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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Unsupervised body scheme learning through self-perception
— In this paper, we present an approach allowing a robot to learn a generative model of its own physical body from scratch using self-perception with a single monocular camera. O...
Jürgen Sturm, Christian Plagemann, Wolfram Bu...
AR
2011
13 years 5 months ago
A Direct Physical Interface for Navigation and Positioning of a Robotic Nursing Assistant
People often use direct physical contact to guide a person to a desired location (e.g., leading a child by the hand) or to adjust a person’s posture for a task (e.g., a dance in...
Tiffany L. Chen, Charles C. Kemp
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Exploiting angular momentum to enhance bipedal center-of-mass control
Abstract— Recent humanoid control investigations have emphasized the importance of controlling whole-body angular momentum throughout a movement task. For typical movement tasks,...
Andreas Hofmann, Marko B. Popovic, Hugh M. Herr
HRI
2010
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Lead me by the hand: evaluation of a direct physical interface for nursing assistant robots
—When a user is in close proximity to a robot, physical contact becomes a potentially valuable channel for communication. People often use direct physical contact to guide a pers...
Tiffany L. Chen, Charles C. Kemp
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Stable dynamic walking of a quadruped via phase modulations against small disturbances
— It is generally accepted that locomotion in animals is based on a trade-off between energy consumption and stability. However, this trade-off is the result of the interaction b...
Christophe Maufroy, Hiroshi Kimura, Kunikatsu Taka...