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IROS
2009
IEEE
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Standing balance control using a trajectory library
— This paper presents a standing balance controller. We employ a library of optimal trajectories and the neighboring optimal control method to generate local approximations to th...
Chenggang Liu, Christopher G. Atkeson
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Data gathering tours for mobile robots
— We study a path planning problem which arises when multiple robots are used to gather data from stationary devices with wireless communication capabilities. Each device has a g...
Deepak Bhadauria, Volkan Isler
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Stochastic mobility-based path planning in uncertain environments
— The ability of mobile robots to generate feasible trajectories online is an important requirement for their autonomous operation in unstructured environments. Many path generat...
Gaurav Kewlani, Genya Ishigami, Karl Iagnemma
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Engineering self-adaptive modular robotics: A bio-inspired approach
— In nature, animal groups achieve robustness and scalability with each individual executes a simple and adaptive strategy. Inspired by this phenomenon, we propose a decentralize...
Chih-Han Yu, Radhika Nagpal
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Image based visual servoing using algebraic curves applied to shape alignment
— Visual servoing schemes generally employ various image features (points, lines, moments etc.) in their control formulation. This paper presents a novel method for using boundar...
Ahmet Yasin Yazicioglu, Berk Calli, Mustafa Unel
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Robot task switching under diminishing returns
— We investigate the problem of a robot maximizing its long-term average rate of return on work. We present a means to obtain an estimate of the instantaneous rate of return when...
Jens Wawerla, Richard T. Vaughan
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Characterization, modeling and robust control of a nonlinear 2-dof piezocantilever for micromanipulation/microassembly
— Piezoelectric cantilevers have proved their performances for actuating microgrippers dedicated to micromanipulation and microassembly tasks. While the control of one degree-of-...
Micky Rakotondrabe, Joël Agnus, Kanty Rabenor...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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A shoe-integrated tactile display for directional navigation
— This paper proposes a novel wearable interface for the foot: an on-shoe tactile display that enables users to obtain information through the sense of touch of their feet. A 16-...
Ramiro Velazquez, Omar Bazan, Marco E. Magañ...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Modeling tool-body assimilation using second-order Recurrent Neural Network
— Tool-body assimilation is one of the intelligent human abilities. Through trial and experience, humans are capable of using tools as if they are part of their own bodies. This ...
Shun Nishide, Tatsuhiro Nakagawa, Tetsuya Ogata, J...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Roadmap composition for multi-arm systems path planning
— This paper presents a new method for planning motions of multi-arm systems in constrained workspaces, for which state-of-the-art planners behave poorly. The method is based on ...
Mokhtar Gharbi, Juan Cortés, Thierry Sim&ea...