IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
— Affordances represent the behavior of objects in terms of the robot’s motor and perceptual skills. This type of knowledge plays a crucial role in developmental robotic system...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
—Vision-aided inertial navigation systems (V-INSs) can provide precise state estimates for the 3-D motion of a vehicle when no external references (e.g., GPS) are available. This...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
— Neurophysiology has revealed the existence of mirror neurons in brain of macaque monkeys and they shows similar activities during executing an observation of goal directed move...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— This paper presents Meld, a programming language for modular robots, i.e., for independently executing robots where inter-robot communication is limited to immediate ne...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
— This paper considers the problem of model based control of the joints of a snake robot without wheels. The potential range of applications for snake robots are numerous, and de...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
— While underactuated robotic systems are capable of energy efficient and rapid dynamic behavior, we still do not fully understand how body dynamics can be actively used for ada...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
—Wheeled-mobile robots operating in human environments typically encounter small steps. Surmounting steps is normally not considered when determining peak torque needs, yet it ca...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— We propose to improve the locomotive performance of humanoid robots by using approximated biped stepping and walking dynamics with reinforcement learning (RL). Although...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2007
IEEE
— This paper presents a software component, the plan database, which provides the needed services to define plans, execute them and more importantly adapt them during execution....