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Control of Many Agents Using Few Instructions
— This paper considers the problem of controlling a group of agents under the constraint that every agent must be given the same control input. This problem is relevant for the c...
Timothy Bretl
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2007
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Emergent Task Allocation for Mobile Robots
— Multi-robot systems require efficient and accurate planning in order to perform mission-critical tasks. However, algorithms that find the optimal solution are usually computa...
Nuzhet Atay, O. Burçhan Bayazit
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2007
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Synthesis of Constrained nR Planar Robots to Reach Five Task Positions
— In this paper, we design planar nR serial chains that provide one degree-of-freedom movement for an end-effector through five arbitrarily specified task positions. These chai...
Gim Song Soh, J. Michael McCarthy
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2007
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Data Association in O(n) for Divide and Conquer SLAM
—In this paper we show that all processes associated to the move-sense-update cycle of EKF SLAM can be carried out in time linear in the number of map features. We describe Divid...
Lina María Paz, José E. Guivant, Jua...
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2007
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Mapping Large Loops with a Single Hand-Held Camera
— This paper presents a method for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), relying on a monocular camera as the only sensor, which is able to build outdoor, closed-loop map...
Laura A. Clemente, Andrew J. Davison, Ian D. Reid,...
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2007
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Dimensionality Reduction Using Automatic Supervision for Vision-Based Terrain Learning
Abstract— This paper considers the problem of learning to recognize different terrains from color imagery in a fully automatic fashion, using the robot’s mechanical sensors as ...
Anelia Angelova, Larry Matthies, Daniel M. Helmick...
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2007
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Gaussian Beam Processes: A Nonparametric Bayesian Measurement Model for Range Finders
— In probabilistic mobile robotics, the development of measurement models plays a crucial role as it directly influences the efficiency and the robustness of the robot’s perf...
Christian Plagemann, Kristian Kersting, Patrick Pf...
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2007
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Sliding mode formation tracking control of a tractor and trailer-car system
— In this paper a new leader-follower formation of nonholonomic mobile robots is studied. The follower is a car-like vehicle and the leader is a tractor pulling a trailer. The le...
Fabio Morbidi, Domenico Prattichizzo
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2007
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Planning and Control of Meso-scale Manipulation Tasks with Uncertainties
— We develop a systematic approach to incorporating uncertainty into planning manipulation tasks with frictional contacts. We consider the canonical problem of assembling a peg i...
Peng Cheng, David J. Cappelleri, Bogdan Gavrea, Vi...