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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Distributed Construction by Mobile Robots with Enhanced Building Blocks
— We describe a system in which autonomous robots assemble two-dimensional structures out of square building blocks. A fixed set of local control rules is sufficient for a grou...
Justin Werfel, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Daniela Rus, Radhik...
SPATIALCOGNITION
2004
Springer
14 years 27 days ago
Treemap: An O(log n) Algorithm for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
This paper presents a very efficient SLAM algorithm that works by hierarchically dividing the map into local regions and subregions. At each level of the hierarchy each region stor...
Udo Frese
EUSAI
2003
Springer
14 years 23 days ago
Vision-Based Localization for Mobile Platforms
In this paper, we describe methods to localize a mobile robot in an indoor environment from visual information. An appearance-based approach is adopted in which the environment is ...
Josep M. Porta, Ben J. A. Kröse
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Towards Topological Exploration of Abandoned Mines
— The need for reliable maps of subterranean spaces too hazardous for humans to occupy has motivated the use of robotic technology as mapping tools. As such, we present a systemi...
Aaron Morris, David Silver, David I. Ferguson, Sco...
ICARCV
2006
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Global Localization Robust to GPS Outages using a Vertical Ladar
– This paper presents a localization strategy for vehicles in urban environments by mapping and updating natural landmarks provided by a 2D ladar (laser range scanner) when GPS d...
Maged Jabbour, Philippe Bonnifait