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ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Discrete Actuator Array Vectorfield Design for Distributed Manipulation
Jonathan E. Luntz, William C. Messner, Howie Chose...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Programming in the Architecture for Agile Assembly
The goal of the Architecture for Agile Assembly AAA is to enable rapid deployment and recon guration of automated assembly systems through the use of cooperating, modular, robust,...
Jay Gowdy, Alfred A. Rizzi
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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An Integrated Interface Tool for the Architecture for Agile Assembly
Developing automated assembly systems normally happens in two distinct stages: rst an o -line" stage in which the system is designed and programmed in simulated and then an o...
Jay Gowdy, Zack J. Butler
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Fluorescent Dye Based Optical Position Sensing for Planar Linear Motors
Industrial Sawyer motor technology has existed for nearly three decades, traditionally being operated as open-loop positioners. Such systems can attain micron level motion resolut...
Gregory A. Fries, Alfred A. Rizzi, Ralph L. Hollis
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Agent-Based Planning and Control of a Multi-Manipulator Assembly System
This paper presents a distributed planning and control architecture for autonomous Multi-Manipulator Systems (MMS). The control architecture is implemented using an agent-based ap...
Juan C. Fraile, Christiaan J. J. Paredis, Pradeep ...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Interaction with a Realtime Dynamic Environment Simulation Using a Magnetic Levitation Haptic Interface Device
A high performance six degree-of-freedom magnetic levitation haptic interface device has been integrated with a physically-based dynamic rigid-body simulation to enable realistic ...
Peter J. Berkelman, Ralph L. Hollis, David Baraff
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Teleoperation with Adaptive Motion/Force Control
In this paper, an adaptive motion force control based approach is proposed to control bilateral teleoperation systems under both position and rate control with arbitrary motion fo...
Wen-Hong Zhu, S. E. Salcudean
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Fuzzy Admission Control and Scheduling of Production Systems
Runtong Zhang, Yannis A. Phillis
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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An Investigation into Non-Smooth Locomotion
We analyze a class of mechanisms that locomote by switching between constraints. Because of the hybrid nature of such systems, most of the existing analysis tools, developed prima...
Milos Zefran, Francesco Bullo, Jim Radford
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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A Fast and Accurate Sonar-Ring Sensor for a Mobile Robot
A sonar-ring is one of the most popular sensors for indoor mobile robots, because it is simple and gives omni-directional distance information directly. However, it is dicult to m...
Teruko Yata, Akihisa Ohya, Shin'ichi Yuta