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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Towards Linear Nano Servomotors with Integrated Position Sensing
– Nanoscale linear servomotors with integrated position sensing are investigated from experimental, theoretical, and design perspectives. Prismatic motion is realized using the i...
Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson, Toshio Fukuda, Fumi...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Optimal Motion Strategies Based on Critical Events to Maintain Visibility of a Moving Target
— In this paper, we consider the surveillance problem of maintaining visibility at a fixed distance of a mobile evader using a mobile robot equipped with sensors. Optimal motion...
Teja Muppirala, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Seth Hutchins...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Improved Signal To Noise Ratio And Computational Speed For Gradient-Based Detection Algorithms
— Image gradient-based feature detectors offer great advantages over their standard edge-only equivalents. In driver support systems research, the radial symmetry detection algor...
Nick Barnes
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Image-based Control of Mobile Robot with Central Catadioptric Cameras
— To close the loop between motion and vision, tracked visual features must remain in the camera field of view (visibility constraint). To overcome the visibility constraint, vi...
Hicham Hadj-Abdelkader, Youcef Mezouar, Nicolas An...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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The Design of a Highly Reliable Robot for Unmediated Museum Interaction
Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Emily Hamner, Eric Porter, Br...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Rapid Development of Vision-Based Control for MAVs through a Virtual Flight Testbed
— We seek to develop vision-based autonomy for small-scale aircraft known as Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). Development of such autonomy presents signiÞcant challenges, in no small ...
Jason Grzywna, Ashish Jain, Jason Plew, Michael C....
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Toward 30-gram Autonomous Indoor Aircraft: Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance and Altitude Control
Abstract— We aim at developing autonomous microflyers capable of navigating within houses or small built environments. The severe weight and energy constraints of indoor flying...
Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Near Time-optimal Constrained Trajectory Planning on Outdoor Terrain
— We present an outdoor terrain planner that finds near optimal trajectories under dynamic and kinematic constraints. The planner can find solutions in close to real time by re...
Marin Kobilarov, Gaurav S. Sukhatme
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Obstacle Detection for Small Autonomous Aircraft Using Sky Segmentation
– A vision-based obstacle detection system for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is presented. Obstacles are detected by segmenting the image into sky and non-sky regions and...
Tim G. McGee, Raja Sengupta, J. Karl Hedrick