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ENGL
2007
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13 years 7 months ago
RRT-based strategies for sensor-based exploration
—Real mobile robots should be able to build an abstract representation of the physical environment, in order to navigate and to work in such environment. We present a method for ...
Abraham Sánchez López, Judith Le&oac...
TROB
2002
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13 years 7 months ago
Manipulability, force, and compliance analysis for planar continuum manipulators
Abstract--Continuum manipulators, inspired by the natural capabilities of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, may find niche applications in areas like human
Ian A. Gravagne, Ian D. Walker
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Efficient Topological Exploration
We consider the robot exploration of a planar graphlike world. The robot's goal is to build a complete map of its environment. The environment is modeled as an arbitrary undi...
Ioannis M. Rekleitis, Vida Dujmovic, Gregory Dudek
JPDC
2011
155views more  JPDC 2011»
12 years 10 months ago
A cellular learning automata-based deployment strategy for mobile wireless sensor networks
: One important problem which may arise in designing a deployment strategy for a wireless sensor network is how to deploy a specific number of sensor nodes throughout an unknown ne...
Mehdi Esnaashari, Mohammad Reza Meybodi
JIRS
2010
101views more  JIRS 2010»
13 years 5 months ago
Exploring the Effect of Obscurants on Safe Landing Zone Identification
Currently, robotic rotorcraft determine landing zones based on visual cues or predetermined GPS waypoints. Missions such as perch-and-stare or cargo delivery demand the ability to ...
Keith W. Sevcik, Noah Kuntz, Paul Y. Oh