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2008
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iSAM: Incremental Smoothing and Mapping
We present incremental smoothing and mapping (iSAM), a novel approach to the simultaneous localization and mapping problem that is based on fast incremental matrix factorization. i...
Michael Kaess, Ananth Ranganathan, Frank Dellaert
TROB
2008
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Lower Extremity Exoskeletons and Active Orthoses: Challenges and State-of-the-Art
In the nearly six decades since researchers began to explore methods of creating them, exoskeletons have progressed from the stuff of science fiction to nearly commercialized produ...
Aaron M. Dollar, Hugh M. Herr
TROB
2008
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Dynamical System Modulation for Robot Learning via Kinesthetic Demonstrations
We present a system for robust robot skill acquisition from kinesthetic demonstrations. This system allows a robot to learn a simple goal-directed gesture, and correctly reproduce...
Micha Hersch, Florent Guenter, Sylvain Calinon, Au...
TROB
2008
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Fundamental Limitations on Designing Optimally Fault-Tolerant Redundant Manipulators
Abstract--In this paper, the authors examine the problem of designing nominal manipulator Jacobians that are optimally fault tolerant to one or more joint failures. Optimality is d...
Rodney G. Roberts, Hyun Geun Yu, Anthony A. Maciej...
TROB
2008
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A Gas-Actuated Anthropomorphic Prosthesis for Transhumeral Amputees
Abstract--This paper presents the design of a gas-actuated anthropomorphic arm prosthesis with 21 degrees of freedom and nine independent actuators. The prosthesis utilizes the mon...
Kevin Fite, Thomas J. Withrow, Xiangrong Shen, Kei...
TROB
2008
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A New Kalman-Filter-Based Framework for Fast and Accurate Visual Tracking of Rigid Objects
The best of Kalman-filter-based frameworks reported in the literature for rigid object tracking work well only if the object motions are smooth (which allows for tight uncertainty ...
Youngrock Yoon, Akio Kosaka, Avinash C. Kak
TROB
2008
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A Practical Visual Servo Control for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
An image-based visual servo control is presented for an Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of stationary or quasi-stationary flight with the camera mounted on board the vehicle....
Nicolas Guenard, Tarek Hamel, Robert E. Mahony
TROB
2008
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Fusing Monocular Information in Multicamera SLAM
Abstract--This paper explores the possibilities of using monocular simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms in systems with more than one camera. The idea is to comb...
Joan Solà, André Monin, Michel Devy,...
TROB
2008
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Attentional Landmarks and Active Gaze Control for Visual SLAM
This paper is centered around landmark detection, tracking and matching for visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) using a monocular vision system with active gaze con...
Simone Frintrop, Patric Jensfelt
TROB
2008
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Disassembly Path Planning for Complex Articulated Objects
Juan Cortés, Leonard Jaillet, Thierry Sim&e...