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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Blinkered LOST: Restricting sensor field of view can improve scalability in emergent multi-robot trail following
Abstract— We consider the classical task of transporting resources from source to home by a group of autonomous robots. The robots use ant-like trail following to navigate betwee...
S. Abbas Sadat, Richard T. Vaughan
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Enhanced trajectory tracking control with active lower bounded stiffness control for cable robot
— Cable robots have seen considerable recent interest ensuing from their ability to combine a large workspace with significant payload capacity. However, the cables can apply for...
Kun Yu, Leng-Feng Lee, Chin Pei Tang, Venkat Krovi
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Model-based motion tracking system using distributed network cameras
— For a coexisting and collaborative society that incorporates humans and robots, the detection, tracking, and recognition of human motion are indispensable techniques for a robo...
Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Takamitsu Mori, Masak...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Consistent mapping of multistory buildings by introducing global constraints to graph-based SLAM
— In the past, there has been a tremendous advance in the area of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). However, there are relatively few approaches for incorporating pri...
Michael Karg, Kai M. Wurm, Cyrill Stachniss, Klaus...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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MAV navigation through indoor corridors using optical flow
— Safe navigation through corridors plays a major role in the autonomous use of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) in indoor environments. In this paper, we present an approach for wal...
Simon Zingg, Davide Scaramuzza, Stephan Weiss, Rol...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Port-Hamiltonian analysis of a novel robotic finger concept for minimal actuation variable impedance grasping
Abstract— This paper introduces a novel robotic finger concept for variable impedance grasping in unstructured tasks. A brief literature survey reveals the need for minimal comp...
Martin Wassink, Raffaella Carloni, Stefano Stramig...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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An Electric Field Pretouch system for grasping and co-manipulation
— Pretouch sensing is longer range than contact, but shorter range than vision. The hypothesis motivating this work is that closed loop feedback based on short range but nonconta...
Brian Mayton, Louis LeGrand, Joshua R. Smith
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Probabilistic motion planning of balloons in strong, uncertain wind fields
—This paper introduces a new algorithm for probabilistic motion planning in arbitrary, uncertain vector fields, with emphasis on high-level planning for Montgolfier´e balloons...
Michael T. Wolf, Lars Blackmore, Yoshiaki Kuwata, ...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Two-dimensional dynamic modeling of a sliding motion of a soft fingertip focusing on stick-to-slip transition
Abstract— We describe here our proposed method to investigate the sliding motion of a soft fingertip in the dexterous manipulation. This paper focuses on analyzing dynamic slidi...
Van Anh Ho, Shinichi Hirai
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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DisCoverage: A new paradigm for multi-robot exploration
— The main aspect in multi-robot exploration is the efficient coordination of a group of robots. Inspired by previous results on the coverage problem, we propose a novel, fronti...
A. Dominik Haumann, Kim D. Listmann, Volker Willer...