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1995
Springer
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Towards Principled Experimental Study of Autonomous Mobile Robots
We review the current state of research in autonomous mobile robots and conclude that there is an inadequate basis for predicting the reliability and behavior of robots operating ...
Erann Gat
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1995
Springer
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Robotic Perception of Material: Experiments with Shape-Invariant Acoustic Measures of Material Type
We present an active approach for discriminating different materials by impulsively contacting (hitting) them, and sensing and interpreting the resulting sounds. In theory, the an...
Eric Krotkov, Roberta L. Klatzky, Nina B. Zumel
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1995
Springer
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Distributed Robotic Manipulation: Experiments in Minimalism
Minimalism pursues the following agenda: For a given robotics task, nd the minimal con guration of resources required to solve the task. Thus, minimalism attempts to reduce the re...
Karl-Friedrich Böhringer, Russell Brown, Bruc...
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1995
Springer
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Stiffness Isn't Everything
Most robot designers make the mechanical interface between an actuator and its load as stiff as possible[9][10]. This makes sense in traditional position-controlled systems, becau...
Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson, Peter Dilwor...