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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Global Exponential Stabilizability for Distributed Manipulation Systems
Abstract: This paper considers the global exponential stability of planar distributed manipulation control schemes. The “programmable vector field” approach is a commonly prop...
Todd D. Murphey, Joel W. Burdick
DEXAW
2000
IEEE
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A Holonic Component-Based Approach to Reconfigurable Manufacturing Control Architecture
Holonic Manufacturing Systems have emerged over the last seven years as strategy for manufacturing control system design. A new approach called Holonic ComponentBased Architecture...
Jin-Lung Chirn, Duncan C. McFarlane
ICRA
2003
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Closed loop navigation for multiple non -holonomic vehicles
In this paper we incorporate dipolar potential fields used for nonholonomic navigation into a novel potential function designed for multi – robot navigation. The derived naviga...
Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
IROS
2006
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
Waalbot: An Agile Small-Scale Wall Climbing Robot Utilizing Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Abstract— This paper proposes a small-scale agile wall climbing robot able to navigate on smooth surfaces of any orientation, including vertical and inverted surfaces, which uses...
Michael P. Murphy, William Tso, Michael Tanzini, M...
EVOW
2003
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Evolving Symbolic Controllers
Abstract. The idea of symbolic controllers tries to bridge the gap between the top-down manual design of the controller architecture, as advocated in Brooks’ subsumption architec...
Nicolas Godzik, Marc Schoenauer, Michèle Se...