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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Cognitive Based Neural Prosthetics
– Intense activity in neural prosthetic research has recently demonstrated the possibility of robotic interfaces that respond directly to the nervous system. The question remains...
Richard A. Andersen, Sam Musallam, Joel W. Burdick...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Efficient Closed Contour Extraction from Range Image's Edge Points
Abstract - This paper presents an improvement over a previous contour closure algorithm. Assuming that edge points are given as input, the proposed approach consists of two steps. ...
Angel Domingo Sappa
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Person Tracking with a Mobile Robot using Two Uncalibrated Independently Moving Cameras
— This paper presents an efficient person tracking algorithm for a vision-based mobile robot using two independently moving cameras each of which is mounted on its own pan/tilt ...
Hyukseong Kwon, Youngrock Yoon, Jae Byung Park, Av...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Detection and Tracking of External Features in an Urban Environment Using an Autonomous Helicopter
— We present the design and implementation of a real-time vision-based approach to detect and track features in a structured environment using an autonomous helicopter. Using vis...
Srikanth Saripalli, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Luis Mej&i...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Visual Servoing Sequencing Able to Avoid Obstacles
— Classical visual servoing approaches tend to constrain all degrees of freedom (DOF) of the robot during the execution of a task. In this article a new approach is proposed. The...
Nicolas Mansard, François Chaumette
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Backstepping and Sliding-mode Techniques Applied to an Indoor Micro Quadrotor
Abstract— The latest technological progress in sensors, actuators and energy storage devices enables the developments of miniature VTOL1 systems. In this paper we present the res...
Samir Bouabdallah, Roland Siegwart
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Design Considerations for Robotic Needle Steering
— Many medical procedures involve the use of needles, but targeting accuracy can be limited due to obstacles in the needle’s path, shifts in target position caused by tissue de...
Robert J. Webster III, Jasenka Memisevic, Allison ...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Prototype of Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery with 6-Axis Force Sensing Capability
Abstract— Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) challenges the surgeon’s skills due to his separation from the operation area which can only be reached with long instruments. To ove...
Ulrich Seibold, Bernhard Kübler, Gerd Hirzing...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Sensor Data Fusion for Body State Estimation in a Hexapod Robot with Dynamical Gaits
— We report on progress toward a continuous time full 6 DOF translational body state estimator for a hexapod robot executing a jogging gait (with 4 consecutive phases: tripod sta...
Pei-Chun Lin, Haldun Komsuoglu, Daniel E. Koditsch...