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ICRA
2003
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Mode shape compensator for improving robustness of manipulator mounted on flexible base
— In this paper, the concept of the ’robust arm configuration’ (RAC) is expanded using a mode shape compensator. This compensator improves the robustness of the arm configu...
Jun Ueda, Tsuneo Yoshikawa
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Reliable Stair Climbing in the Simple Hexapod 'RHex'
RHex is a hexapod with compliant legs and only six actuated degrees of freedom. Its ability to traverse highly fractured and unstable terrain, as well ascend and descend a particu...
E. Z. Moore, D. Campbell, Felix Grimminger, Martin...
RAS
2007
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13 years 8 months ago
Active estimation of distance in a robotic system that replicates human eye movement
In a moving agent, the different apparent motion of objects located at various distances provides an important source of depth information. While motion parallax is evident for la...
Fabrizio Santini, Michele Rucci
ISER
2004
Springer
182views Robotics» more  ISER 2004»
14 years 2 months ago
Nonholonomic Modeling of Needle Steering
As a flexible needle with a bevel tip is pushed through soft tissue, the asymmetry of the tip causes the needle to bend. We propose that, by using nonholonomic kinematics, contro...
Robert J. Webster III, Noah J. Cowan, Gregory S. C...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
142views Robotics» more  ICRA 1999»
14 years 1 months ago
Development of BEST Nano-robot Soccer Team
In this paper, we describe the development of our BEST nano-robot soccer team composed of 5 robots, a vision system, and communication modules. Each nano-robot is designed with an...
Sung Ho Kim, JongSuk Choi, Byung Kook Kim