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IROS
2009
IEEE
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Heart surface motion estimation framework for robotic surgery employing meshless methods
Abstract— A novel heart surface motion estimation framework for a robotic surgery on a stabilized beating heart is proposed. It includes an approach for the reconstruction and pr...
Evgeniya Bogatyrenko, Uwe D. Hanebeck, Gábo...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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On the performance of random linear projections for sampling-based motion planning
— Sampling-based motion planners are often used to solve very high-dimensional planning problems. Many recent algorithms use projections of the state space to estimate properties...
Ioan Alexandru Sucan, Lydia E. Kavraki
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Segregation in swarms of mobile robots based on the Brazil nut effect
— We study a simple algorithm inspired by the Brazil nut effect for achieving segregation in a swarm of mobile robots. The algorithm lets each robot mimic a particle of a certain...
Roderich Groß, Stéphane Magnenat, Fra...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Multiswarm Particle Filter for vision based SLAM
Abstract— Particle Filters have been widely used as a powerful optimization tool for nonlinear, non-Gaussian dynamic models such as Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) a...
Hee Seok Lee, Kyoung Mu Lee
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Using eigenposes for lossless periodic human motion imitation
— Programming a humanoid robot to perform an action that takes the robot’s complex dynamics into account is a challenging problem. Traditional approaches typically require high...
Rawichote Chalodhorn, Rajesh P. N. Rao
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Probabilistic categorization of kitchen objects in table settings with a composite sensor
— In this paper, we investigate the problem of 3D object categorization of objects typically present in kitchen environments, from data acquired using a composite sensor. Our fra...
Zoltan Csaba Marton, Radu Bogdan Rusu, Dominik Jai...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Base force/torque sensing for position based Cartesian impedance control
Abstract— In this paper, a position based impedance controller (i.e. admittance controller) is designed by utilizing measurements of a force/torque sensor, which is mounted at th...
Christian Ott, Yoshihiko Nakamura
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A design and analysis tool for underactuated compliant hands
— Highly underactuated and passively adaptive robotic hands have shown great promise for robust performance in unstructured settings. In order to fully realize this potential, ef...
Matei T. Ciocarlie, Peter K. Allen
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Predicting the navigation performance of underwater vehicles
— In this paper we present a general framework for predicting the positioning uncertainty of underwater vehicles. We apply this framework to common examples from marine robotics:...
Brian Bingham
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Behavior-based motion planning for group control
— Despite the large body of work in both motion planning and multi-agent simulation, little work has focused on the problem of planning motion for groups of robots using external...
Christopher Vo, Joseph F. Harrison, Jyh-Ming Lien