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IROS
2007
IEEE
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Hysteretic q-learning : an algorithm for decentralized reinforcement learning in cooperative multi-agent teams
— Multi-agent systems (MAS) are a field of study of growing interest in a variety of domains such as robotics or distributed controls. The article focuses on decentralized reinf...
Laëtitia Matignon, Guillaume J. Laurent, Nadi...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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A comparative study of conventional visual servoing schemes in microsystem applications
— This paper presents an experimental comparison of conventional (calibrated and uncalibrated) image based visual servoing methods in various microsystem applications. Both visua...
Hakan Bilen, Muhammet A. Hocaoglu, Erol Ozgur, Mus...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Fast 3D pose estimation with out-of-sequence measurements
— We present an algorithm for pose estimation using fixed-lag smoothing. We show that fixed-lag smoothing enables inclusion of measurements from multiple asynchronous measureme...
Ananth Ranganathan, Michael Kaess, Frank Dellaert
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Decentralized SLAM for pedestrians without direct communication
Abstract— We consider the problem of Decentralized Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (DSLAM) for pedestrians in the context of Urban Search And Rescue (USAR). In this context...
Alexander Kleiner, Dali Sun
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Design of a new spatial 3-DOF parallel mechanism with application to a PDP TV mounting device
—In this paper, we propose a new 3-DOF parallel mechanism for PDP TV mounting device with 2-rotation and 1-translation. The most important operational requirement of this device ...
Jae Heon Chung, Byung-Ju Yi, Sung Oh
IROS
2007
IEEE
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A quantitative method for comparing trajectories of mobile robots using point distribution models
— In the field of mobile robotics, trajectory details are seldom taken into account to qualify robot performance. Most metrics rely mainly on global results such as the total ti...
Pierre Roduit, Alcherio Martinoli, Jacques Jacot
IROS
2007
IEEE
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A framework for planning motion in environments with moving obstacles
— In this paper we present a heuristic approach to planning in an environment with moving obstacles. Our approach assumes that the robot has no knowledge of the future trajectory...
Samuel Rodríguez, Jyh-Ming Lien, Nancy M. A...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Natural deictic communication with humanoid robots
— A simple view of deictic communication only includes the indication process and recognition process: a person points at an object and says something about it such as “look at...
Osamu Sugiyama, Takayuki Kanda, Michita Imai, Hiro...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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3D forward sensor modeling and application to occupancy grid based sensor fusion
— This paper presents a new technique for the update of a probabilistic spatial occupancy grid map using a forward sensor model. Unlike currently popular inverse sensor models, f...
Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk 0002, Jann Poppinga,...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Incremental behavior acquisition based on reliability of observed behavior recognition
— We propose a novel approach for acquisition and development of behaviors through observation in multi-agent environment. Observed behaviors of others give fruitful hints for a ...
Tomoki Nishi, Yasutake Takahashi, Minoru Asada