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ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Novel parameter estimation schemes in microsystems
— This paper presents two novel estimation methods that are designed to enhance our ability of observing, positioning, and physically transforming the objects and/or biological s...
Hakan Bilen, Muhammet A. Hocaoglu, Eray A. Baran, ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Wiping motion for deformable object handling
— This paper presents wiping motion as a task during which the movement and deformation of a deformable object occur simultaneously. During the wiping motion of a deformable obje...
Mizuho Shibata, Tsuyoshi Ota, Shinichi Hirai
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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The Columbia grasp database
Abstract— Collecting grasp data for learning and benchmarking purposes is very expensive. It would be helpful to have a standard database of graspable objects, along with a set o...
Corey Goldfeder, Matei T. Ciocarlie, Hao Dang, Pet...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Stochastic strategies for a swarm robotic assembly system
— We present a decentralized, scalable approach to assembling a group of heterogeneous parts into different products using a swarm of robots. While the assembly plans are predete...
Loic Matthey, Spring Berman, Vijay Kumar
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Surveying noctural cuttlefish camouflage behaviour using an AUV
Stefan B. Williams, Oscar Pizarro, Martin How, Dun...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Characterization of the compact Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range scanner
— This paper presents a detailed characterization of the Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range finder. While the sensor specifications only provide a rough estimation of the sensor ac...
Laurent Kneip, Fabien Tâche, Gilles Caprari,...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Finding good cycle constraints for large scale multi-robot SLAM
Abstract— In this paper we describe an algorithm to compute cycle constraints that can be used in many graph-based SLAM algorithms; we exemplify it in Hierarchical SLAM. Our algo...
Carlos Estrada, José Neira, Juan D. Tard&oa...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Assigning cameras to subjects in video surveillance systems
— We consider the problem of tracking multiple agents moving amongst obstacles, using multiple cameras. Given an environment with obstacles, and many people moving through it, we...
Hazem El-Alfy, David Jacobs, Larry Davis
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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LSH-RANSAC: An incremental scheme for scalable localization
Abstract— This paper addresses the problem of featurebased robot localization in large-size environments. With recent progress in SLAM techniques, it has become crucial for a rob...
Kenichi Saeki, Kanji Tanaka, Takeshi Ueda
ICRA
2009
IEEE
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Appearance-based loop detection from 3D laser data using the normal distributions transform
— We propose a new approach to appearance based loop detection from metric 3D maps, exploiting the NDT surface representation. Locations are described with feature histograms bas...
Martin Magnusson 0002, Henrik Andreasson, Andreas ...