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IROS
2006
IEEE
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A System for Robotic Heart Surgery that Learns to Tie Knots Using Recurrent Neural Networks
Abstract— Tying suture knots is a time-consuming task performed frequently during Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). Automating this task could greatly reduce total surgery time f...
Hermann Georg Mayer, Faustino J. Gomez, Daan Wiers...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Optimum Camera Angle for Optic Flow-Based Centering Response
— We present analytical and empirical investigations into the optimum camera angle to use for the optic flow-based centering response. This technique is commonly used to guide b...
Stefan Hrabar, Gaurav S. Sukhatme
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Tele-assembly in Wide Remote Environments
Telepresence offers considerable advantages in the remote execution of maintenance assignments. In this work a telepresence system is presented that allows to perform assembly tas...
Angelika Peer, Bartlomiej Stanczyk, Ulrich Unterhi...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A Hybrid Approach to Practical Self Collision Detection System of Humanoid Robot
— Online self collision detection system for humanoid robots is an essentially important function for developing sensor based behaviors without worrying about breaking hardware. ...
Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Evaluation of Prosodic and Voice Quality Features on Automatic Extraction of Paralinguistic Information
- Aiming to realize a non-verbal communication between humans and robots, the use of acoustic parameters related with voice quality features, besides classical prosodic features, i...
Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro ...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Scanning the Environment with Two Independent Cameras - Biologically Motivated Approach
— In this paper we present a novel method for visual scanning and target tracking by means of independent pan-tilt cameras which mimic the chameleon visual system. We present a s...
Ofir Avni, Francesco Borrelli, Gadi Katzir, Ehud R...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Integrating Miscommunication Analysis in Natural Language Interface Design for a Service Robot
— Natural language user interfaces for robots with cognitive capabilities should be designed to reduce the occurrence of miscommunication in order to be perceived as providing a ...
Anders Green, Kerstin Severinson Eklundh, Britta W...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A New Method of Force Control for Unknown Environments
–We propose a new control technique for force control on unknown environments. In particular, the proposed approach overcomes the need for precise estimation of environment param...
Vishnu Mallapragada, Duygun Erol, Nilanjan Sarkar
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Motion Pattern for the Landing Phase of a Vertical Jump for Humanoid Robots
Abstract— This paper deals with the generation of motion pattern for humanoid robots vertical jump. The study concentrates on the landing phase of the jump which is the most dema...
Sophie Sakka, Ee Sian Neo, Kazuhito Yokoi