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ICRA
1994
IEEE
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Provable Strategies for Vision-Guided Exploration in Three Dimensions
An approach is presented for exploring an unknown, arbitrary surface in three-dimensional (3D) space by a mobile robot. The main contributions are (1) an analysis of the capabilit...
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos, Charles R. Dyer, Vladimir J...
ICRA
1993
IEEE
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Vision-Guided Exploration: A Step Toward General Motion Planning in Three Dimensions
We present an approach for solving the path planning problem for a mobile robot operating in an unknown, three dimensional environment containing obstacles of arbitrary shape. The...
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos, Vladimir J. Lumelsky, Charl...
ALIFE
2002
13 years 10 months ago
Bioinspired Engineering of Exploration Systems for NASA and DoD
A new approach called bioinspired engineering of exploration systems (BEES) and its value for solving pressing NASA and DoD needs are described. Insects (for example honeybees and ...
Sarita Thakoor, Javaan S. Chahl, Mandyam V. Sriniv...
IJRR
2010
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13 years 9 months ago
On the Topology of Discrete Strategies
This paper explores a topological perspective of planning in the presence of uncertainty, focusing on tasks specified by goal states in discrete spaces. The paper introduces stra...
Michael Erdmann
MASCOTS
2003
14 years 6 days ago
Considering the Energy Consumption of Mobile Storage Alternatives
This paper is motivated by a simple question: what are the energy consumption characteristics of mobile storage alternatives? To answer this question, we are faced with a design s...
Fengzhou Zheng, Nitin Garg, Sumeet Sobti, Chi Zhan...