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IJRR
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Planning Time-Minimal Safe Paths Amidst Unpredictably Moving Obstacles
In this paper we discuss the problem of planning safe paths amidst unpredictably moving obstacles in the plane. Given the initial positions and the maximum speeds of the moving ob...
Jur P. van den Berg, Mark H. Overmars
IJRR
2008
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Motion Planning for Legged Robots on Varied Terrain
This paper studies the quasi-static motion of large legged robots that have many degrees of freedom. While gaited walking may suffice on easy ground, rough and steep terrain requi...
Kris K. Hauser, Timothy Bretl, Jean-Claude Latombe...
IJRR
2008
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Automatic Configuration Recognition Methods in Modular Robots
Recognizing useful modular robot configurations composed of hundreds of modules is a significant challenge. Matching a new modular robot configuration to a library of known configu...
Michael Park, Sachin Chitta, Alex Teichman, Mark Y...
IJRR
2008
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Three-Dimensional Construction with Mobile Robots and Modular Blocks
jr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/3-4/463 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Multimedia Archives c...
Justin Werfel, Radhika Nagpal
IJRR
2008
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Legless Locomotion: A Novel Locomotion Technique for Legged Robots
We present a novel locomotion strategy called legless locomotion that allows a round-bodied legged robot to locomote approximately when it is high-centered. Typically, a high-cent...
Ravi Balasubramanian, Alfred A. Rizzi, Matthew T. ...
IJRR
2008
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Toward Cooperative Team-diagnosis in Multi-robot Systems
jr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/9/1069 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Multimedia Archives ca...
Michael Dennis Mays Kutzer, Mehran Armand, David H...
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2008
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Feature Depth Observation for Image-based Visual Servoing: Theory and Experiments
jr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/10/1093 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Multimedia Archives c...
Alessandro De Luca, Giuseppe Oriolo, Paolo Robuffo...
IJRR
2008
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Active Electrolocation for Underwater Target Localization
We explore the capabilities of a robotic sensing system designed to locate objects underwater through active movement of an electric field emitter and sensor apparatus. The system ...
James R. Solberg, Kevin M. Lynch, Malcolm A. MacIv...
IJRR
2008
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Motion Planning Under Uncertainty for Image-guided Medical Needle Steering
We develop a new motion planning algorithm for a variant of a Dubins car with binary left/right steering and apply it to steerable needles, a new class of flexible beveltip medica...
Ron Alterovitz, Michael S. Branicky, Kenneth Y. Go...
IJRR
2008
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Trajectory Optimization using Reinforcement Learning for Map Exploration
Automatically building maps from sensor data is a necessary and fundamental skill for mobile robots; as a result, considerable research attention has focused on the technical chall...
Thomas Kollar, Nicholas Roy