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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Flying Robots: Modeling, Control and Decision Making
This paper presents a flight rnanageiiient system (FhIS) iinpleniented as on-board intelligence for rotorcraft-based unmanned aerial vehicles (RUAVs), in order to gradually ilen a...
H. Jin Kim, David Hyunchul Shim, Shankar Sastry
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Towards In-Situ Calibration of Gyro and Doppler Navigation Sensors for Precision Underwater Vehicle Navigation
Abstract This paper addresses a practical problem arising in the calibration of bottom-lock doppler sonar for the navigation of underwater robot vehicles. Employing a least-squares...
James C. Kinsey, Louis L. Whitcomb
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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A Suite of Tools for Debugging Distributed Autonomous Systems
This paper describes a set of tools that allows a developer to instrument an autonomous control system to log data at run-time and then analyze that data to verify correct program...
David Kortenkamp, Reid G. Simmons, Tod Milam, Joaq...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Achieving High Precision Laparoscopic Manipulation through Adaptive Force Control
Abstract—In this paper, we present a new solution to laparoscopic manipulation based on forcefeedback control. This method allows us to both explicitely control the forces applie...
Alexandre Krupa, Guillaume Morel, Michel de Mathel...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Optimal Design of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuators
: This research studied the optimal design of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) muscle wire bundle actuators. Current literature describes the use of multiple muscle wires placed in paralle...
Kathryn J. De Laurentis, Avi Fisch, Jason Nikitczu...