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IROS
2009
IEEE
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A method for handling a specific part of clothing by dual arms
Yasuyo Kita, Toshio Ueshiba, Ee Sian Neo, Nobuyuki...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A stream-based hierarchical anchoring framework
— Autonomous systems situated in the real world often need to recognize, track, and reason about various types of physical objects. In order to allow reasoning at a symbolic leve...
Fredrik Heintz, Jonas Kvarnström, Patrick Doh...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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LabRatTM: Miniature robot for students, researchers, and hobbyists
—LabRatTM is an autonomous, self-contained mobile robot kit with batteries, motors, two bumper whisker sensors, and three infrared proximity sensors that double as channels for &...
Paul Robinette, Ryan J. Meuth, Ryanne Dolan, Donal...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Understanding of positioning skill based on feedforward / feedback switched dynamical model
— To realize the harmonious cooperation with the operator, the man-machine cooperative system must be designed so as to accommodate with the characteristics of the operator’s s...
Hiroyuki Okuda, Hidenori Takeuchi, Shinkichi Inaga...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Robust constraint-consistent learning
— Many everyday human skills can be framed in terms of performing some task subject to constraints imposed by the environment. Constraints are usually unobservable and frequently...
Matthew Howard, Stefan Klanke, Michael Gienger, Ch...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Novelty detection and 3D shape retrieval based on Gaussian Mixture Models for autonomous surveillance robotics
Abstract— This paper describes an efficient method for retrieving the 3-dimensional shape associated to novelties in the environment of an autonomous robot, which is equipped wi...
Pedro Núñez Trujillo, Paulo Drews, R...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A multi-hypothesis topological SLAM approach for loop closing on edge-ordered graphs
— We present a method for topological SLAM that specifically targets loop closing for edge-ordered graphs. Instead of using a heuristic approach to accept or reject loop closing...
Stephen Tully, George Kantor, Howie Choset, Felix ...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Estimation of camera motion with feature flow model for 3D environment modeling by using omni-directional camera
Abstract— Map information is important for path planning and self-localization when mobile robots accomplish autonomous tasks. In unknown environments, mobile robots should gener...
Ryosuke Kawanishi, Atsushi Yamashita, Toru Kaneko
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A robotic closed-loop scheme to model human postural coordination
— This paper models recent data in the field of postural coordination showing the existence of self-organized postural states, and transition between them, underlying suprapostu...
Vincent Bonnet, Philippe Fraisse, Nacim Ramdani, J...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Nonparametric belief propagation for distributed tracking of robot networks with noisy inter-distance measurements
— We consider the problem of tracking multiple moving robots using noisy sensing of inter-robot and interbeacon distances. Sensing is local: there are three fixed beacons at kno...
Jeremy Schiff, Erik B. Sudderth, Kenneth Y. Goldbe...