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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Transport of an Object by six pre-attached Robots interacting via Physical Links
— This paper addresses the cooperative transport of a heavy object by a group of mobile robots. We present a system in which group members lacking knowledge about the position of...
Roderich Groß, Francesco Mondada, Marco Dori...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Simulated Odor Tracking in a Plane Normal to the Wind Direction
— A new strategy is developed for tracking an odor plume in an environment where wind is present. The strategy is inspired by the mechanisms that animals use to orient to stimuli...
Adam J. Rutkowski, Mark A. Willis, Roger D. Quinn
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Bias-tolerant Terrain following Method for a Field Deployed Manipulator
Marc Freese, Surya P. N. Singh, Edwardo F. Fukushi...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Surface Patch Reconstruction via Curve Sampling
This paper introduces a method that reconstructs a surface patch by sampling along three concurrent curves on the surface with a touch sensor. These data curves, each lying in a d...
Yan-Bin Jia, Liangchuan Mi, Jiang Tian
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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An Integrated Approach to Inverse Kinematics and Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators
— We propose a novel solution to the problem of inverse kinematics for redundant robotic manipulators for the purposes of goal selection for path planning. We unify the calculati...
Dominik Bertram, James Kuffner, Rüdiger Dillm...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Real-time Object Detection using Segmented and Grayscale Images
- This paper describes an approach that performs visual object detection in real-time by combining the strength of processing the color segmented image along with that of the grays...
Juan Fasola, Manuela M. Veloso
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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A Hybrid Vision + Ladar Rural Road Follower
— We present a vision- and ladar-based approach to autonomous driving on rural and desert roads that has been tested extensively in a closed-loop system. The vision component use...
Christopher Rasmussen
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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A Fast and Adaptive Test of Static Equilibrium for Legged Robots
— A legged robot walking on uneven terrain can avoid falling only by applying contact forces with its feet on the ground that compensate for gravity without causing slip. To plan...
Timothy Bretl, Sanjay Lall
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Predictive Control Algorithms using Biological Signals for Active Relative Motion Canceling in Robotic Assisted Heart Surgery
— Robotics technology promises an enhanced way of performing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In the robotic-assisted CABG surgery, surgeon performs the oper...
Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusoglu
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Lossy Data Reduction Methods for Haptic Telepresence Systems
— Telepresence systems are often deployed in scenarios where communication bandwidth is limited. Consequently, data exchanged between operator and teleoperator has to be reduced....
Martin Kuschel, Philipp Kremer, Sandra Hirche, Mar...