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AROBOTS
2008
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Controller design for human-robot interaction
Many robotics tasks require a robot to share the same workspace with humans. In such settings, it is important that the robot performs in such a way that does not cause distress t...
Eric Meisner, Volkan Isler, Jeff Trinkle
AROBOTS
2010
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Attractor dynamics approach to formation control: theory and application
In this paper we show how non
Sergio Monteiro, Estela Bicho
AROBOTS
2010
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EL-E: an assistive mobile manipulator that autonomously fetches objects from flat surfaces
Abstract Assistive mobile robots that autonomously manipulate objects within everyday settings have the potential to improve the lives of the elderly, injured, and disabled. Within...
Advait Jain, Charles C. Kemp
AR
2010
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Development of a Visual Odometry System for a Wheeled Robot on Loose Soil using a Telecentric Camera
In this paper, the development of a three-dimensional (3-D) odometry system for wheeled robots on loose soil in an application of planetary exploration is described. When a wheele...
Keiji Nagatani, Ayako Ikeda, Genya Ishigami, Kazuy...
AAMAS
2010
Springer
14 years 18 days ago
Teaching a pet-robot to understand user feedback through interactive virtual training tasks
Abstract In this paper, we present a human-robot teaching framework that uses "virtual" games as a means for adapting a robot to its user through natural interaction in a...
Anja Austermann, Seiji Yamada
HRI
2010
ACM
14 years 20 days ago
Towards robust human robot collaboration in industrial environments
In this paper a system, which is driven through natural language, that allows operators to select and manipulate objects in the environment using an industrial robot is proposed. I...
Batu Akan, Baran Çürüklü, Gi...
AAAI
2010
14 years 20 days ago
Biped Walk Learning Through Playback and Corrective Demonstration
Developing a robust, flexible, closed-loop walking algorithm for a humanoid robot is a challenging task due to the complex dynamics of the general biped walk. Common analytical ap...
Çetin Meriçli, Manuela M. Veloso
GECCO
2008
Springer
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14 years 1 months ago
Modular neuroevolution for multilegged locomotion
Legged robots are useful in tasks such as search and rescue because they can effectively navigate on rugged terrain. However, it is difficult to design controllers for them that ...
Vinod K. Valsalam, Risto Miikkulainen
BLISS
2009
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Mechatronic Security and Robot Authentication
Robot Security is becoming more and more a serious issue for many modern applications. Robot Security matters are still not intensively addressed in the published literature. The ...
Wael Adi
ATAL
2010
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
An effective personal mobile robot agent through symbiotic human-robot interaction
Several researchers, present authors included, envision personal mobile robot agents that can assist humans in their daily tasks. Despite many advances in robotics, such mobile ro...
Stephanie Rosenthal, Joydeep Biswas, Manuela M. Ve...