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AMS
2007
Springer
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A Unified Robotic Software Architecture for Service Robotics and Networks of Smart Sensors
Abstract. This paper proposes a novel architecture for the programming of multi-modal service robots and networked sensors. The presented software framework eases the development o...
Daniel Westhoff, Jianwei Zhang
AMS
2007
Springer
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Simulating Muscle-Reflex Dynamics in a Simple Hopping Robot
Abstract In legged systems, springy legs facilitate gaits with subsequent contact and flight phases. Here, we test whether electrical motors can generate leg behaviors suitable for...
André Seyfarth, Karl-Theodor Kalveram, Hart...
AMS
2007
Springer
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SVMs for Vibration-Based Terrain Classification
When an outdoor mobile robot traverses different types of ground surfaces, different types of vibrations are induced in the body of the robot. These vibrations can be used to learn...
Christian Weiss, Matthias Stark, Andreas Zell
AMS
2007
Springer
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Mobile Robot Navigation Support in Living Environments
Navigation and application functionality of mobile robots rely on their collision-avoiding capabilities, also known as local navigation. We present the mobile robot ARTOS (Autonomo...
Christopher Armbrust, Jan Koch, Ulf Stocker, Karst...
AMS
2007
Springer
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Visual Bearing-Only Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Improved Feature Matching
Abstract. In this this paper, we present a solution to the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem for a robot equipped with a single perspective camera. We track extr...
Hauke Strasdat, Cyrill Stachniss, Maren Bennewitz,...
AMS
2007
Springer
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Learning the Inverse Model of the Dynamics of a Robot Leg by Auto-imitation
Abstract Walking, running and hopping are based on self-stabilizing oscillatory activity. In contrast, aiming movements serve to direct a limb to a desired location and demand a qu...
Karl-Theodor Kalveram, André Seyfarth
AMS
2007
Springer
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Exploring Toe Walking in a Bipedal Robot
The design and development of locomotory subsystems such as legs is a key issue in the broader topic of autonomous mobile systems. Simplification of substructures, sensing, actuat...
James Andrew Smith, André Seyfarth
AMS
2007
Springer
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Towards Machine Learning of Motor Skills
Autonomous robots that can adapt to novel situations has been a long standing vision of robotics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive sciences. Early approaches to this goal du...
Jan Peters, Stefan Schaal, Bernhard Schölkopf
AMS
2007
Springer
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Active Monte Carlo Localization in Outdoor Terrains Using Multi-level Surface Maps
Abstract. In this paper we consider the problem of active mobile robot localization with range sensors in outdoor environments. In contrast to passive approaches our approach activ...
Rainer Kümmerle, Patrick Pfaff, Rudolph Trieb...
AMS
2007
Springer
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Bionic Tactile Sensor for Near-Range Search, Localisation and Material Classification
Volker Dürr, André F. Krause, Matthias...