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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Weighted barrier functions for computation of force distributions with friction cone constraints
— We present a novel Weighted Barrier Function (WBF) method of efficiently computing optimal grasping force distributions for multifingered hands. Second-order conic friction c...
Per Henrik Borgstrom, Maxim A. Batalin, Gaurav S. ...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Guidance of a steerable cannula robot in soft tissue using preoperative imaging and conoscopic surface contour sensing
— Intraoperative surface contour sensing can enable the registration of high-resolution three-dimensional preoperative images for precise guidance of surgical robots. This is par...
Rav A. Lathrop, D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Multi-camera object detection for robotics
— Robust object detection is a critical skill for robotic applications in complex environments like homes and offices. In this paper we propose a method for using multiple camer...
Adam Coates, Andrew Y. Ng
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Distributed pursuit-evasion with limited-visibility sensors via frontier-based exploration
— This paper addresses a novel visibility-based pursuit-evasion problem in which a team of searchers with limited range sensors must coordinate to clear any evaders from an unkno...
Joseph W. Durham, Antonio Franchi, Francesco Bullo
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Coordinating collective locomotion in an amorphous modular robot
— Modular robots can potentially assemble into a wide range of configurations to locomote in different environments. However, designing locomotion strategies for each configura...
Chih-Han Yu, Justin Werfel, Radhika Nagpal
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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A dipole field for object delivery by pushing on a flat surface
—This paper introduces a simple algorithm for non-prehensile object transportation by a pushing robot on a flat surface. We assume that the global position and orientation of the...
Takeo Igarashi, Yoichi Kamiyama, Masahiko Inami
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Detecting anomalies in unmanned vehicles using the Mahalanobis distance
The use of unmanned autonomous vehicles is becoming more and more significant in recent years. The fact that the vehicles are unmanned (whether autonomous or not), can lead to gre...
Raz Lin, Eliahu Khalastchi, Gal A. Kaminka
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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KCT: a MATLAB toolbox for motion control of KUKA robot manipulators
— The Kuka Control Toolbox (KCT) is a collection of MATLAB functions for motion control of KUKA robot manipulators, developed to offer an intuitive and high-level programming int...
Francesco Chinello, Stefano Scheggi, Fabio Morbidi...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Visual robot localization using compact binary landmarks
Kouichirou Ikeda, Kanji Tanaka
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Observability analysis of relative localization for AUVs based on ranging and depth measurements
— The paper studies the observability properties of the relative localization of two Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) equipped with depth sensors, linear/angular velocity se...
Gianluca Antonelli, Filippo Arrichiello, Stefano C...