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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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The Corridor Map Method: Real-Time High-Quality Path Planning
— A central problem in robotics is planning a collision-free path for a moving object in an environment with obstacles. Contemporary applications require a path planner that is f...
Roland Geraerts, Mark H. Overmars
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Hybrid Model Predictive Control for Stabilization of Wheeled Mobile Robots Subject to Wheel Slippage
— This paper studies the problem of stabilizing wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) subject to wheel slippage to a predefined set. When slippage of the wheels can occur, WMRs can be mo...
Shangming Wei, Milos Zefran, Kasemsak Uthaichana, ...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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An Inevitable Collision State-Checker for a Car-Like Vehicle
Rishikesh Parthasarathi, Thierry Fraichard
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Model-Based Nonlinear Observers for Underwater Vehicle Navigation: Theory and Preliminary Experiments
— This paper reports the analytical development and preliminary experimental evaluation of a class of exact nonlinear full state model-based observers for underwater vehicle navi...
James C. Kinsey, Louis L. Whitcomb
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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A Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter for Vision-aided Inertial Navigation
— In this paper, we present an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF)-based algorithm for real-time vision-aided inertial navigation. The primary contribution of this work is the derivatio...
Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I. Roumeliotis
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Enhancing Software Modularity and Extensibility: A Case for using Generic Data Representations
— Portable, modular and extensible software allows robotics researchers to pool their resources by sharing algorithms, thus advancing research in the field of robotics at a fast...
Gregory Broten
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Recognising and Modelling Landmarks to Close Loops in Outdoor SLAM
Abstract— In this paper, simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) is combined with landmark recognition to close large loops in unstructured, outdoor environments. Camera and...
Fabio T. Ramos, Juan Nieto, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Morphing Bus: A rapid deployment computing architecture for high performance, resource-constrained robots
— For certain applications, field robotic systems require small size for cost, weight, access, stealth or other reasons. Small size results in constraints on critical resources s...
Colin D'Souza, Byung Hwa Kim, Richard M. Voyles
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Model-Based Wheel Slip Detection for Outdoor Mobile Robots
— This paper introduces a model-based approach to estimating longitudinal wheel slip and detecting immobilized conditions of autonomous mobile robots operating on outdoor terrain...
Chris C. Ward, Karl Iagnemma
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Accurate Motion Estimation and High-Precision 3D Reconstruction by Sensor Fusion
—The CCD camera and the 2D laser range finder are widely used for motion estimation and 3D reconstruction. With their own strengths and weaknesses, low-level fusion of these two ...
Yunsu Bok, Youngbae Hwang, In-So Kweon