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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Distributed maximum a posteriori estimation for multi-robot cooperative localization
— This paper presents a distributed Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) estimator for multi-robot Cooperative Localization (CL). As opposed to centralized MAP-based CL, the proposed algor...
Esha D. Nerurkar, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Agostin...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Transmission of tactile roughness through master-slave systems
Abstract— In this study, a tactile-roughness transmission system applicable to master-slave systems with a communication time delay is developed. The master-side system construct...
Shogo Okamoto, Masashi Konyo, Takashi Maeno, Satos...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Environment adapted active multi-focal vision system for object detection
— A biologically inspired foveated attention system in an object detection scenario is proposed. Thereby, a highperformance active multi-focal camera system imitates visual behav...
Tingting Xu, Hao Wu, Tianguang Zhang, Kolja Kü...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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3D tree reconstruction from laser range data
— We present a method for reconstructing 3D models of tree branch structure from laser range data. Our approach is probabilistic, and uses a generative model of a tree to guide a...
Jonathan Binney, Gaurav S. Sukhatme
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Learning 3-D object orientation from images
— We propose a learning algorithm for estimating the 3-D orientation of objects. Orientation learning is a difficult problem because the space of orientations is non-Euclidean, ...
Ashutosh Saxena, Justin Driemeyer, Andrew Y. Ng
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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A robotic sentinel for benthic sampling along a transect
— This paper presents the design of a novel robotic system capable of long-term benthic sampling along a transect. The robot is built to traverse back and forth along a mechanica...
Jnaneshwar Das, Gaurav S. Sukhatme
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Using critical junctures and environmentally-dependent information for management of tightly-coupled cooperation in heterogeneou
— This paper addresses the challenge of forming appropriate heterogeneous robot teams to solve tightly-coupled, potentially multi-robot tasks, in which the robot capabilities may...
Lynne E. Parker, Christopher M. Reardon, Heeten Ch...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Tracking groups of people with a multi-model hypothesis tracker
Abstract— People in densely populated environments typically form groups that split and merge. In this paper we track groups of people so as to reflect this formation process an...
Boris Lau, Kai Oliver Arras, Wolfram Burgard
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Navigating by stigmergy: A realization on an RFID floor for minimalistic robots
Abstract— Stigmergy is a mechanism that allows the coordination of actions within the same agent or across different agents by means of traces left in the environment. We propose...
Robert Johansson, Alessandro Saffiotti
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Human brain-teleoperated robot between remote places
Abstract— This paper describes an EEG-based human brainactuated robotic system, which allows performing navigation and visual exploration tasks between remote places via internet...
Carlos Escolano, Javier M. Antelis, Javier Minguez