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IROS
2008
IEEE
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Generalizing metamodules to simplify planning in modular robotic systems
— In this paper we develop a theory of metamodules and an associated distributed asynchronous planner which generalizes previous work on metamodules for lattice-based modular rob...
Daniel J. Dewey, Michael P. Ashley-Rollman, Michae...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Silicone made contractile dielectric elastomer actuators inside 3-Tesla MRI environment
—New actuators are greatly demanded today in order to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)compatible mechatronic systems capable of extended and improved capabilities. They a...
Federico Carpi, Azadeh Khanicheh, Constantinos Mav...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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An experimental study of station keeping on an underactuated ASV
— Dynamic positioning is an important application for marine vehicles that do not have the luxury of anchoring or mooring themselves. Such vehicles are usually large and have arr...
Arvind Pereira, Jnaneshwar Das, Gaurav S. Sukhatme
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Motion planning in urban environments: Part I
— We present the motion planning framework for an autonomous vehicle navigating through urban environments. Such environments present a number of motion planning challenges, incl...
Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Parametric excitation of a biped robot as an inverted pendulum
— For stable gait generation on the level floor, restoring mechanical energy lost by heel-strike collision at the ground is necessary. Parametric excitation principle is one of ...
Toyoyuki Honjo, Zhi Wei Luo, Akinori Nagano
IROS
2008
IEEE
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High-speed throwing motion based on kinetic chain approach
Abstract— In this paper the robotic throwing task is considered with the goal of achieving high-speed dynamic manipulation. We propose a kinetic chain approach for swing motion f...
Taku Senoo, Akio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Soft motion trajectory planner for service manipulator robot
Abstract— Human interaction introduces two main constraints: Safety and Comfort. Therefore service robot manipulator can’t be controlled like industrial robotic manipulator whe...
Xavier Broquère, Daniel Sidobre, Ignacio He...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Energy management for indoor hovering robots
— Flying has an advantage when compared to ground based locomotion, as it simplifies the task of overcoming obstacles and allows for rapid coverage of an area while also providi...
James F. Roberts, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario ...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Transition-based RRT for path planning in continuous cost spaces
This paper presents a new method called Transition-based RRT (T-RRT) for path planning problems in continuous cost spaces. It combines the exploration strength of the RRT algorith...
Leonard Jaillet, Juan Cortés, Thierry Sim&e...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A perception mechanism for supporting autonomous intersection handling in urban driving
Abstract— Knowledge of the driving environment is essential for robotic vehicles to comply with traffic rules while autonomously traversing intersections. However, due to limite...
Young-Woo Seo, Chris Urmson