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IROS
2008
IEEE
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Aligning point cloud views using persistent feature histograms
— In this paper we investigate the usage of persistent point feature histograms for the problem of aligning point cloud data views into a consistent global model. Given a collect...
Radu Bogdan Rusu, Nico Blodow, Zoltan Csaba Marton...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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The Common State Filter for SLAM
— This paper presents the Common State Filter (CSF), a novel and efficient suboptimal Multiple Hypothesis SLAM (MHSLAM) method for Kalman Filter-based SLAM algorithms. Conventio...
Martin P. Parsley, Simon J. Julier
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Using structures to synchronize cameras of robots swarms
— The synchronization of image sequences acquired by robots swarms is an essential task for localization operations. We address this problem by considering the swarms as dynamic ...
Richard Chang, Sio-Hoi Ieng, Ryad Benosman
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Kinodynamic gait planning for full-body humanoid robots
Abstract— This paper proposes the kinodynamic gait planning for humanoid robots where both kinematics and dynamics of the system are considered. We can simultaneously plan both t...
Kensuke Harada, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Kanako Miura, ...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Real-time stereo visual odometry for autonomous ground vehicles
— This paper describes a visual odometry algorithm for estimating frame-to-frame camera motion from successive stereo image pairs. The algorithm differs from most visual odometry...
Andrew Howard
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Consensus-based task sequencing in decentralized multiple-robot systems using local communication
— Behavior-based controllers for complex missions often are more easily designed by decomposing the mission into a series of smaller subtasks. When applying this technique to a m...
Chris A. C. Parker, Hong Zhang
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Gait transition by tuning muscle tones using pneumatic actuators in quadruped locomotion
— The development of an oscillator controller for a quadruped robot with antagonistic pairs of pneumatic actuators is reported. Periodic motions of the legs switch between the sw...
Katsuyoshi Tsujita, Toshiya Kobayashi, Takashi Ino...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Scaling effects in multi-robot control
— The present study investigates the effect of the number of controlled robots on performance of an urban search and rescue (USAR) task using a realistic simulation. Task perform...
Prasanna Velagapudi, Paul Scerri, Katia P. Sycara,...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Learning robot motion control with demonstration and advice-operators
Abstract— As robots become more commonplace within society, the need for tools to enable non-robotics-experts to develop control algorithms, or policies, will increase. Learning ...
Brenna Argall, Brett Browning, Manuela M. Veloso
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Wheeled locomotion for payload carrying with modular robot
— Carrying heavy payloads is a challenging task for the modular robot, because its composing modules are relatively tiny and less strong compared with conventional robots. To acc...
Feili Hou, Nadeesha Ranasinghe, Behnam Salemi, Wei...