— Moments are generic (and usually intuitive) descriptors that can be computed from several kinds of objects defined either from closed contours or from a set of points. In this...
— This paper presents an operational space control approach for the general class of holonomically constrained multibody systems. As a point of departure, the general formulation...
— In this paper we address the problem of generating a motion strategy to find an object in a known 3-D environment as quickly as possible on average. We use a sampling scheme t...
Alejandro Sarmiento, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Seth Hut...
Abstract— This paper introduces a novel approach to representing and learning tool affordances by a robot. The tool representation described here uses a behavior-based approach t...
— In this paper a novel formalism to characterize contact states between an articulated polyhedral object and a polyhedral environment for the generation of the graph of feasible...
Abstract— In this paper we consider the problem of simultaneously localizing all members of a team of robots. Each robot is equipped with proprioceptive sensors and exteroceptive...
Agostino Martinelli, Frederic Pont, Roland Siegwar...
— Active contours have been widely used as image segmentation methods. The use of level set theory has provided more flexibility and convenience for the implementation of active...
— Repetitive manual handling of heavy loads is common in assembly and is a frequent cause of lower back disorders. This can have a significant impact on the quality of life and ...
— In this paper we propose an active control strategy for scanning laser sensors on autonomous vehicles traveling offroad at high speeds. As speed increases the amount of sensor ...
Kayur Patel, Walter Macklem, Sebastian Thrun, Mich...
— In this paper, we introduce RoboKing, a national contest of mobile autonomous robots, dedicated to teams of high school students. RoboKing differs from similar contests by supp...