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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Object handling tasks based on active tactile and slippage sensations in a multi-fingered humanoid robot arm
This paper presents a new algorithm for object handling tasks based on active tactile and slippage sensations using a humanoid robot multi-fingered arm for an object that exists at...
Hanafiah B. Yussof, Jiro Wada, Masahiro Ohka
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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An adaptive-scale robust estimator for motion estimation
Although RANSAC is the most widely used robust estimator in computer vision, it has certain limitations making it ineffective in some situations, such as the motion estimation prob...
Trung Ngo Thanh, Hajime Nagahara, Ryusuke Sagawa, ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Optimized passive dynamics improve transparency of haptic devices
For haptic devices, compensation of the robot's gravity is a frequent strategy with the aim to reduce interaction forces between robot and human in zero-impedance control. How...
Heike Vallery, Alexander Duschau-Wicke, Robert Rie...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Utilizing reflection properties of surfaces to improve mobile robot localization
Abstract-- A main difficulty that arises in the context of probabilistic localization is the design of an appropriate observation model, i.e., determining the likelihood of a senso...
Maren Bennewitz, Cyrill Stachniss, Sven Behnke, Wo...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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An explorative study of visual servo control with insect-inspired Reichardt-model
In this paper, an insect-inspired motion detector (Reichardt-model) is applied to visual servo control to ensure the stability of the system with high gain and time delay in its fe...
Haiyan Wu, Tianguang Zhang, Alexander Borst, Kolja...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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SBC for motion assist using neural oscillator
In this paper we propose a framework for synchronization based control (SBC) using neural oscillators for motion assist. A neural oscillator is used to accomplish synchronization a...
Xia Zhang, Minoru Hashimoto
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Regrasp planning for pivoting manipulation by a humanoid robot
A method of regrasp planning for humanoid robot manipulation is proposed. We adopt pivoting manipulation for the humanoid robot to move a bulky object without lifting in a stable a...
Eiichi Yoshida, Mathieu Poirier, Jean-Paul Laumond...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Making networked robots connectivity-aware
Maintaining the network connectivity in mobile Multi-Robot Systems (MRSs) is a key issue in many robotic applications. In our view, the solution to this problem consists of two mai...
Van Tuan Le, Noury Bouraqadi, Serge Stinckwich, Vi...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Human daily activity recognition in robot-assisted living using multi-sensor fusion
In this paper, we propose a human daily activity recognition method by fusing the data from two wearable inertial sensors attached on one foot and the waist of the human subject, r...
Chun Zhu, Weihua Sheng
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Global transparency analysis of the Lawrence teleoperator architecture
Abstract-- Despite the frequent use of the Lawrence ar
Edvard Naerum, Blake Hannaford