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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Extensible Hardware Architecture for Mobile Robots
— The Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center has developed a new mobile robot hardware architecture designed for extensibility and reconfigurability. Currently ...
Eric Park, Linda Kobayashi, Susan Y. Lee
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Control Method for a 3D Form Display with Coil-type Shape Memory Alloy
- We previously proposed a new 3D form display actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA), which is capable of displaying large scale objects sequentially. Based on our devised method, o...
Masashi Nakatani, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Kevin Vlack, ...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Towards Topological Exploration of Abandoned Mines
— The need for reliable maps of subterranean spaces too hazardous for humans to occupy has motivated the use of robotic technology as mapping tools. As such, we present a systemi...
Aaron Morris, David Silver, David I. Ferguson, Sco...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Modeling the Static and the Dynamic Parts of the Environment to Improve Sensor-based Navigation
— This paper addresses the modeling of the static and dynamic parts of the scenario and how to use this information within a real sensor-based navigation system. The contribution...
Luis Montesano, Javier Minguez, Luis Montano
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Fast Reinforcement Learning for Vision-guided Mobile Robots
— This paper presents a new reinforcement learning algorithm for accelerating acquisition of new skills by real mobile robots, without requiring simulation. It speeds up Q-learni...
Tomás Martínez-Marín, Tom Duc...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Data-and Model-driven Attention Mechanism for Autonomous Visual Landmark Acquisition
— This paper presents a visual attention mechanism for the acquisition of landmarks in an arbitrary scene. The proposed mechanism consists of two consecutive selection stages. Th...
Ricardo Vázquez Martín, José ...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Shape, Motion, and Parameter Estimation of Large Flexible Space Structures using Range Images
– Future space missions are expected to use robotic systems to assemble, inspect, and maintain large space structures in orbit. To carry out these tasks, robots need to know the ...
Matthew D. Lichter, Steven Dubowsky
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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CPG Design using Inhibitory Networks
– We describe in detail the behavior of an inhibitory Central Pattern Generator (CPG) network for robot control. A four-neuron, mutual inhibitory network forms the basic coordina...
M. Anthony Lewis, Francesco Tenore, Ralph Etienne-...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Fast Computation of Robot-Obstacle Interactions in Nonholonomic Trajectory Deformation
Abstract— This paper deals with the optimization of RobotObstacle interaction computations, in the context of nonholonomic trajectory deformation for mobile robots. We first rec...
Olivier Lefebvre, Florent Lamiraux, David Bonnafou...