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ICRA
2000
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Toward Biomorphic Control Using Custom aVLSI CPG Chips
The locomotor controller for walking, running, swimming, and flying animals is based on a Central Pattern Generator (CPG). Models of CPGs as systems of coupled non-linear oscillato...
M. Anthony Lewis, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Avis H. ...
ECAL
2003
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Optimal Morphology of a Biologically-Inspired Whisker Array on an Obstacle-Avoiding Robot
Abstract. Whiskers are versatile sensors for short-range navigation and exploration that are widespread in many animal species, especially in rodents. Their arrangement is in very ...
Miriam Fend, Hiroshi Yokoi, Rolf Pfeifer
ICRA
2002
IEEE
98views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
14 years 2 months ago
Sensor-Based Exploration for Convex Bodies: A New Roadmap for a Convex-Shaped Robot
We present a new algorithm that enables a convex shaped robot to explore an unknown planar workspace, i.e., an unknown configuration space diffeomorphic to SE(2). This new algor...
Ji Yeong Lee, Howie Choset
SECON
2010
IEEE
13 years 7 months ago
Back-Tracking Based Sensor Deployment by a Robot Team
Existing solutions to carrier-based sensor placement by a single robot, in a bounded unknown region of interest (ROI), do not guarantee full area coverage and/or do not terminate. ...
Greg Fletcher, Xu Li, Amiya Nayak, Ivan Stojmenovi...
CDC
2010
IEEE
170views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
13 years 4 months ago
Motion planning with hybrid dynamics and temporal goals
In this paper, we consider the problem of motion planning for mobile robots with nonlinear hybrid dynamics, and high-level temporal goals. We use a multi-layered synergistic framew...
Amit Bhatia, Lydia E. Kavraki, Moshe Y. Vardi