IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— This paper presents Meld, a programming language for modular robots, i.e., for independently executing robots where inter-robot communication is limited to immediate ne...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
— This paper considers the problem of model based control of the joints of a snake robot without wheels. The potential range of applications for snake robots are numerous, and de...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
— While underactuated robotic systems are capable of energy efficient and rapid dynamic behavior, we still do not fully understand how body dynamics can be actively used for ada...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
—Wheeled-mobile robots operating in human environments typically encounter small steps. Surmounting steps is normally not considered when determining peak torque needs, yet it ca...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— We propose to improve the locomotive performance of humanoid robots by using approximated biped stepping and walking dynamics with reinforcement learning (RL). Although...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
— This paper presents a software component, the plan database, which provides the needed services to define plans, execute them and more importantly adapt them during execution....
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— Robust vision-based grasping is still a hard problem for humanoid robot systems. When being restricted to using the camera system built-in into the robot’s head for o...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
— Robot assisted heart surgery allows surgeons to operate on a heart while it is still beating as if it had been stopped. The robot actively cancels heart motion by closely follo...