sjö&o...
WRAC
2005
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Autonomy Without Independence: Animal Training as a Model for Robot Design
A classic autonomous robot is an autonomous agent for open, unpredictable environments. Such an agent is inherently autonomous but not independent. Independence implies unpredictab...
David C. Wyland
COMPSAC
2008
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Framework for Computer-Aided Evolution of Object-Oriented Designs
In this paper, we describe a framework for the computeraided evolution of the designs of object-oriented software systems. Evolution mechanisms are software structures that prepar...
Selim Ciraci, Pim van den Broek, Mehmet Aksit
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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14 years 4 months ago
Design and Philosophy of the BiMASC, a Highly Dynamic Biped
Abstract— This paper discusses the design principles and philosophy of the BiMASC, a biped with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance which incorporates tuned mechanical leg ...
Jonathan W. Hurst, Joel E. Chestnutt, Alfred A. Ri...