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SODA
2003
ACM
131views Algorithms» more  SODA 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
Zonotopes as bounding volumes
Zonotopes are centrally symmetric polytopes with a very special structure: they are the Minkowski sum of line segments. In this paper we propose to use zonotopes as bounding volum...
Leonidas J. Guibas, An Nguyen, Li Zhang
IROS
2006
IEEE
175views Robotics» more  IROS 2006»
14 years 3 months ago
Toward Online Probabilistic Path Replanning in Dynamic Environments
— This paper presents work on sensor-based motion planning in initially unknown dynamic environments. Motion detection and modeling are combined with a smooth navigation function...
Roland Philippsen, Björn Jensen, Roland Siegw...
IROS
2009
IEEE
188views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Novelty detection and 3D shape retrieval based on Gaussian Mixture Models for autonomous surveillance robotics
Abstract— This paper describes an efficient method for retrieving the 3-dimensional shape associated to novelties in the environment of an autonomous robot, which is equipped wi...
Pedro Núñez Trujillo, Paulo Drews, R...
IROS
2009
IEEE
275views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
A stereo vision based mapping algorithm for detecting inclines, drop-offs, and obstacles for safe local navigation
— Mobile robots have to detect and handle a variety of potential hazards to navigate autonomously. We present a real-time stereo vision based mapping algorithm for identifying an...
Aniket Murarka, Benjamin Kuipers
ICRA
2007
IEEE
157views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Vegetation Detection for Driving in Complex Environments
— A key challenge for autonomous navigation in cluttered outdoor environments is the reliable discrimination between obstacles that must be avoided at all costs, and lesser obsta...
David M. Bradley, Ranjith Unnikrishnan, James Bagn...