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ROBOCUP
2007
Springer
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High Accuracy Navigation in Unknown Environment Using Adaptive Control
Aiming to reduce cycle time and improving the accuracy on tracking, a modified adaptive control was developed, which adapts autonomously to changing dynamic parameters. The platfor...
Fernando Ribeiro, Ivo Moutinho, Nino Pereira, Fern...
ROBOCUP
2007
Springer
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A Neural Network-Based Approach to Robot Motion Control
The joint controllers used in robots like the Sony Aibo are designed for the task of moving the joints of the robot to a given position. However, they are not well suited to the pr...
Uli Grasemann, Daniel Stronger, Peter Stone
MICAI
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Learning Performance in Evolutionary Behavior Based Mobile Robot Navigation
Abstract. In this paper we utilize information theory to study the impact in learning performance of various motivation and environmental configurations. This study is done within...
Tomás Arredondo Vidal, Wolfgang Freund, C&e...
KI
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
LiSA: A Robot Assistant for Life Sciences
This paper presents a mobile service robot that assists users in biological and pharmaceutical laboratories by carrying out routine jobs such as filling and transportation of micr...
Erik Schulenburg, Norbert Elkmann, Markus Fritzsch...
ISVC
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
A Control Architecture for Long-Term Autonomy of Robotic Assistants
A major challenge in deploying service robots into the real world is to design a framework that provides effective, long-term interactions with people. This includes interacting w...
Christopher King, Xavier Palathingal, Monica N. Ni...
ICANN
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Event Detection and Localization in Mobile Robot Navigation Using Reservoir Computing
Abstract. Reservoir Computing (RC) uses a randomly created recurrent neural network where only a linear readout layer is trained. In this work, RC is used for detecting complex eve...
Eric A. Antonelo, Benjamin Schrauwen, Xavier Dutoi...
ECAL
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Controlling an Anthropomimetic Robot: A Preliminary Investigation
The human body has a complex skeleton, giving a very high number of degrees of freedom, and is actuated by a large number of elastic elements muscles and tendons. As a consequence,...
Hugo Gravato Marques, Richard Newcombe, Owen Holla...
CCIA
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Using the Average Landmark Vector Method for Robot Homing
Several methods can be used for a robot to return to a previously visited position. In our approach we use the average landmark vector method to calculate a homing vector which sho...
Alex Goldhoorn, Arnau Ramisa, Ramon López d...
AMS
2007
Springer
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Visual Bearing-Only Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Improved Feature Matching
Abstract. In this this paper, we present a solution to the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem for a robot equipped with a single perspective camera. We track extr...
Hauke Strasdat, Cyrill Stachniss, Maren Bennewitz,...
AMS
2007
Springer
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A Mobile Service Robot for Life Science Laboratories
Abstract. In this paper we presents a project that is developing a mobile service robot to assist users in biological and pharmaceutical laboratories by executing routine jobs such...
Erik Schulenburg, Norbert Elkmann, Markus Fritzsch...