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IROS
2008
IEEE
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Detecting obstacles and drop-offs using stereo and motion cues for safe local motion
— A mobile robot operating in an urban environment has to navigate around obstacles and hazards. Though a significant amount of work has been done on detecting obstacles, not mu...
Aniket Murarka, Mohan Sridharan, Benjamin Kuipers
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A robotic KANSEI communication system based on emotional synchronization
- Human-robot communication is an important subject for housekeeping, elderly care and entertainment robots. To make a natural communication entrainment between human and robot emo...
Tatsuya Usui, Kazuomi Kume, Misaki Yamano, Minoru ...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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3D bipedal robot with tunable leg compliance mechanism for multi-modal locomotion
— It is expected that variation of leg compliance, that is determined not only by joint compliance but by joint angle, contributes to provide multi-modal locomotion such as walki...
Takashi Takuma, Shinji Hayashi, Koh Hosoda
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A goal oriented just-in-time visual servoing for ball catching robot arm
— This paper proposes a novel concept for the image based visual control, which is called the goal-oriented just-intime visual servoing. We apply this control to ball catching ta...
Koichiro Deguchi, Hironari Sakurai, Shun Ushida
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Visual SLAM for 3D large-scale seabed acquisition employing underwater vehicles
— This paper presents a novel technique to align partial 3D reconstructions of the seabed acquired by a stereo camera mounted on an autonomous underwater vehicle. Vehicle localiz...
Joaquim Salvi, Yvan R. Petillot, Elisabet Batlle
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A foveated passive UHF RFID system for mobile manipulation
Abstract— We present a novel antenna and system architecture for mobile manipulation based on passive RFID technology operating in the 850MHz-950MHz ultra-high-frequency (UHF) sp...
Travis Deyle, Cressel D. Anderson, Charles C. Kemp...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Probabilistic mapping of dynamic obstacles using Markov chains for replanning in dynamic environments
— Robots acting in populated environments must be capable of safe but also time efficient navigation. Trying to completely avoid regions resulting from worst case predictions of...
Florian Rohrmüller, Matthias Althoff, Dirk Wo...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Flocking for multi-robot systems via the Null-Space-based Behavioral control
Abstract— In this paper the flocking problem for a multirobot system, consisting in making the robots of a team grouping together, is addressed. The flocking is achieved resort...
Gianluca Antonelli, Filippo Arrichiello, Stefano C...
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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Measurement of force vector field of robotic finger using vision-based haptic sensor
—It is expected that the use of haptic sensors to measure the magnitude, direction, and distribution of a force will enable a robotic hand to perform dexterous manipulations. The...
Katsunari Sato, Kazuto Kamiyama, Hideaki Nii, Naok...