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IROS
2009
IEEE
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Throwable tetrahedral robot with transformation capability
— In this paper, a tetrahedral mobile robot with central axis for transformation to the flat vehicle is presented. The throwable robot with the function of going into narrow spac...
Kenjiro Tadakuma, Riichiro Tadakuma, Keiji Nagatan...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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On the consistency of EKF-SLAM: Focusing on the observation models
— In this paper a new strategy for handling the observation information of a bearing-range sensor throughout the filtering process of EKF-SLAM is proposed. This new strategy is ...
Amir Hossein Tamjidi, Hamid D. Taghirad, Ali Akbar...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Filtering voluntary motion for pathological tremor compensation
— This paper describes an algorithm to estimate tremor and voluntary motion from measured motion data. Estimation is performed by means of an extended Kalman filter (EKF), which...
Antônio Padilha Lanari Bo, Philippe Poignet,...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Transferring embodied concepts between perceptually heterogeneous robots
— This paper explores methods and representations that allow two perceptually heterogeneous robots, each of which represents concepts via grounded properties, to transfer knowled...
Zsolt Kira
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Compliant quadruped locomotion over rough terrain
— Many critical elements for statically stable walking for legged robots have been known for a long time, including stability criteria based on support polygons, good foothold se...
Jonas Buchli, Mrinal Kalakrishnan, Michael Mistry,...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Control of redundant robots using learned models: An operational space control approach
Abstract— We present an adaptive control approach combining forward kinematics model learning methods with the operational space control approach. This combination endows the rob...
Camille Salaün, Vincent Padois, Olivier Sigau...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Appearance contrast for fast, robust trail-following
— We describe a framework for finding and tracking “trails” for autonomous outdoor robot navigation. Through a combination of visual cues and ladar-derived structural inform...
Christopher Rasmussen, Yan Lu, Mehmet Kocamaz
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Mobile manipulation using tracks of a tracked mobile robot
— This paper presents the investigation on mobile manipulation of a self-reconfigurable tracked mobile robot, using its tracks for both manipulation and locomotion. It is desira...
Yugang Liu, Guangjun Liu
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Robust on-line model-based object detection from range images
— A mobile robot that accomplishes high level tasks needs to be able to classify the objects in the environment and to determine their location. In this paper, we address the pro...
Bastian Steder, Giorgio Grisetti, Mark Van Loock, ...
IROS
2009
IEEE
142views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
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Haptic feedback for molecular simulation
— In this paper, a new tool dedicated to the analysis and the conception of molecules is presented. It is composed of an adaptive simulation software and a haptic device used to ...
Aude Bolopion, Barthelemy Cagneau, Stephane Redon,...