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ICRA
2005
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
A Pneumatic Manipulator used in Direct Contact with an Operator
— Repetitive manual handling of heavy loads is common in assembly and is a frequent cause of lower back disorders. This can have a significant impact on the quality of life and ...
Michaël Van Damme, Frank Daerden, Dirk Lefebe...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
158views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Autonomous Helicopter Landing on a Moving Platform Using a Tether
—In this paper, we address the design of an autopilot for autonomous landing of a helicopter on a rocking ship, due to rough sea. The deck is modeled to have a sinusoidal motion....
So-Ryeok Oh, Kaustubh Pathak, Sunil Kumar Agrawal,...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
150views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Detection and Tracking of External Features in an Urban Environment Using an Autonomous Helicopter
— We present the design and implementation of a real-time vision-based approach to detect and track features in a structured environment using an autonomous helicopter. Using vis...
Srikanth Saripalli, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Luis Mej&i...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 5 months ago
Synchronizing the motion of a quadrocopter to music
This paper presents a quadrocopter flying in rhythm to music. The quadrocopter performs a periodic sideto-side motion in time to a musical beat. Underlying controllers are designed...
Angela Schöllig, Federico Augugliaro, Sergei ...
CDC
2010
IEEE
118views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
13 years 2 months ago
On optimal cooperative patrolling
This work considers the problem of designing optimal multi-agent trajectories to patrol an environment. As performance criterion for optimal patrolling we consider the worst-case t...
Fabio Pasqualetti, Antonio Franchi, Francesco Bull...