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IROS
2006
IEEE
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On the Capture of Tumbling Satellite by a Space Robot
— This paper deals with problems related to the capture of a tumbling satellite by a space robot. The minimization of the base attitude deviation before and after the contact wit...
Kazuya Yoshida, Dimitar Dimitrov, Hiroki Nakanishi
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Power Electronics Design Choice for Piezoelectric Microrobots
Abstract— Piezoelectric actuators are advantageous for microrobots due to their light weight, high bandwidth, high force production, low power consumption, and simplicity of inte...
Erik Steltz, M. Seeman, Srinath Avadhanula, Ronald...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A Cockroach Inspired Robot With Artificial Muscles
A robot, CWRU Robot V (Ajax) has been constructed based on the death head cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. In an attempt to further take advantage of the neuromechanics of the ani...
Daniel A. Kingsley, Roger D. Quinn, Roy E. Ritzman...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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An Autonomous Robotic Fish for Mobile Sensing
— In this paper an innovative approach to robotics education is reported, where hands-on learning is integrated with cutting-edge research in the development of an autonomous, bi...
Xiaobo Tan, Drew Kim, Nathan Usher, Dan Laboy, Joe...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Novel Control Methods for Multi-fingered Haptic Interface Robot
- Haptic interfaces presenting force and tactile feeling at human fingertips are used in the area of telemanipulation of robots, simulation and design in virtual reality environmen...
Tetsuya Mouri, Haruhisa Kawasaki, Kazushige Kigaku...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Basic Study on Sensory Aspects of a Master/Slave System for Force Telecommunication
– The advancement of multimedia services including audio/visual media has been rapid. The applications of cellular phones, in particular, have increased by using these technologi...
Masayuki Hara, Jian Huang, Young-Mi Jung, Tetsuro ...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Pose and Motion from Omnidirectional Optical Flow and a Digital Terrain Map
— An algorithm for pose and motion estimation using corresponding features in omnidirectional images and a digital terrain map is proposed. In previous paper, such algorithm for ...
Ronen Lerner, Oleg Kupervasser, Ehud Rivlin
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Orthogonal SLAM: a Step toward Lightweight Indoor Autonomous Navigation
— Today, lightweight SLAM algorithms are needed in many embedded robotic systems. In this paper the Orthogonal SLAM (OrthoSLAM ) algorithm is presented and empirically validated....
Viet Nguyen, Ahad Harati, Agostino Martinelli, Rol...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A Hybrid Control Architecture for Autonomous Robotic Fish
— This paper presents a hybrid control architecture for autonomous robotic fishes which are able to swim and navigate in unknown or dynamically changing environments. It has a t...
Jindong Liu, Huosheng Hu, Dongbing Gu
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Probabilistic Speaker Localization in Noisy Environments by Audio-Visual Integration
Abstract - In this paper, we have developed not only a probabilistic sound localization system including VAD (Voice Activity Detection) component using three microphones but also a...
JongSuk Choi, Munsang Kim, Hyun-Don Kim