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ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Control of Flexible-Manufacturing Workcells Using Extended Moore Automata
The modeling and control flexible-manufacturing workcells (FMCs) has generally been performed in a hierarchical structure, where at the highest level they have been modeled as dis...
A. Ramírez, C. Sriskandarajah, Beno Benhabi...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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A Dynamic Quasi-Newton Method for Uncalibrated Visual Servoing
Tracking of a moving target by uncalibrated model independent visual servo control is achieved by developing a new \dynamic" quasi-Newton approach. Model independent visual s...
Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier, Gary V. McMurray, Har...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Robot Prostheses: Initial Experiments
This paper describes the objectives of this project, which are to design artificial limbs that are lightweight, compact and dexterous, that mimic human anatomy and maintain a high...
Charles Pfeiffer, Kathryn J. De Laurentis, Constan...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Hybrid Control for Biped Robots Using Impedance Control and Computed-Torque Control
This paper proposes a hybrid control method of using the impedance control and the computed-torque control for biped robot locomotion. The computedtorque control is used for suppo...
Jong H. Park, Ho A. Chung
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Subpixel Localization and Uncertainty Estimation Using Occupancy Grids
We describe techniques for performing mobile robot localization using occupancy grids that allow subpixel localization and uncertainty estimation in the pixelized pose space. The ...
Clark F. Olson
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Haptic Exploration of Fine Surface Features
In this paper we consider the detection of small surface features, such as ridges and bumps, on the surface of an object during dextrous manipulation. First we review the represen...
Allison M. Okamura, Mark R. Cutkosky
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Measurement Error Estimation for Feature Tracking
Kevin Nickels, Seth Hutchinson
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Force-Responsive Robotic Assembly of Transmission Components
Wyatt S. Newman, Michael S. Branicky, Andy Podgurs...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
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Using Infrared Sensors and the Phong Illumination Model to Measure Distances
Currently, the viability of infrared IR as an accurate means of measuring distance depends on extensive prior knowledge of the surface. More speci cally, the manner in which a sur...
Paul M. Novotny, Nicola J. Ferrier