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ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Modeling of Haptic Sensing of Nanolithography with an Atomic Force Microscope
- This paper describes a virtual reality interface between human and the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which allows the operator to perform nanomanipulation with an AFM tip in the...
Lo Ming Fok, Yun-Hui Liu, Wen J. Li
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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CBUG: A Quadratically Competitive Mobile Robot Navigation Algorithm
Abstract This paper is concerned with the problem where a mobile robot of size D has to navigate to a target in an unknown planar environment. The competitiveness of an on-line nav...
Yoav Gabriely, Elon Rimon
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Robust Object Detection at Regions of Interest with an Application in Ball Recognition
— In this paper, we present a new combination of a biologically inspired attention system (VOCUS – Visual Object detection with a CompUtational attention System) with a robust ...
Sara Mitri, Simone Frintrop, Kai Pervölz, Har...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Global A-Optimal Robot Exploration in SLAM
— It is well-known that the Kalman filter for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) converges to a fully correlated map in the limit of infinite time and data [1]. Howev...
Robert Sim, Nicholas Roy
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Motion Planning and Trajectory Tracking on 2-D Manifolds embedded in 3-D Workspaces
— In this paper we present a methodology that drives and stabilizes a robotic agent moving in a three dimensional environment, to a 2-dimensional manifold embedded in the workspa...
Xanthi Papageorgiou, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. K...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Voronoi Toolpaths for PCB Mechanical Etch: Simple and Intuitive Algorithms with the 3D GPU
— We describe VIsolate (Voronoi Isolate), a system which performs geometric computations associated with toolpath planning for mechanical etch (also called isolation routing) of ...
Marsette Vona, Daniela Rus
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Bandwidth Management for Distributed Control of Highly Articulated Robots
— An optimal bandwidth allocation policy for axis distributed control using networked control systems (NCS) is presented. First, the benefits of structuring highly articulated r...
Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Manel Frigola
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Impedance Control of a Pneumatic Actuator for Contact Tasks
– This paper presents a method for the impedance control of a pneumatic linear actuator for tasks involving contact interaction. The method presented takes advantage of the natur...
Yong Zhu, Eric J. Barth
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Nonlinear Performance Limits for High Energy Density Piezoelectric Bending Actuators
Abstract— To keep pace with recent advances in microrobotic structures demands actuator technologies which can deliver high power and precise motion. For electroactive material b...
Robert J. Wood, Erik Steltz, Ronald S. Fearing
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models
— Few systems have integrated the correct tactile and kinesthetic force feedback response with an accurate computational model of a compliant environment. We examine several desi...
Christopher R. Wagner, Douglas P. Perrin, Ross L. ...