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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Robot-assisted Catheter Insertion using Hybrid Impedance Control
— Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure wherein a catheter (a thermoplastic hollow wire) is inserted into the femoral artery and guided till it reaches a blockage in the ...
Jagadeesan Jayender, Rajnikant V. Patel, S. Nikumb
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Mobile in vivo Biopsy Robot
– A mobile in vivo camera robot was developed to provide the ability for a single port biopsy procedure. Such a robot can be inserted into the abdominal cavity through a standard...
Mark Rentschler, Jason Dumpert, Stephen Platt, Dmi...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Primitive Communication based on Motion Recognition and Generation with Hierarchical Mimesis Model
— Communication skill is essential for social robots in various environments such as homes, offices, and hospitals, where the robots are expected to interact with humans. In thi...
Wataru Takano, Katsu Yamane, Tomomichi Sugihara, K...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Using Multi-hypothesis Mapping to close Loops in Complex Cyclic Environments
— This paper describes an off-line, iterative algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping within large indoor environments. The proposed approach is based on the idea of ...
Haris Baltzakis, Panos E. Trahanias
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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3D Navigation based on a Visual Memory
— This paper addresses the design of a control law for vision-based robot navigation. The method proposed is based on a topological representation of the environment. Within this...
Anthony Remazeilles, François Chaumette, Pa...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Thinning-based Topological Exploration using Position Probability of Topological Nodes
- Exploration is the fundamental task of guiding a robot autonomously during mapping so that it covers the entire environment with its sensors. In the frontier-based exploration, a...
Tae-Bum Kwon, Jae-Bok Song
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Experiments with an Ecological Interface for Monitoring Tightly-coordinated Robot Teams
Abstract— Many robotics applications require a human operator to monitor multiple robots that collaborate to achieve the operator’s goals. Most approaches to such monitoring fo...
Gal A. Kaminka, Yehuda Elmaliach
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Performance of a Solar-powered Robot for Polar Instrument Networks
Abstract – The Cool Robot is a four-wheel-drive, solarpowered autonomous vehicle designed to support summertime science campaigns in Antarctica and Greenland. We deployed the rob...
James H. Lever, Alexander D. Streeter, Laura E. Ra...
CIMCA
2006
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Sensibility Control of Redundant Robots: Position Control by Image Trajectories
This work is dedicated to position control of redundant robots, realized with the help of the sensibility theory. The control method allows controlling the robot position followin...
G. Boiadjiev, D. Vassileva, Haruhisa Kawasaki, Tet...
CCECE
2006
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Linear Predictive Control of a Brachiation Robot
This work is focused on the motion control of an underactuated brachiation robot with 3 links. We present the modeling of the dynamics of the robot and introduce the application o...
Vinicius Menezes de Oliveira, Walter Fetter Lages