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TROB
2008
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Transparency in Port-Hamiltonian-Based Telemanipulation
After stability, transparency is the major issue in the design of a telemanipulation system. In this paper, we exploit the behavioral approach in order to provide an index for the ...
Cristian Secchi, Stefano Stramigioli, Cesare Fantu...
TROB
2008
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Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion
Stickybot is a bio-inspired robot that climbs smooth vertical surfaces such as glass, plastic and ceramic tile at 4 cm/s. The robot employs several design principles adapted from t...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...
TROB
2008
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Fast and Incremental Method for Loop-Closure Detection Using Bags of Visual Words
Abstract--In robotic applications of visual simultaneous localization and mapping techniques, loop-closure detection and global localization are two issues that require the capacit...
Adrien Angeli, David Filliat, Stéphane Donc...
TROB
2008
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Dynamic Assignment in Distributed Motion Planning With Local Coordination
Distributed motion planning of multiple agents raises fundamental and novel problems in control theory and robotics. In particular, in applications such as coverage by mobile senso...
Michael M. Zavlanos, George J. Pappas
TROB
2008
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Decentralized Environmental Modeling by Mobile Sensor Networks
Abstract--Cooperating mobile sensors can be used to model environmental functions such as the temperature or salinity of a region of ocean. In this paper, we adopt an optimal filte...
Kevin M. Lynch, Ira B. Schwartz, Peng Yang, Randy ...
TROB
2008
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An Optimality Principle Governing Human Walking
Abstract--In this paper, we investigate different possible strategies underlying the formation of human locomotor trajectories in goal-directed walking. Seven subjects were asked t...
Gustavo Arechavaleta, Jean-Paul Laumond, Halim Hic...
TROB
2008
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Discretization of a Continuous Curve
Sean B. Andersson
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2008
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Experimentally Verified Optimal Serpentine Gait and Hyperredundancy of a Rigid-Link Snake Robot
In this study, we examine, for a six-link snake robot, how an optimal gait might change as a function of the snake
Vipul Mehta, Sean Brennan, Farhan Gandhi
TROB
2008
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Online Affect Detection and Robot Behavior Adaptation for Intervention of Children With Autism
Abstract--Investigation into robot-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has gained momentum in recent years. Therapists involved in interventions ...
Changchun Liu, Karla Conn, Nilanjan Sarkar, Wendy ...
TROB
2008
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Using Sensor Morphology for Multirobot Formations
In formation-maintenance (formation control) tasks, robots maintain their relative position with respect to their peers, according to a desired geometric shape. Previous work has e...
Gal A. Kaminka, Ruti Schechter-Glick, Vladimir Sad...