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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Towards Decentralization of Multi-robot Navigation Functions
—We present a navigation function through which a group of mobile agents can be coordinated to achieve a particular formation, both in terms of shape and orientation, while avoid...
Herbert G. Tanner, Amit Kumar
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Dynamics Model of Paramecium Galvanotaxis for Microrobotic Application
— We propose a dynamics model of galvanotaxis (locomotor response to electrical stimulus) of the protozoan Paramecium. Our purpose is to utilize microorganisms as microrobots by ...
Naoko Ogawa, Hiromasa Oku, Koichi Hashimoto, Masat...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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On Computing Complex Navigation Functions
— This paper addresses the problem of efficiently computing robot navigation functions. Navigation functions are potential functions free of spurious local minima that present a...
Luciano C. A. Pimenta, Alexandre R. Fonseca, Guilh...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Optimizing Leg Distribution Around the Body in Walking Robots
- Walking-robot technology has reached an advanced stage of development, as has already been demonstrated by a number of real applications. However, further improvement is still ne...
Pablo González de Santos, Joaquin Estremera...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Localization for Mobile Robots using Panoramic Vision, Local Features and Particle Filter
— In this paper we present a vision-based approach to self-localization that uses a novel scheme to integrate featurebased matching of panoramic images with Monte Carlo localizat...
Henrik Andreasson, André Treptow, Tom Ducke...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Manipulation Planning for Knotting/Unknotting and Tightly Tying of Deformable Linear Objects
— A planning method for knotting/unknotting and tightening manipulation of deformable linear objects is proposed. It is important for linear object manipulation in industrial/med...
Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai, Shin...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Correspondenceless Ego-Motion Estimation Using an IMU
Abstract— Mobile robots can be easily equipped with numerous sensors which can aid in the tasks of localization and ego-motion estimation. Two such examples are Inertial Measurem...
Ameesh Makadia, Kostas Daniilidis
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Cooperative Fire Detection using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
– The paper presents a framework for cooperative fire detection by means of a fleet of heterogeneous UAVs. Computer vision techniques are used to detect and localize fires from i...
Luis Merino, Fernando Caballero, J. Ramiro Martine...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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An Interpolated Dynamic Navigation Function
— The E∗ algorithm is a path planning method capable of dynamic replanning and user-configurable path cost interpolation. It calculates a navigation function as a sampling of ...
Roland Philippsen, Roland Siegwart