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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Biological stiffness control strategies for the Anatomically Correct Testbed (ACT) hand
— With the goal of developing biologically inspired manipulation strategies for an anthropomorphic hand, we investigated how the human central nervous system utilizes the hands r...
Ravi Balasubramanian, Yoky Matsuoka
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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A point-based POMDP planner for target tracking
— Target tracking has two variants that are often studied independently with different approaches: target searching requires a robot to find a target initially not visible, and ...
David Hsu, Wee Sun Lee, Nan Rong
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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CMDragons: Dynamic passing and strategy on a champion robot soccer team
— After several years of developing multiple RoboCup small-size robot soccer teams, our CMDragons robot team achieved a highly successful level of performance, winning both the 2...
James Bruce, Stefan Zickler, Mmichael Licitra, Man...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Bayesian reinforcement learning in continuous POMDPs with application to robot navigation
— We consider the problem of optimal control in continuous and partially observable environments when the parameters of the model are not known exactly. Partially Observable Mark...
Stéphane Ross, Brahim Chaib-draa, Joelle Pi...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Orthogonal wall correction for visual motion estimation
— A good motion model is a prerequisite for many approaches to simultaneous localization and mapping. Without an absolute reference, it is however difficult to prevent drift whe...
Jörg Stückler, Sven Behnke
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Swimming capsule endoscope using static and RF magnetic field of MRI for propulsion
—Capsule endoscopy is a promising technique for diagnosing diseases in the small intestines. Here we propose a miniature swimming mechanism that uses MRI’s magnetic fields for ...
Gabor Kosa, Peter Jakab, Ferenc A. Jolesz, Nobuhik...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Macromodel for the mechanics of gecko hair adhesion
—In this work, we explore the mechanical behavior of gecko hairs by means of macromodels. The macromodel has four spatular hairs operating by magnetic forces instead of van der W...
Michael P. Reyes, Ronald S. Fearing
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Reciprocal Velocity Obstacles for real-time multi-agent navigation
— In this paper, we propose a new concept — the “Reciprocal Velocity Obstacle”— for real-time multi-agent navigation. We consider the case in which each agent navigates i...
Jur P. van den Berg, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Planning in information space for a quadrotor helicopter in a GPS-denied environment
— This paper describes a motion planning algorithm for a quadrotor helicopter flying autonomously without GPS. Without accurate global positioning, the vehicle’s ability to lo...
Ruijie He, Sam Prentice, Nicholas Roy
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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High-speed pose and velocity measurement from vision
Redwan Dahmouche, Omar Ait-Aider, Nicolas Andreff,...