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AROBOTS
2008
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Biologically-inspired 3D grasp synthesis based on visual exploration
Object grasping is a typical human ability which is widely studied from both a biological and an engineering point of view. This paper presents an approach to grasp synthesis inspi...
Gabriel Recatalá, Eris Chinellato, Angel P....
AROBOTS
2008
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Controlling swimming and crawling in a fish robot using a central pattern generator
Online trajectory generation for robots with multiple degrees of freedom is still a difficult and unsolved problem, in particular for non-steady state locomotion, that is, when th...
Alessandro Crespi, Daisy Lachat, Ariane Pasquier, ...
AROBOTS
2008
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Reaching with multi-referential dynamical systems
We study a reaching movement controller for a redundant serial arm manipulator, based on two principles believed to be central to biological motion control: multireferential contro...
Micha Hersch, Aude Billard
AROBOTS
2008
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An efficient system for combined route traversal and collision avoidance
Bradley Hamner, Sanjiv Singh, Stephan Roth, Takesh...
AROBOTS
2008
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Learning traversability models for autonomous mobile vehicles
Autonomous mobile robots need to adapt their behavior to the terrain over which they drive, and to predict the traversability of the terrain so that they can effectively plan thei...
Michael Shneier, Tommy Chang, Tsai Hong, William P...
AROBOTS
2008
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Top-down vs bottom-up methodologies in multi-agent system design
Traditionally, two alternative design design approaches have been available to engineers: top-down and bottom-up. In the top-down approach, the design process starts with specifyin...
Valentino Crespi, Aram Galstyan, Kristina Lerman
AROBOTS
2008
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Fault detection in autonomous robots based on fault injection and learning
Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'Grady, Mauro Bir...
AROBOTS
2008
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Mobile manipulators for assisted living in residential settings
Abstract: We describe a methodology for creating new technologies for assisted living in residential environments. The number of eldercare clients is expected to grow dramatically ...
Patrick Deegan, Roderic A. Grupen, Allen R. Hanson...
AROBOTS
2008
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Extending obstacle avoidance methods through multiple parameter-space transformations
Obstacle avoidance methods approach the problem of mobile robot autonomous navigation by steering the robot in real-time according to the most recent sensor readings, being suitab...
Jose-Luis Blanco, Javier Gonzalez, Juan-Antonio Fe...
AROBOTS
2008
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Controller design for human-robot interaction
Many robotics tasks require a robot to share the same workspace with humans. In such settings, it is important that the robot performs in such a way that does not cause distress t...
Eric Meisner, Volkan Isler, Jeff Trinkle