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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Removal of adherent noises from image sequences by spatio-temporal image processing
Abstract— This paper describes a method for removing adherent noises from image sequences. In outdoor environments, it is often the case that scenes taken by a camera are deterio...
Atsushi Yamashita, Isao Fukuchi, Toru Kaneko, Kenj...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Multi-robot routing under limited communication range
Abstract— Teams of mobile robots have been recently proposed as effective means of completing complex missions involving multiple tasks spatially distributed over a large area. A...
Alejandro R. Mosteo, Luis Montano, Michail G. Lago...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Learning from human teachers with Socially Guided Exploration
— We present a learning mechanism, Socially Guided Exploration, in which a robot learns new tasks through a combination of self-exploration and social interaction. The system’s...
Cynthia Breazeal, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Single camera vision-only SLAM on a suburban road network
—Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is one of the major challenges in mobile robotics. Probabilistic techniques using high-end range finding devices are well establishe...
Michael Milford, Gordon Wyeth
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Modeling multi-robot interaction using generalized occupancy grids, with application to reducing spatial interference
— As part of a program to find methods of reducing spatial interference in multi-robot systems, we propose the Interaction Grid (IG), a generalization of the Occupancy Grid that...
Mauricio Zuluaga, Richard T. Vaughan
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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New decoupled visual servoing scheme based on invariants from projection onto a sphere
— In this paper a new decoupled imaged-based control scheme is proposed from projection onto a unit sphere. This control scheme is based on moment invariants to 3D rotational mot...
Omar Tahri, François Chaumette, Youcef Mezo...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Bilateral energy transfer in delayed teleoperation on the time domain
— The time domain passivity framework is attracting interest as a method for granting stability in both telerobotics and haptic contexts; this paper employs this approach in orde...
Jordi Artigas, Carsten Preusche, Gerd Hirzinger, G...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Fingertip force control with embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors
— We describe the dynamic testing and control results obtained with an exoskeletal robot finger with embedded fiber optical sensors. The finger is inspired by the designs of a...
Yong-Lae Park, Seok Chang Ryu, Richard J. Black, B...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Experimental investigation on underwater acoustic ranging for small robotic fish
— GPS-free localization is essential for navigation and information tagging in small robotic fish-based aquatic mobile sensor networks. Constraints on size, weight, and onboard ...
Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo Tan, Ernest Mbemmo, Nathan...