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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Camera self-calibration for sequential Bayesian structure from motion
— Computer vision researchers have proved the feasibility of camera self-calibration —the estimation of a camera’s internal parameters from an image sequence without any know...
Javier Civera, Diana R. Bueno, Andrew J. Davison, ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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State transition, balancing, station keeping, and yaw control for a dynamically stable single spherical wheel mobile robot
— Unlike statically stable wheeled mobile robots, dynamically stable mobile robots can have higher centers of gravity, smaller bases of support and can be tall and thin resemblin...
Umashankar Nagarajan, Anish Mampetta, George Kanto...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Laser-based geometric modeling using cooperative multiple mobile robots
— In order to construct three-dimensional shape models of large-scale architectural structures using a laser range finder, a number of range images are taken from various viewpo...
Ryo Kurazume, Yusuke Noda, Yukihiro Tobata, Kai Li...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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A miniature ceiling walking robot with flat tacky elastomeric footpads
—In this paper, the design, analysis, and development of a sixteen-legged palm-sized climbing robot using flat bulk tacky elastomer adhesives as an attachment method is presente...
Ozgur Unver, Metin Sitti
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Manipulation planning with Workspace Goal Regions
— We present an approach to path planning for manipulators that uses Workspace Goal Regions (WGRs) to specify goal end-effector poses. Instead of specifying a discrete set of goa...
Dmitry Berenson, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Dave Fer...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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The adelopod tumbling robot
— The desire for a high mobility-to-size ratio in mobile robots has led to the exploration of many new methods of locomotion, one of which is tumbling. We believe that tumbling h...
Brett Hemes, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Barry O'Br...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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A guidance and control strategy for dynamic soaring with a gliding UAV
—Soaring is the process of gaining energy from the atmosphere in-flight using an aerodynamic free-flying platform. Dynamic soaring utilizes the energy available in vertical wind ...
Nicholas R. J. Lawrance, Salah Sukkarieh
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Visual homing for undulatory robotic locomotion
Gonzalo López-Nicolás, Michael Sfaki...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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On the kinematic modeling and control of a mobile platform equipped with steering wheels and movable legs
— Mobile platforms equipped with several steering wheels are known to be omnidirectional, i.e., able to independently translate and rotate on the plane. As an improvement to this...
Paolo Robuffo Giordano, Matthias Fuchs, Alin Albu-...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Integration of multi-level postural balancing on humanoid robots
Abstract— This paper discusses an integration issue of multilevel postural balancing on humanoid robot. We give a unified viewpoint of postural balancing, which covers Ankle Str...
Sang-Ho Hyon, Rieko Osu, Yohei Otaka