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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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A Pattern Generator of Humanoid Robots Walking on a Rough Terrain
— This paper presents a motion pattern generator of humanoid robots that walks on a flat plane, steps and a rough terrain. It is guaranteed rigorously that the desired contact b...
Hirohisa Hirukawa, Shizuko Hattori, Shuuji Kajita,...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Context Estimation and Learning Control through Latent Variable Extraction: From discrete to continuous contexts
— Recent advances in machine learning and adaptive motor control have enabled efficient techniques for online learning of stationary plant dynamics and it’s use for robust pre...
Georgios Petkos, Sethu Vijayakumar
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Marker-less Human Motion Estimation using Articulated Deformable Model
— This paper presents a novel whole body motion estimation method by fitting a deformable articulated model of the human body into the 3D reconstructed volume obtained from mult...
Koichi Ogawara, Xiaolu Li, Katsushi Ikeuchi
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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A Visual Language for Robot Control and Programming: A Human-Interface Study
Abstract— We describe an interaction paradigm for controlling a robot using hand gestures. In particular, we are interested in the control of an underwater robot by an onsite hum...
Gregory Dudek, Junaed Sattar, Anqi Xu
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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A Practical Implementation of Random Peer-to-Peer Communication for a Multiple-Robot System
— In this paper, we present a physical implementation of Random Peer-to-Peer (RP2P) communication for use in a multiple-robot system and analyze its performance. Traditionally, m...
Chris A. C. Parker, Hong Zhang
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Effect of Gravity on Manipulation Performance of a Robotic Arm
— The present paper introduces an evaluation of the manipulation performance of a robotic arm with respect to control accuracy and mechanical efficiency, taking into considerati...
Tasuku Yamawaki, Masahito Yashima
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Frictional Compliance Model Development and Experiments for Snake Robot Climbing
Abstract— Intelligently utilizing the frictional contact between a robot and its environment can prevent slip, maintain balance, and provide stability during a robot’s motion. ...
Amir Shapiro, Aaron Greenfield, Howie Choset
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Multi Sensor Fusion in Robot Assembly Using Particle Filters
Ulrike Thomas, Sven Molkenstruck, Rene Iser, Fried...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Mixed Initiative Control of Autonomous Vehicles
— In this paper we propose a systematic way of incorporating human inputs in navigation plans. The proposed controller is based on a new class of navigation function based contro...
Savvas G. Loizou, Vijay Kumar
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Stabilization of Multiple Robots on Stable Orbits via Local Sensing
— We develop decentralized controllers for a team of disk-shaped robots to converge to and circulate along the boundary of a desired two-dimensional geometric pattern specified ...
Mong-ying A. Hsieh, Savvas G. Loizou, Vijay Kumar