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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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A real-time helicopter testbed for insect-inspired visual flight control
— The paper describes an indoor helicopter testbed that allows implementing and testing of bio-inspired control algorithms developed from scientific studies on insects. The heli...
Shuo Han, Andrew D. Straw, Michael H. Dickinson, R...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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A novel method for learning policies from constrained motion
— Many everyday human skills can be framed in terms of performing some task subject to constraints imposed by the environment. Constraints are usually unobservable and frequently...
Matthew Howard, Stefan Klanke, Michael Gienger, Ch...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Bouncing an Unconstrained Ball in Three Dimensions with a Blind Juggling Robot
— We describe the design of a juggling robot that is able to vertically bounce a completely unconstrained ball without any sensing. The robot consists of a linear motor actuating...
Philipp Reist, Raffaello D'Andrea
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Rollin' Justin - Mobile platform with variable base
Abstract— Research on humanoid robots for use in servicing tasks, e.g. fetching and delivery, attracts steadily more interest. With ”Rollin’ Justin” a mobile robotic system...
Christoph Borst, Thomas Wimböck, Florian Schm...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Tracked vehicle with circular cross-section to realize sideways motion
—In this video, a novel tracked mechanism for sideways motion is presented. The tracked mechanism is of circular cross-section and has active rolling axes at the center of the ci...
Kenjiro Tadakuma, Riichiro Tadakuma, Keiji Nagatan...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Automatic formation deployment of decentralized heterogeneous multi-robot networks with limited sensing capabilities
— Heterogeneous multi-robot networks require novel tools for applications that require achieving and maintaining formations. This is the case for distributing sensing devices wit...
Brian Stephen Smith, Jiuguang Wang, Magnus Egerste...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Local decomposition and observability properties for automatic calibration in mobile robotics
Abstract— This paper considers the problem of sensor selfcalibration in mobile robotics by only using a single point feature (e.g. a source of light). In particular, the problem ...
Agostino Martinelli
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Cooperative multi-robot localization under communication constraints
— This paper addresses the problem of cooperative localization (CL) under severe communication constraints. Specifically, we present minimum mean square error (MMSE) and maximum...
Nikolas Trawny, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Georgios ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Realtime segmentation of range data using continuous nearest neighbors
— In mobile robotics, the segmentation of range data is an important prerequisite to object recognition and environment understanding. This paper presents an algorithm for realti...
Klaas Klasing, Dirk Wollherr, Martin Buss
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Turning dynamics and passive damping in flapping flight
—we investigated whether flapping flight has an inherent stability by analyzing the inertial and aerodynamic effects of flapping wings on body dynamics. Based on wing and body ki...
Bo Cheng, Steven N. Fry, Qingfeng Huang, William B...