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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Impulse Measure Based Performance Analysis of Sawing Task by Dual Arm
- Some of manufacturing tasks such as sawing task often requires continuous impulsive motion. In case of sawing task, such impulsive motions can be observed between the teeth of th...
Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju Yi, Sang-Rok Oh, Il Hong Su...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Passive Coordination Control of Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperated Manipulators
In this paper, a teleoperation controller is proposed for a pair of nonlinear master and slave manipulators. The control law enables the nonlinear robots to be perfectly coordinate...
Dongjun Lee, Perry Y. Li
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Sensor-Based Exploration for Convex Bodies: A New Roadmap for a Convex-Shaped Robot
We present a new algorithm that enables a convex shaped robot to explore an unknown planar workspace, i.e., an unknown configuration space diffeomorphic to SE(2). This new algor...
Ji Yeong Lee, Howie Choset
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...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Towards Sensor Based Coverage with Robot Teams
We introduce a new algorithm to cover an unknown space with a homogeneous team of circular mobile robots. Our approach is based on a single robot coverage algorithm, a boustrophed...
DeWitt Latimer IV, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Vincen...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Mobile Robot Self-Localization in Large-Scale Environments
— This paper presents a new approach for the absolute self-localization of a mobile robot in structured large-scale environments. The requirements with regard to both, the necess...
Axel Lankenau, Thomas Röfer
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Robotic Acquisition of Deformable Models
We describe techniques for automatically acquiring observations of a deforming object and for estimating a model of the deformation from these observations. A robotic system was d...
Jochen Lang, Dinesh K. Pai, Robert J. Woodham
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Self-Collision Detection and Prevention for Humanoid Robots
We present an efficient approach to self-collision detection suitable for complex articulated robots such as humanoids. Preventing self-collisions is vital for the safe operation ...
James J. Kuffner Jr., Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Ka...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Twice: A Tilting Angle Amplification System for Parallel Robots
Twice (Tilting device with WIde Capacity) a new amplification device able to double the tilting angle of a parallel mechanism is presented. A singularity analysis is carried out: ...
Sébastien Krut, Olivier Company, Fré...