TROB
2002
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2002
We consider the problem of having a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) pursue a second team of evaders while concurrently building a map in a...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
In this paper, we study the interconnection of two robots, which are modeled as port-controlled Hamiltonian systems through a transmission line with time delay. There will be no an...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
Abstract-We study the problem of achieving global behavior in a group of distributed robots using only local sensing and minimal communication, in the context of formations. The go...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
Given an arbitrary Petri net (PN) structure, which may have uncontrollable and unobservable transitions, the deadlock prevention procedure presented here determines a set of linear...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
In this paper, we present a new approach to the problem of simultaneously localizing a group of mobile robots capable of sensing one another. Each of the robots collects sensor dat...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
This paper presents a new type of haptic device using spherical geometry. The basic idea of haptic devices is to provide users with feedback information on the motion and/or force ...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
A patent pending, energy based, method is presented for controlling a haptic interface system to ensure stable contract under a wide variety of operating conditions. System stabil...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
This paper presents the mobility augmentation method to provide omnidirectional mobility to nonomnidirectional wheeled bases. First, the kinematic model of a nonomnidirectional whe...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
Abstract-- This paper presents a framework for visual servoing that guarantees convergence to a visible goal from almost every initially visible configuration while maintaining ful...
TROB
2002
14 years 14 days ago
2002
Abstract--Continuum manipulators, inspired by the natural capabilities of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, may find niche applications in areas like human