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ICRA
2000
IEEE
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An Implicit Time-Stepping Scheme for Rigid Body Dynamics with Coulomb Friction
In this paper a new time-stepping method for simulating systems of rigid bodies is given. Unlike methods which take an instantaneous point of view, our method is based on impulse-m...
David E. Stewart, Jeffrey C. Trinkle
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Optimal Feedback Control for Route Tracking with a Bounded-Curvature Vehicle
W'e consider the kinematic model of a vehicle moving forward with a lower bounded turning radius. This model, is relevant to describe the kinematics of road vehicles as well ...
Philippe Souères, Andrea Balluchi, Antonio ...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Dynamic Simulation for Grasping and Whole Arm Manipulation
We propose a novel approach to dynamic simulation of grasps that overcomes di culties due to inconsistencies in the forward dynamics problem. The key idea in the paper is a minima...
Peng Song, Masahito Yashima, Vijay Kumar
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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On the Nonlinear Control of Hydraulic Servo-Systems
In this paper the control problem of a hydraulic servosystem is addressed. The performance achievable by classical linear controllers, e.g. PD, are usually limited due to highly n...
Mohammad Reza Sirouspour, S. E. Salcudean
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Haptic Interface Control - Design Issues and Experiments with a Planar Device
This paper describes the haptic rendering of a virtual environment by drawing upon concepts developed in the area of teleoperation. A four-channel teleoperation architecure is sho...
Mohammad Reza Sirouspour, Simon P. DiMaio, S. E. S...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Recent Progress in Local and Global Traversability for Planetary Rovers
Autonomous planetary rovers operating in vast unknown environments must operate efficiently because of size, power and computing limitations. Recently, we have developed a rover c...
Sanjiv Singh, Reid G. Simmons, Trey Smith, Anthony...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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In-Situ Attitude Calibration for High Resolution Bathymetric Surveys with Underwater Robotic Vehicles
In this paper we present a methodology for high resolution acoustic bathymetric mapping from a robotic underwater vehicle. Based on data obtained from navigation, attitude, and ba...
Hanumant Singh, Oscar Pizarro, Louis L. Whitcomb, ...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Instantaneous Evaluation of Friction Based on ARTC Tactile Sensor
A human can lift up an object with almost minimal grasping force regardless of the friction coefficient between the fingers and the object, but the sensing mechanism for this rema...
Hiroyuki Shinoda, Shinya Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakamur...
ICRA
2000
IEEE
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Automated CAD-Guided Automobile Part Dimensional Inspection
Structured light is one of the well-known methods in part dimensional inspection that have been successfully employed in various applications in the past decades. In this method, ...
Weihua Sheng, Ning Xi, Mumin Song, Yifan Chen, Jam...