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EGC
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
A Grid Architecture for Comfortable Robot Control
This paper describes a research project about robot control across a computing Grid, first step toward a Grid solution for generic process control. A computational Grid can signi...
Stéphane Vialle, Amelia De Vivo, Fabrice Sa...
COCOON
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Exploring Simple Grid Polygons
Abstract. We investigate the online exploration problem of a shortsighted mobile robot moving in an unknown cellular room without obstacles. The robot has a very limited sensor; it...
Christian Icking, Thomas Kamphans, Rolf Klein, Elm...
AMS
2005
Springer
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Combining Learning and Programming for High-Performance Robot Controllers
Abstract. The implementation of high-performance robot controllers for complex control tasks such as playing autonomous robot soccer is tedious, errorprone, and a never ending prog...
Alexandra Kirsch, Michael Beetz
AMIRE
2005
Springer
280views Robotics» more  AMIRE 2005»
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Toward Micro Wall-Climbing Robots Using Biomimetic Fibrillar Adhesives
Abstract— Climbing is a challenging task for autonomous mobile robots primarily due to requirements for agile locomotion, and high maneuverability as well as robust and efficient...
Matthias Greuter, Gaurav Shah, Gilles Caprari, Fab...
AIIA
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Experiences with CiceRobot, a Museum Guide Cognitive Robot
Abstract. The paper describes CiceRobot, a robot based on a cognitive architecture for robot vision and action. The aim of the architecture is to integrate visual perception and ac...
Irene Macaluso, Edoardo Ardizzone, Antonio Chella,...
AIED
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction: The Personal Exploration Rover and Museum Docents
— As an increasing number of robots have been designed to interact with people on a regular basis, research into human-robot interaction has become more widespread. At the same t...
Kristen Stubbs, Debra Bernstein, Kevin Crowley, Il...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
90views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
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Dynamic Ambiguities in Frictional Rigid-body Systems with Application to Climbing via Bracing
Abstract— Constructing climbing behaviors for hyperredundant robots that account for the system dynamics requires a model of robot dynamics under contact and friction. One common...
Aaron Greenfield, Alfred A. Rizzi, Howie Choset
ICRA
2005
IEEE
141views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
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A Hierarchical Bayesian Network for Mixed-Initiative Human-Robot Interaction
– The service robot supports people in their daily activities, while the interaction between humans and robots seems to be an important part of its performance. Dialogue may be b...
Jin-Hyuk Hong, Youn-Suk Song, Sung-Bae Cho
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Making Collective Behaviours to work through Implicit Communication
— The aim of this paper is to investigate how stigmergic information allow each individual of a group of autonomous robots to take advantages from other individual behaviors. The...
Antonio D'Angelo, Enrico Pagello
ICRA
2005
IEEE
139views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
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Decentralized Collaborative Load Transport by Multiple Robots
Abstract— With the rapid progress of the robotic technology, it is becoming increasingly common to have multiple robots working together for material transport, cooperative assem...
Gustavo Montemayor, John T. Wen