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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Representing sets of orientations as convex cones
— In a wide range of applications the orientation of a rigid body does not need to be restricted to one given orientation, but can be given as a continuous set of frames. We addr...
Pål Johan From, Jan Tommy Gravdahl
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Modeling and motion stability analysis of skid-steered mobile robots
Abstract— Skid-steered mobile robots are widely used because of the simplicity of mechanism and high reliability. However, understanding of the kinematics and dynamics of such a ...
Hongpeng Wang, Junjie Zhang, Jingang Yi, Dezhen So...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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On the complexity and consistency of UKF-based SLAM
— This paper addresses two key limitations of the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) when applied to the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem: the cubic, in the numbe...
Guoquan Huang, Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I....
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Dam wall detection and tracking using a Mechanically Scanned Imaging Sonar
Wajahat Kazmi, Pere Ridao, David Ribas, Emili Hern...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Rapid pole climbing with a quadrupedal robot
— This paper describes the development of a legged robot designed for general locomotion of complex terrain but specialized for dynamical, high-speed climbing of a uniformly conv...
G. Clark Haynes, Alex Khripin, Goran Lynch, Jonath...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Unsupervised learning of 3D object models from partial views
— We present an algorithm for learning 3D object models from partial object observations. The input to our algorithm is a sequence of 3D laser range scans. Models learned from th...
Michael Ruhnke, Bastian Steder, Giorgio Grisetti, ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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SINGO: A single-end-operative and genderless connector for self-reconfiguration, self-assembly and self-healing
Abstract—Flexible and reliable connection is critical for selfreconfiguration, self-assembly, or self-healing. However, most existing connection mechanisms suffer from a deficien...
Wei-Min Shen, Robert Kovac, Michael Rubenstein
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Autonomous driving in a multi-level parking structure
— Recently, the problem of autonomous navigation of automobiles has gained substantial interest in the robotics community. Especially during the two recent DARPA grand challenges...
Rainer Kümmerle, Dirk Hähnel, Dmitri Dol...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Dynamically running quadrupeds self-stable region expansion by mechanical design
— Dynamic stability allows running animals to maintain preferred speed during locomotion over rough terrain. It appears that rapid disturbance rejection is an emergent property o...
Panagiotis Chatzakos, Evangelos Papadopoulos