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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Fatigue Life and Frequency Response of Braided Pneumatic Actuators
Although braided pneumatic actuators are capable of producing phenomenal forces compared to their weight, they have yet to see mainstream use due to their relatively short fatigue...
Daniel A. Kingsley, Roger D. Quinn
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Flying Robots: Modeling, Control and Decision Making
This paper presents a flight rnanageiiient system (FhIS) iinpleniented as on-board intelligence for rotorcraft-based unmanned aerial vehicles (RUAVs), in order to gradually ilen a...
H. Jin Kim, David Hyunchul Shim, Shankar Sastry
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Mobility Analysis of Planar Mobile Robots
: In this paper, mobility analysis of various planar mobile robots are performed. Two different approaches are employed for that purpose. In the first approach, joint screws are em...
Whee Kuk Kim, Seung-Eun Lee, Byung-Ju Yi
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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DEEP: Dual-Space Expansion for Estimating Penetration Depth Between Convex Polytopes
Abstract— We present an incremental algorithm to estimate the penetration depth between convex polytopes in 3D. The algorithm incrementally seeks a “locally optimal solution”...
Young J. Kim, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Real-Time ZMP Compensation Method using Null Motion for Mobile Manipulators
This paper presents a method to deal the dynamic stability for a mobile manipulator. Although the system has static stability, manipulation on the moving base or mobile locomotion...
Jinhyun Kim, Wan Kyun Chung, Youngil Youm, Beom He...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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A Versatile Depalletizer of Boxes Based on Range Imagery
We present a novel box depalletizing system based on images acquired with a time of flight laser sensor mounted on the hand of the robot. Scanning the upper layer of the pallet y...
Dimitrios Katsoulas, Lothar Bergen, Lambis Tassako...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Robot Perception of Environment Impedance
— This paper proposes a novel identification technique of constraint condition that the environment imposes on the robot’s end-effector, based on position and force sensing d...
Ryo Kikuuwe, Tsuneo Yoshikawa
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Preliminary Results in Range-Only Localization and Mapping
This paper presents methods of localization using cooperating landmarks (beacons) that provide the ability to measure range only. Recent advances in radio frequency technology mak...
George Kantor, Sanjiv Singh
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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An Efficient Coordination Architecture for Autonomous Robot Teams
Most physically implemented multi-robot controllers are based on extensions of behavior-based systems. While efficient, such techniques suffer from weak representational power. Sy...
Aaron Khoo, Ian Douglas Horswill
ICRA
2002
IEEE
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Design of Advanced Leg Module for Humanoid Robotics Project of METI
This paper presents an advanced leg module developed for HRP-2. HRP-2 is a new humanoid robotics platform, which we have been developing in phase two of HRP. HRP is a humanoid rob...
Kenji Kaneko, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kazuh...