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IROS
2009
IEEE
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A discrete grid abstraction for formation control in the presence of obstacles
Damjan Miklic, Stjepan Bogdan, Sanjin Nestic, Rafa...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Systems and algorithms for autonomously simultaneous observation of multiple objects using robotic PTZ cameras assisted by a wid
— We report an autonomous observation system with multiple pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras assisted by a fixed wideangle camera. The wide-angle camera provides large but low resolut...
Yiliang Xu, Dezhen Song
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A programming architecture for smart autonomous underwater vehicles
— Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are an indispensable tool for marine scientists to study the world’s oceans. The Slocum glider is a buoyancy driven AUV designed for mis...
Hans C. Woithe, Ulrich Kremer
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Non-grasp manipulation of deformable object by using pizza handling mechanism
Abstract— This paper discusses the non-grasp dynamic manipulation of a deformable object inspired by the handling mechanism of pizza master. The master handles a tool where a pla...
Mitsuru Higashimori, Yasutaka Omoto, Makoto Kaneko
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Parking with the essential matrix without short baseline degeneracies
Gonzalo López-Nicolás, Carlos Sag&uu...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Reusable electronics and adaptable communication as implemented in the odin modular robot
Abstract— This paper describes the electronics and communication system of Odin, a novel heterogeneous modular robot made of links and joints. The electronics is divided into two...
Ricardo Franco Mendoza Garcia, Andreas Lyder, Davi...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Stereo vision and terrain modeling for quadruped robots
— Legged robots offer the potential to navigate highly challenging terrain, and there has recently been much progress in this area. However, a great deal of this recent work has ...
J. Zico Kolter, Youngjun Kim, Andrew Y. Ng
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Learning motor primitives for robotics
— The acquisition and self-improvement of novel motor skills is among the most important problems in robotics. Motor primitives offer one of the most promising frameworks for the...
Jens Kober, Jan Peters
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Modeling RFID signal strength and tag detection for localization and mapping
— In recent years, there has been an increasing interest within the robotics community in investigating whether Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can be utilized ...
Dominik Joho, Christian Plagemann, Wolfram Burgard
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Three-dimensional measurement of objects in water by using space encoding method
—In this paper, a new method for 3-D measurement of objects in water is proposed. When observing objects in water through a camera contained in a waterproof housing or observing ...
Ryohei Kawai, Atsushi Yamashita, Toru Kaneko