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CIRA
2007
IEEE
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Communication-Efficient Dynamic Task Scheduling for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems
— In this paper, a communication-efficient dynamic task scheduling algorithm for a heterogeneous multi-robot system is proposed. To make this task scheduling algorithm to be scal...
Kashyap Shah, Yan Meng
SASO
2008
IEEE
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Spatial Computing with Labels
— A reconfigurable robot is a robot that can change shape. Programming reconfigurable robots is complicated by the need to adapt the behavior of each of the individual module t...
Ulrik Pagh Schultz, Mirko Bordignon, David Johan C...
RAM
2008
IEEE
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Reactive Gaze Control for Natural Human-Robot Interactions
Abstract—Nonverbal behavior during human-human close encounters is critical to the accomplishment of natural interaction. For this reason, humanoid robots trying to achieve natur...
Yasser F. O. Mohammad, Toyoaki Nishida
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Collision detection and reaction: A contribution to safe physical Human-Robot Interaction
Abstract— In the framework of physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), methodologies and experimental tests are presented for the problem of detecting and reacting to collisions ...
Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Alessandro...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A clickable world: Behavior selection through pointing and context for mobile manipulation
— We present a new behavior selection system for human-robot interaction that maps virtual buttons overlaid on the physical environment to the robot’s behaviors, thereby creati...
Hai Nguyen, Advait Jain, Cressel D. Anderson, Char...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Learning nonparametric policies by imitation
— A long cherished goal in artificial intelligence has been the ability to endow a robot with the capacity to learn and generalize skills from watching a human teacher. Such an ...
David B. Grimes, Rajesh P. N. Rao
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Energy management for indoor hovering robots
— Flying has an advantage when compared to ground based locomotion, as it simplifies the task of overcoming obstacles and allows for rapid coverage of an area while also providi...
James F. Roberts, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario ...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A performance sensitive hormone-inspired system for task distribution amongst evolving robots
— A hormone-inspired task scheduling method is described which assigns tasks to a group of robots, taking into account the robots’ performances. This method draws on previous w...
Joanne H. Walker, Myra S. Wilson
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Reactive robot control with hybrid operational models in a seaport container terminal considering system reliability
— When robot maintenance impedes the operation of other robots in a seaport container terminal, the operational efficiency is reduced. Therefore, robot reliability is necessary....
Satoshi Hoshino, Jun Ota
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Towards a cognitive robot that uses internal rehearsal to learn affordance relations
—This paper introduces a new approach to develop robots that can learn general affordance relations from their experiences. Our approach is a part of larger efforts to develop a ...
Erdem Erdemir, Carl B. Frankel, Kazuhiko Kawamura,...