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2008
IEEE
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Visual SLAM for 3D large-scale seabed acquisition employing underwater vehicles
— This paper presents a novel technique to align partial 3D reconstructions of the seabed acquired by a stereo camera mounted on an autonomous underwater vehicle. Vehicle localiz...
Joaquim Salvi, Yvan R. Petillot, Elisabet Batlle
IROS
2008
IEEE
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3D bipedal robot with tunable leg compliance mechanism for multi-modal locomotion
— It is expected that variation of leg compliance, that is determined not only by joint compliance but by joint angle, contributes to provide multi-modal locomotion such as walki...
Takashi Takuma, Shinji Hayashi, Koh Hosoda
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Selection of robot pre-grasps using box-based shape approximation
— Grasping is a central issue of various robot applications, especially when unknown objects have to be manipulated by the system. In earlier work, we have shown the efficiency ...
Kai Huebner, Danica Kragic
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Multi-robot complete exploration using hill climbing and topological recovery
— This article addresses the problem of autonomous map building and exploration of an unknown environment with mobile robots. The proposed method assumes that mobile robots use o...
Rui Rocha, João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Design of a new decoupled XY flexure parallel kinematic manipulator with actuator isolation
— The design procedure for a totally decoupled XY flexure parallel kinematic manipulator is presented in this paper. The designed XY stage is featured with flexure hinges and a...
Yangmin Li, Qingsong Xu