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IROS
2009
IEEE
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A stereo vision based mapping algorithm for detecting inclines, drop-offs, and obstacles for safe local navigation
— Mobile robots have to detect and handle a variety of potential hazards to navigate autonomously. We present a real-time stereo vision based mapping algorithm for identifying an...
Aniket Murarka, Benjamin Kuipers
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Real-time sound source orientation estimation using a 96 channel microphone array
Hirofumi Nakajima, Keiko Kikuchi, Touru Daigo, Yut...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Improving robot navigation in structured outdoor environments by identifying vegetation from laser data
— This paper addresses the problem of vegetation detection from laser measurements. The ability to detect vegetation is important for robots operating outdoors, since it enables ...
Kai M. Wurm, Rainer Kümmerle, Cyrill Stachnis...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Optical flow on a flapping wing robot
— Optical flow sensing techniques are promising for obstacle avoidance, distance regulation, and moving target tracking, particularly for small mobile robots with limited power ...
Fernando Garcia Bermudez, Ronald S. Fearing
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Model-based and learned semantic object labeling in 3D point cloud maps of kitchen environments
Abstract— We report on our experiences regarding the acquisition of hybrid Semantic 3D Object Maps for indoor household environments, in particular kitchens, out of sensed 3D poi...
Radu Bogdan Rusu, Zoltan Csaba Marton, Nico Blodow...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Robotic submerged microhandling controlled by pH swithching
— Robotic microhandling is a promising way to assemble microcomponents in order to manufacture new generation of Hybrid Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (HMEMS). However, at the s...
Jérôme Dejeu, Patrick Rougeot, Micha&...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Motion planning for active cannulas
— An active cannula is a medical device composed of thin, pre-curved, telescoping tubes that may enable many new surgical procedures. Planning optimal motions for these devices i...
Lisa A. Lyons, Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Stable whole-body motion generation for humanoid robots to imitate human motions
—This work presents a methodology to generate dynamically stable whole-body motions for a humanoid robot, which are converted from human motion capture data. The methodology cons...
Seungsu Kim, ChangHwan Kim, Bum-Jae You, Sangrok O...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Scalable self-assembly and self-repair in a collective of robots
—A collective of robots can together complete a task that is beyond the capabilities of any of its individual robots. One property of a robotic collective that allows it to compl...
Michael Rubenstein, Wei-Min Shen
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Decentralized planning for dynamic motion generation of multi-link robotic systems
— This paper presents a decentralized planning method for generating dynamic whole body motions of multilink robots including humanoids. First, a robotic system will be modeled a...
Yuichi Tazaki, Hisashi Sugiura, Herbert Janssen, C...