— Hierarchical state machines have proven to be a powerful tool for controlling autonomous robots due to their flexibility and modularity. For most real robot implementations, h...
— We address the problem of learning terrain traversability properties from visual input, using automatic mechanical supervision collected from sensors onboard an autonomous vehi...
Anelia Angelova, Larry Matthies, Daniel M. Helmick...
Abstract— Colors of objects observed in underwater environments are different from those in air. This is because the light intensity decreases with the distance from objects in w...
— This paper proposes a method to control an I4R parallel robot by the observation of its legs with a calibrated camera. We show that the control law depends only on the edges of...
— Given a robot model and a class of admissible environments, this paper provides a framework for automatically and verifiably composing controllers that satisfy high level task...
Hadas Kress-Gazit, Georgios E. Fainekos, George J....
— One of the most notable and recognizable features of robot motion is the abrupt transitions between actions in action sequences. In contrast, humans and animals perform sequenc...
— This paper addresses the problem of generating optimal joint trajectories for redundant manipulators when multiple criteria are to be considered. A dynamic programming approach...
A. Guigue, Mojtaba Ahmadi, M. J. D. Hayes, R. Lang...
— This paper presents an indoor human localization system for the visually impaired. A prototype portable device has been implemented, consisting of a pedometer and a standard wh...
— Efficient, reliable and flexible handling is still very challenging in micromanipulation and micro-assembly. In this paper, we propose an original thermally actuated gripper b...
— Humanoid robots as assistance or educational robots is an important research topic in the field of robotics. Especially the communication of those robots with a human operator...