— The problem of simultaneous localization and mapping has received much attention over the last years. Especially large scale environments, where the robot trajectory loops back...
Abstract— In this paper, the possibility and necessity of multistep trajectory planning in Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) based SLAM is investigated. The objective of the trajector...
Shoudong Huang, Ngai Ming Kwok, Gamini Dissanayake...
— To realize natural human-robot interactions and investigate the developmental mechanism of human communication, an effective approach is to construct models by which a robot im...
— Energy of Wheeled Mobile Robot (WMR) is usually supplied by batteries with finite energy. In order to extend run-time of battery-powered WMR, it is necessary to minimize the e...
— In this paper we describe a system that enables a mobile robot equipped with a color vision system to track humans in indoor environments. We developed a method for tracking hu...
Wojciech Zajdel, Zoran Zivkovic, Ben J. A. Krö...
Abstract— Human can efficiently grasp and dextrously manipulate various objects using their fingers cooperatively. When they attain proficiency in the rotating manipulation of...
Yuichi Kurita, Kazuyuki Nagata, Jun Ueda, Yoshio M...
Abstract— In the following work, we develop a characterization method using miniature fiberoptic position sensors for the Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI)1 , a centimeter siz...
Erik Steltz, Robert J. Wood, Srinath Avadhanula, R...
- An Integrated Manufacturing and Service Network (IMSN) is a grouping of companies, working together to offer a bundle of products and product-related services, that deliver value...
Nukala Viswanadham, Vijay Desai, Roshan S. Gaonkar
- This paper presents a sensor fault detection and diagnosis system for autonomous helicopters. The system has been tested with the MARVIN autonomous helicopter. Fault detection is...
— This paper concerns the problem of actively searching for and localizing ground features by a coordinated team of air and ground robotic sensor platforms. The approach taken bu...
Ben Grocholsky, Rahul Swaminathan, James F. Keller...