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ICRA
1998
IEEE
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An Approach to Reduction of Hysteresis in Smart Materials
This paper addresses the problem of reducing the hysteresis found in the actuation of most smart materials. They are divided in two groups: systems with no saturation (e.g. piezoe...
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernández, Vincent Hayward
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Observing Pose and Motion Through Contact
This paper investigates how to "observe" a planar object being pushed by a finger. The pushing is governed by a nonlinear system that relates through contact the object ...
Yan-Bin Jia, Michael Erdmann
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Lagrangian Relaxation Neural Networks for Job Shop Scheduling
Abstract--Manufacturing scheduling is an important but difficult task. In order to effectively solve such combinatorial optimization problems, this paper presents a novel Lagrangia...
Peter B. Luh, Xing Zhao, Yajun Wang
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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The Roles of Shape and Motion in Dynamic Manipulation: the Butterfly Example
We are studying a juggler's skill called the "butterfly." Startingwith a ball resting on the palm of his/her open hand, a skilled juggler can accelerate and shape h...
Kevin M. Lynch, Naoji Shiroma, Hirohiko Arai, Kazu...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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On Discontinuous Human Control Strategies
Models of human control strategy (HCS), which accurately emulate dynamic human behavior, have far reaching potential in areas ranging from robotics to virtual reality to the intel...
Michael C. Nechyba, Yangsheng Xu