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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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The Columbia grasp database
Abstract— Collecting grasp data for learning and benchmarking purposes is very expensive. It would be helpful to have a standard database of graspable objects, along with a set o...
Corey Goldfeder, Matei T. Ciocarlie, Hao Dang, Pet...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Stochastic strategies for a swarm robotic assembly system
— We present a decentralized, scalable approach to assembling a group of heterogeneous parts into different products using a swarm of robots. While the assembly plans are predete...
Loic Matthey, Spring Berman, Vijay Kumar
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Surveying noctural cuttlefish camouflage behaviour using an AUV
Stefan B. Williams, Oscar Pizarro, Martin How, Dun...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Characterization of the compact Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range scanner
— This paper presents a detailed characterization of the Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range finder. While the sensor specifications only provide a rough estimation of the sensor ac...
Laurent Kneip, Fabien Tâche, Gilles Caprari,...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Finding good cycle constraints for large scale multi-robot SLAM
Abstract— In this paper we describe an algorithm to compute cycle constraints that can be used in many graph-based SLAM algorithms; we exemplify it in Hierarchical SLAM. Our algo...
Carlos Estrada, José Neira, Juan D. Tard&oa...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Assigning cameras to subjects in video surveillance systems
— We consider the problem of tracking multiple agents moving amongst obstacles, using multiple cameras. Given an environment with obstacles, and many people moving through it, we...
Hazem El-Alfy, David Jacobs, Larry Davis
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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LSH-RANSAC: An incremental scheme for scalable localization
Abstract— This paper addresses the problem of featurebased robot localization in large-size environments. With recent progress in SLAM techniques, it has become crucial for a rob...
Kenichi Saeki, Kanji Tanaka, Takeshi Ueda
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Appearance-based loop detection from 3D laser data using the normal distributions transform
— We propose a new approach to appearance based loop detection from metric 3D maps, exploiting the NDT surface representation. Locations are described with feature histograms bas...
Martin Magnusson 0002, Henrik Andreasson, Andreas ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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On computing robust n-finger force-closure grasps of 3D objects
Abstract— The paper deals with computing frictional forceclosure grasps of 3D objects problem. The key idea of the presented work is the demonstration that wrenches associated to...
Sahar El-Khoury, Anis Sahbani
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Specialization as an optimal strategy under varying external conditions
— We present an investigation of specialization when considering the execution of collaborative tasks by a robot swarm. Specifically, we consider the stick-pulling problem firs...
M. Ani Hsieh, Ádám M. Halász,...