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ICRA
2007
IEEE
144views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
15 years 10 months ago
Design and Optimization of a Biologically Inspired Flapping Mechanism for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles
Abstract—In this paper, we investigate design and performance of a flapping mechanism which generates flapping motion through resonant excitation similar to flight apparatus o...
Zaeem A. Khan, Sunil Kumar Agrawal
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AAMAS
2010
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Evolutionary mechanism design: a review
Abstract The advent of large-scale distributed systems poses unique engineering challenges. In open systems such as the internet it is not possible to prescribe the behaviour of al...
Steve Phelps, Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons
STOC
2010
ACM
194views Algorithms» more  STOC 2010»
15 years 8 months ago
Multi-parameter mechanism design and sequential posted pricing
We study the classic mathematical economics problem of Bayesian optimal mechanism design where a principal aims to optimize expected revenue when allocating resources to self-inte...
Shuchi Chawla, Jason Hartline, David Malec and Bal...
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WINE
2009
Springer
194views Economy» more  WINE 2009»
15 years 10 months ago
Mechanism Design for Complexity-Constrained Bidders
A well-known result due to Vickery gives a mechanism for selling a number of goods to interested buyers in a way that achieves the maximum social welfare. In practice, a problem wi...
Ravi Kumar, Mohammad Mahdian, Amin Sayedi
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IROS
2007
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
15 years 10 months ago
Design and evaluation of a gravity compensation mechanism for a humanoid robot
— Performance of a human size humanoid robot is strictly limited by performance of the motor. The progress of a motor has not been remarkable compared with the progress of electr...
Satoru Shirata, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama