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IROS
2009
IEEE
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DASH: A dynamic 16g hexapedal robot
—DASH is a small, lightweight, power autonomous robot capable of running at speeds up to 15 body lengths per second (see video). Drawing inspiration from biomechanics, DASH has a...
Paul Birkmeyer, Kevin Peterson, Ronald S. Fearing
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Constraint task-based control in industrial settings
Abstract— Direct physical human-robot interaction has become a central part in the research field of robotics today. To use the advantages of the potential for humans and robots...
Claus Lenz, Markus Rickert, Giorgio Panin, Alois K...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Motion control strategies for improved multi robot perception
Rosario Aragues, Jorge Cortes, Carlos Sagü&ea...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Using symmetrical regions of interest to improve visual SLAM
— Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on visual information is a challenging problem. One of the main problems with visual SLAM is to find good quality landmarks,...
Gert Kootstra, Lambert Schomaker
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Stability and robustness analysis tools for marine robot localization and SLAM applications
— Our aim is to explore the fundamental stability issues of a robotic vehicle carrying out localization, mapping, and feedback control in a perturbation-filled environment. Moti...
Brendan Englot, Franz Hover
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Topological SLAM using neighbourhood information of places
— Perceptual aliasing makes topological navigation a difficult task. In this paper we present a general approach for topological SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping) whi...
Felix Werner, Frédéric Maire, Joaqui...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Real time tracking using an active pan-tilt-zoom network camera
— We present here a real time active vision system on a PTZ network camera to track an object of interest. We address two critical issues in this paper. One is the control of the...
Thang Ba Dinh, Qian Yu, Gérard G. Medioni
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Floating visual grasp of unknown objects
— A new method for fast visual grasp of unknown objects using a camera mounted on a robot in an eye-inhand configuration is presented. The method is composed of a fast iterative...
Vincenzo Lippiello, Fabio Ruggiero, Luigi Villani
IROS
2009
IEEE
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On the error analysis of vertical line pair-based monocular visual odometry in urban area
Abstract— When a robot travels in urban area, Global Positional System (GPS) signals might be obstructed by buildings. Hence visual odometry is a choice. We notice that the verti...
Ji Zhang, Dezhen Song
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Kinodynamic motion planning for mobile robots using splines
— This paper presents an approach to time-optimal kinodynamic motion planning for a mobile robot. A global path planner is used to generate collision-free straight-line paths fro...
Boris Lau, Christoph Sprunk, Wolfram Burgard