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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Trajectory inverse kinematics by conditional density modes
Abstract— We present a machine learning approach for trajectory inverse kinematics: given a trajectory in workspace, to find a feasible trajectory in angle space. The method lea...
Chao Qin, Miguel Á. Carreira-Perpiñ&...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Manipulating articulated objects with interactive perception
Abstract— Robust robotic manipulation and perception remains a difficult challenge, in particular in unstructured environments. To address this challenge, we propose to couple m...
Dov Katz, Oliver Brock
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Towards robust place recognition for robot localization
— Localization and context interpretation are two key competences for mobile robot systems. Visual place recognition, as opposed to purely geometrical models, holds promise of hi...
Muhammad Muneeb Ullah, Andrzej Pronobis, Barbara C...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Combining automated on-line segmentation and incremental clustering for whole body motions
Abstract— This paper describes a novel approach for incremental learning of human motion pattern primitives through on-line observation of human motion. The observed motion time ...
Dana Kulic, Wataru Takano, Yoshihiko Nakamura
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Distributed grasp synthesis for swarm manipulation with applications to autonomous tugboats
— Assume a swarm of mobile robots is in the act of transporting a large object in the plane, by applying unilateral forces to the perimeter of that object. We address the questio...
Joel M. Esposito
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Ultrasonic relative positioning for multi-robot systems
— Coordination of a group of mobile robots is facilitated when they are able to determine their positions relative to each other. Instead of using an absolute positioning approac...
Frédéric Rivard, Jonathan Bisson, Fr...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Compliant manipulation for peg-in-hole: Is passive compliance a key to learn contact motion?
— We examine the usefulness of passive compliance in a manipulator that learns contact motion. Based on the notice that humans outperforms robots with the contact motion, we foll...
Seung-kook Yun
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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An approximate algorithm for solving oracular POMDPs
Abstract— We propose a new approximate algorithm, LAJIV (Lookahead J-MDP Information Value), to solve Oracular Partially Observable Markov Decision Problems (OPOMDPs), a special ...
Nicholas Armstrong-Crews, Manuela M. Veloso
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Use of a novel multipart controller for the parametric study of a trotting quadruped robot
— In this paper a novel multipart control is developed for a trotting quadruped robot. The control is designed to drive the quadruped to a steady-state motion with desired forwar...
Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Learning tactic-based motion models with fast particle smoothing
— Learning parameters of a motion model is an important challenge for autonomous robots. We address the particular instance of parameter learning when tracking motions with a swi...
Yang Gu, Manuela M. Veloso