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ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Experimental Evaluation of a Fiber Optics Gyroscope for Improving Dead-Reckoning Accuracy in Mobile Robots
This paper presents results from the experimental evaluation of a state-of-the-art fiber-optics gyroscope. The purpose of our experiments was to evaluate the suitability of this g...
Johann Borenstein
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Parallel Microassembly with Electrostatic Force Fields
Assembly is a fundamental issue in the volume production of products that include microscopic submillimeter parts. These parts are often fabricated in parallel at high density but...
Karl-Friedrich Böhringer, Kenneth Y. Goldberg...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Manipulability of Cooperating Robots with Passive Joints
Antonio Bicchi, Domenico Prattichizzo
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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The Atacama Desert Trek: Outcomes
In June and July 1997, Nomad, a planetary-relevant mobile robot, traversed more than 220 kilometers across the barren Atacama Desert in Chile, exploring a landscape analogous to t...
Deepak Bapna, Eric Rollins, John Murphy, Mark W. M...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Antenna Pointing for High Bandwidth Communications from Mobile Robots
This paper discusses the challenge of achieving high bandwidth, distant range wireless communication from mobile robots by way of antenna tracking. In the case of robots traversin...
Deepak Bapna, Eric Rollins, Alex Foessel, William ...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Hybrid, High-Precision Localisation for the Mail Distributing Mobile Robot System MOPS
This paper describes the new localisation algorithms under implementation for the mail distributing mobile robot, MOPS, of the Institute of Robotics, Swiss Federal Institute of Te...
Kai Oliver Arras, Sjur J. Vestli
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Parts Orienting with Partial Sensor Information
Parts orienting, the process of bringing parts in initially unknown orientations to a goal orientation, is an important aspect of automated assembly. Bowl feeders used in industry...
Srinivas Akella, Matthew T. Mason
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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Choosing Good Distance Metrics and Local Planners for Probabilistic Roadmap Methods
This paper presents a comparative evaluation of different distance metrics and local planners within the context of probabilistic roadmap methods for motion planning. Both C-space...
Nancy M. Amato, O. Burçhan Bayazit, Lucia K...