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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Rigorously Bayesian range finder sensor model for dynamic environments
— This paper proposes and experimentally validates a Bayesian network model of a range finder adapted to dynamic environments. The modeling rigorously explains all model assumpt...
Tinne De Laet, Joris De Schutter, Herman Bruyninck...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Probabilistic localization with a blind robot
Abstract— Researchers have addressed the localization problem for mobile robots using many different kinds of sensors, including rangefinders, cameras, and odometers. In this pa...
Lawrence H. Erickson, Joseph Knuth, Jason M. O'Kan...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Mobile robot control in the road sign problem using Reservoir Computing networks
— In this work we tackle the road sign problem with Reservoir Computing (RC) networks. The T-maze task (a particular form of the road sign problem) consists of a robot in a T-sha...
Eric A. Antonelo, Benjamin Schrauwen, Dirk Strooba...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Active robot calibration algorithm
— This paper presents a new updating algorithm to reduce the complexity of computing an observability index for kinematic calibration of robots. An active calibration algorithm i...
Yu Sun, John M. Hollerbach
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Vision-based estimation of slip angle for mobile robots and planetary rovers
— For a mobile robot it is critical to detect and compensate for slippage, especially when driving in rough terrain environments. Due to its highly unpredictable nature, drift la...
Giulio Reina, Genya Ishigami, Keiji Nagatani, Kazu...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Information-optimal selective data return for autonomous rover traverse science and survey
— Selective data return leverages onboard data analysis to allocate limited bandwidth resources during remote exploration. Here we present an adaptive method to subsample image s...
David R. Thompson, Trey Smith, David Wettergreen
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Programming modular robots with locally distributed predicates
— We present a high-level language for programming modular robotic systems, based on locally distributed predicates (LDP), which are distributed conditions that hold for a connec...
Michael DeRosa, Seth Copen Goldstein, Peter Lee, P...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Gecko-inspired climbing behaviors on vertical and overhanging surfaces
— The adhesive and frictional properties of dry adhesive materials can be described by a three-dimensional limit surface in the space of normal and tangential contact forces at t...
Daniel Santos, Barrett Heyneman, Sangbae Kim, Noe ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Modeling of a closed loop cable-conduit transmission system
— Many surgical robots use cable-conduit pairs in a pull-pull configuration to actuate the instruments and transmit power into the patient’s body. Friction between the cable an...
Varun Agrawal, William J. Peine, Bin Yao
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Hierarchical distributed control for search and tracking by heterogeneous aerial robot networks
Abstract—This paper presents a hierarchical control architecture that enables cooperative surveillance by a heterogeneous aerial robot network comprised of mothership unmanned ai...
Jack Elston, Eric W. Frew