Title of thesis: A LINE-BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE TECHNIQUE FOR DEXTEROUS MANIPULATOR OPERATIONS Nicholas Anthony Scott Master of Science, 2007 Thesis directed by: Craig Carignan D...
—We introduce an inexpensive, low complexity power surface system capable of simultaneously providing wireless power and bidirectional communication from a surface to multiple mo...
— Over the last few years, the complexity of aquatic sensing applications has increased as a result of demands for: higher spatial coverage with high resolution monitoring, under...
Michael J. Stealey, Amarjeet Singh 0003, Maxim A. ...
—This work deals with navigation of an omni-directional mobile robot with active caster wheels. Initially, the posture of the omni-directional mobile robot is calculated by using...
Eui-Jung Jung, Ho Yul Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju ...
— For a differential-drive mobile robot equipped with an on-board range sensor, there are six parameters to calibrate: three for the odometry (radii and distance between the whee...
— The present paper describes a decision method for the placement of tactile elements for manipulation task recognition. Based on the mutual information of the manipulation tasks...
— In this paper a physics-based model is proposed for a biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymermetal composite (IPMC) actuator. The model incorporates both IPMC ac...
Ernest Mbemmo, Zheng Chen, Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo...
Abstract— This paper focuses on the dribbling control problem of an omnidirectional mobile robot and a rolling ball in the RoboCup Middle Size domain. Because the ball easily sli...
— Planetary exploration systems, operating under severe environmental and operating conditions, have thus far successfully employed carefully calibrated stereo cameras and manipu...