— It has been demonstrated in a number of robotic areas how the use of virtual fixtures improves task performance both in terms of execution time and overall precision, [1]. How...
Abstract. In focused coverage problem, sensors are required to be deployed around a given point of interest (POI) with respect to a priority requirement: an area close to POI has h...
Xu Li, Nathalie Mitton, Isabelle Ryl, David Simplo...
This paper addresses the pursuit-evasion problem of maintaining surveillance by a pursuer of an evader in a world populated by polygonal obstacles. This requires the pursuer to pl...
Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Teja Muppirala, Alejandro Sar...
Abstract— Autonomous robot navigation in unstructured outdoor environments is a challenging and largely unsolved area of active research. The navigation task requires identifying...
Michael J. Procopio, Jane Mulligan, Gregory Z. Gru...
We present a novel approach to estimating depth from single omnidirectional camera images by learning the relationship between visual features and range measurements available dur...