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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Dynamic Features and Prediction Model for Imaging the Fingernail to Measure Fingertip Forces
— As an extension of our previous work on estimating fingertip forces by imaging the fingernail [13], the dynamic features of the coloration response of different parts of the ...
Yu Sun, John M. Hollerbach, Stephen A. Mascaro
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Gravity-balancing of Classes of Industrial Robots
Abstract—Gravity balancing of industrial robots is an important issue because these robots may have massive links in order to manipulate large payloads. In this paper, we present...
Abbas Fattah, Sunil Kumar Agrawal
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Stepping Motion for a Human-like Character to Maintain Balance against Large Perturbations
— We propose a method of maintaining balance for a human-like character against large perturbations. The method enables a human-like model to maintain its balance with active who...
Shunsuke Kudoh, Taku Komura, Katsushi Ikeuchi
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Integration of Dependent Bayesian Filters for Robust Tracking
— Robotics applications based on computer vision algorithms are highly constrained to indoor environments where conditions may be controlled. The development of robust visual alg...
Francesc Moreno-Noguer, Alberto Sanfeliu, Dimitris...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Modulation of Simple Sinusoidal Patterns by a Coupled Oscillator Model for Biped Walking
— We show that a humanoid robot can step and walk using simple sinusoidal desired joint trajectories with their phase adjusted by a coupled oscillator model. We use the center of...
Jun Morimoto, Gen Endo, Jun Nakanishi, Sang-Ho Hyo...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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The Task Matrix: an Extensible Framework for Creating Versatile Humanoid Robots
— The successful acquisition and organization of a large number of skills for humanoid robots can be facilitated with a collection of performable tasks organized in a task matrix...
Evan Drumwright, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Towards Automated Gait Generation for Dynamic Systems with Non-holonomic Constraints
— In this paper we generate gaits for dynamics systems that are subject to non-holonomic velocity constraints. These systems are referred to as mixed non-holonomic systems. The m...
Elie A. Shammas, Howie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Voronoi Diagram and Fast Marching applied to Path Planning
— This paper presents a new Path Planning method which operates in two steps. In the first step the safest areas in the environment are extracted by means of a Voronoi diagram. ...
Santiago Garrido, Luis Moreno, Dolores Blanco
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Fast Localization of Avalanche Victims using Sum of Gaussians
— The probability of finding alive a person buried by a snow avalanche decreases dramatically with time. The best chance for the victims is to carry an avalanche beacon or ARVA ...
Pedro Pinies, Juan D. Tardós
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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A Time-budgeted Collision Detection Method
- Collision detection is a critical module in many applications such as computer graphics, robot motion planning, physical simulation, CAD/CAM, and molecular modeling. Many efficie...
Yu-Te Lin, Tsai-Yen Li