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ICRA
2003
IEEE
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14 years 28 days ago
Studying the Feasibility of Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Sensor Network
We study the feasibility of extending the lifetime of a wireless sensor network by exploiting mobility. In our system, a small percentage of network nodes are autonomously mobile,...
Mohammad H. Rahimi, Hardik Shah, Gaurav S. Sukhatm...
RAS
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Towards long-lived robot genes
Robot projects are often evolutionary dead ends, with the software and hardware they produce disappearing without trace afterwards. Common causes include dependencies on uncommon ...
Paul M. Fitzpatrick, Giorgio Metta, Lorenzo Natale
ICRA
2007
IEEE
524views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 2 months ago
Concept and Design of A Fully Autonomous Sewer Pipe Inspection Mobile Robot "KANTARO"
— In current conventional method, the sewer pipe inspection is undertaken using a cable-tethered robot with an on-board video camera system, completely, tele-operated by human op...
Amir Ali Forough Nassiraei, Yoshinori Kawamura, Al...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
109views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Toward 30-gram Autonomous Indoor Aircraft: Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance and Altitude Control
Abstract— We aim at developing autonomous microflyers capable of navigating within houses or small built environments. The severe weight and energy constraints of indoor flying...
Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano
ICRA
2009
IEEE
144views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Reusable electronics and adaptable communication as implemented in the odin modular robot
Abstract— This paper describes the electronics and communication system of Odin, a novel heterogeneous modular robot made of links and joints. The electronics is divided into two...
Ricardo Franco Mendoza Garcia, Andreas Lyder, Davi...