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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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NIMS-AQ: A novel system for autonomous sensing of aquatic environments
— Over the last few years, the complexity of aquatic sensing applications has increased as a result of demands for: higher spatial coverage with high resolution monitoring, under...
Michael J. Stealey, Amarjeet Singh 0003, Maxim A. ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Navigation of an omni-directional mobile robot with active caster wheels
—This work deals with navigation of an omni-directional mobile robot with active caster wheels. Initially, the posture of the omni-directional mobile robot is calculated by using...
Eui-Jung Jung, Ho Yul Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Simultaneous maximum-likelihood calibration of odometry and sensor parameters
— For a differential-drive mobile robot equipped with an on-board range sensor, there are six parameters to calibrate: three for the odometry (radii and distance between the whee...
Andrea Censi, Luca Marchionni, Giuseppe Oriolo
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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A decision method for the placement of tactile sensors for manipulation task recognition
— The present paper describes a decision method for the placement of tactile elements for manipulation task recognition. Based on the mutual information of the manipulation tasks...
Kazuya Matsuo, Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa, R...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Modeling of biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymer-metal composite actuator
— In this paper a physics-based model is proposed for a biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymermetal composite (IPMC) actuator. The model incorporates both IPMC ac...
Ernest Mbemmo, Zheng Chen, Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Nonlinear predictive control of an omnidirectional robot dribbling a rolling ball
Abstract— This paper focuses on the dribbling control problem of an omnidirectional mobile robot and a rolling ball in the RoboCup Middle Size domain. Because the ball easily sli...
Xiang Li, Andreas Zell
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Dynamics modeling of structure-varying kinematic chains for free-flying robots
Roberto Lampariello, Satoko Abiko, Gerd Hirzinger
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Hybrid image-plane/stereo (HIPS) for orientation control of manipulators
— Planetary exploration systems, operating under severe environmental and operating conditions, have thus far successfully employed carefully calibrated stereo cameras and manipu...
Kevin Nickels
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Who am I talking with? A face memory for social robots
— In order to provide personalized services and to develop human-like interaction capabilities robots need to recognize their human partner. Face recognition has been studied in ...
Marc Hanheide, Sebastian Wrede, Christian Lang, Ge...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Path guidance control for a safer large scale dissipative haptic display
—The properties of dissipative haptic displays allow larger workspaces that permit a whole body interaction useful for sports, rehabilitation, and large-scale object design appli...
Brian Dellon, Yoky Matsuoka