— One of features of soft object manipulation is motion during deformation of the soft body. We analyze the stability of soft object manipulation by simultaneous control of motio...
— This paper discusses current wheeled mobility work on a hybrid wheeled-leg robot called PAW. In addition to providing design details, controllers are proposed for inclined turn...
— Most mobile robots in existence today have large, heavy, statically stable bases. To enable manipulation, actuated arms and effectors are attached to the base providing limited...
Bryan J. Thibodeau, Patrick Deegan, Roderic A. Gru...
— Communication skill is essential for social robots in various environments such as homes, offices, and hospitals, where the robots are expected to interact with humans. In thi...
Abstract— The localization capability is central to basic navigation tasks and motivates development of various visual navigation systems. In this paper we describe a two stage a...
— In this paper we predict the amount of slip an exploration rover would experience using stereo imagery by learning from previous examples of traversing similar terrain. To do t...
Anelia Angelova, Larry Matthies, Daniel M. Helmick...
— Many application tasks require the cooperation of two or more robots. Humans are good at cooperation in shared workspaces, because they anticipate and adapt to the intentions a...
– In this paper, we describe a prototype interface that facilitates the control of a mobile robot team by a single operator, using a sketch interface on a tablet PC. The user ske...
Marjorie Skubic, Derek Anderson, Samuel Blisard, D...