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Inevitable collision states - a step towards safer robots?
-- An inevitable collision state for a robotic system can be defined as a state for which, no matter what the future trajectory followed by the system is, a collision with an obsta...
Thierry Fraichard, Hajime Asama
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2004
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Sensor system of a small biped entertainment robot
SDR-4X II is the latest prototype model of a small biped entertainment robot. It is the improved model of SDR-4X. In this paper we report on the sensing system of this robot, which...
Tatsuzo Ishida, Yoshihiro Kuroki
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2004
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Reinforcement learning of humanoid rhythmic walking parameters based on visual information
This paper presents a method for learning the parameters of rhythmic walking to generate purposive humanoid motions. The controller consists of the two layers: rhythmic walking is...
Masaki Ogino, Yutaka Katoh, Masahiro Aono, Minoru ...
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2004
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Experimental analysis of gas-sensitive Braitenberg vehicles
Abstract. This article addresses the problem of localising a static gas source in an indoor environment by a mobile robot. In contrast to previous works, the environment is not art...
Achim J. Lilienthal, Tom Duckett
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2004
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Exact non-linear Bayesian parameter estimation for autonomous compliant motion
This paper presents theoretical and experimental results for the estimation of large position and orientation inaccuracies during force-controlled compliant motion. This is a signi...
Tine Lefebvre, Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutte...
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2004
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Robot phonotaxis in the wild: a biologically inspired approach to outdoor sound localization
Cricket phonotaxis (sound localization behavior) was implemented on an autonomous outdoor robot platform inspired by cockroach locomotion. This required the integration of a novel...
Andrew D. Horchler, Richard E. Reeve, Barbara Webb...
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2004
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Multiple tasks manipulation for a robotic manipulator
Robotic manipulators can execute multiple tasks precisely at the same time and, thus, the task-priority scheme plays an important role in implementing multiple tasks. Until now, se...
Youngjin Choi, Yonghwan Oh, Sang-Rok Oh, Jonghoon ...