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PAMI
2008
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Distance Learning for Similarity Estimation
In this paper, we present a general guideline to find a better distance measure for similarity estimation based on statistical analysis of distribution models and distance function...
Jie Yu, Jaume Amores, Nicu Sebe, Petia Radeva, Qi ...
AROBOTS
2005
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Visually Guided Cooperative Robot Actions Based on Information Quality
In field environments it is not usually possible to provide robots in advance with valid geometric models of its environment and task element locations. The robot or robot teams ne...
Vivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky
CAD
2002
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
A discrete mechanics model for deformable bodies
This paper describes the theory and implementation of a discrete mechanics model for deformable bodies, incorporating behavior such as motion, collision, deformation etc. The mode...
Johan Jansson, Joris S. M. Vergeest
CGF
2002
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STRANDS: Interactive Simulation of Thin Solids using Cosserat Models
STRANDS are thin elastic solids that are visually well approximated as smooth curves, and yet possess essential physical behaviors characteristic of solid objects such as twisting...
Dinesh K. Pai
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 6 months ago
A model for concentric tube continuum robots under applied wrenches
Abstract— Continuum robots made from telescoping precurved elastic tubes enable base-mounted actuators to specify the curved shapes of robots as thin as standard surgical needles...
D. Caleb Rucker, Bryan A. Jones, Robert J. Webster...