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ICRA
1995
IEEE
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On Manipulator Posture Planning for Large Force Tasks
In this paper, we study the problem of large force/torque application using robotic systems with limited force/torque actuators. For such systems, the available workspace may be s...
Evangelos Papadopoulos, Yves Gonthier
ICRA
1995
IEEE
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Robot Localization Using a Computer Vision Sextant
This paper explores the possibility of using Sun altitude for localization of a robot in totally unknown territory. A set of Sun altitudes is obtained by processing a sequence of ...
Fabio Gagliardi Cozman, Eric Krotkov
ICRA
1995
IEEE
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Improving the Response of SMA Actuators
Shape memory alloy (SMA) based actuators have a number of attributes which make them useful for robotic applications. Unfortunately their response is relatively slow, being limite...
R. Andrew Russell, Robert B. Gorbet
ICRA
1995
IEEE
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Coupled-System Stability of Flexible-Object Impedance Control
This paper examines the stability of the exible-object impedance controller when coupled to an arbitrary passive environment. A simple representative system is developed to study ...
David W. Meer, Stephen M. Rock
ICRA
1995
IEEE
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Nonlinear Feedback Control of a Biped Walking Robot
An implementation of a biped robot which as capable of dynamic walking by a simple nonlinear control algorithm. is presented. Four D.C. servo motors actuate the knee and ankle joi...
Kazuhisa Mitobe, Naoki Mori, Kouichi Aida, Yasuo N...