ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— When a network of robots or static sensors is emplaced in an environment, the spatial relationships between the sensing units must be inferred or computed for most key applicat...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
Abstract— The vibratory bowl feeder remains the most common approach to the automated feeding (orienting) of industrial parts. We study the algorithmic design of devices on the b...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— In this investigation we put forth a simple model to quantify the capacity of series elasticity to increase peak power output from an actuator. Using a linear bandwidth limited...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
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...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
- This paper describes the development of an Adaptive Non-linear PI Torque Control for electro-rheological fluid (ERF) based variable resistance brakes that are used in compact and...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— Recent studies on the insect water strider showed that the insect heavily relies on surface tension force to stay afloat. Inspired by this insect, water strider robots have be...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
Abstract - This paper introduces new analyses and algorithms which are essential for the practical implementation of continuous backbone continuum robots. Actuator length limits st...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— Many methods exist for the automatic and optimal 3D reconstruction of camera motion and scene structure from image sequence (’Structure from Motion‘ or SfM). The solution t...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— We introduce a method based on support vector machines which can detect opening and closing actions of the human thumb, index finger, and other fingers recorded via surface E...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2006
IEEE
— A new RoboCup soccer league is being developed, focusing on human-robot interaction. In this league each team consists of both a human player, mounted on a Segway HT scooter, a...