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JFR
2008
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Robust vision-based underwater homing using self-similar landmarks
Next generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) will be required to robustly identify underwater targets for tasks such as inspection, localization and docking. Given their ...
Amaury Nègre, Cédric Pradalier, Matt...
JFR
2008
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Hough based terrain classification for realtime detection of drivable ground
The usability of mobile robots for surveillance, search and rescue missions can be significantly improved by intelligent functionalities decreasing the cognitive load on the opera...
Jann Poppinga, Andreas Birk 0002, Kaustubh Pathak
JFR
2008
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Vision-based operations of a large industrial vehicle: Autonomous hot metal carrier
Hot Metal Carriers (HMCs) are large forklift-type vehicles used to move molten metal in aluminium smelters. This paper reports on field experiments that demonstrate that HMCs can ...
Cédric Pradalier, Ashley Tews, Jonathan M. ...
JFR
2008
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Underwater SLAM in man-made structured environments
David Ribas, Pere Ridao, Juan D. Tardós, Jo...
JFR
2008
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Evolution and field performance of a rescue robot
Robots are slowly finding their way into the hands of search and rescue groups. One of the robots contributing to this effort is the Inuktun VGTV-Xtreme series by American Standar...
Mark Micire
JFR
2008
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Terrain-based vehicle orientation estimation combining vision and inertial measurements
A novel method for estimating vehicle roll, pitch and yaw using machine vision and inertial sensors is presented that is based on matching images captured from an on-vehicle camer...
Vishisht Gupta, Sean Brennan
JFR
2008
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Team AnnieWAY's autonomous system for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
Sören Kammel, Julius Ziegler, Benjamin Pitzer...
JFR
2008
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Monte Carlo localization in outdoor terrains using multilevel surface maps
We propose a novel combination of techniques for robustly estimating the position of a mobile robot in outdoor environments using range data. Our approach applies a particle filte...
Rainer Kümmerle, Rudolph Triebel, Patrick Pfa...
JFR
2008
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Biologically inspired climbing with a hexapedal robot
Matthew Spenko, G. Clark Haynes, J. A. Saunders, M...
JFR
2008
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Maintaining network connectivity and performance in robot teams
In this paper, we present an experimental study of strategies for maintaining end-to-end communication links for tasks such as surveillance, reconnaissance, and target search and ...
M. Ani Hsieh, Anthony Cowley, Vijay Kumar, Camillo...