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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Generalizing the dubins and reeds-shepp cars: Fastest paths for bounded-velocity mobile robots
— What is the shortest or fastest path a mobile robot can follow between two configurations in the unobstructed plane? The answer to this fundamental question is only known anal...
Andrei A. Furtuna, Devin J. Balkcom, Hamid Reza Ch...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Robust and real-time egomotion estimation using a compound omnidirectional sensor
—We propose a new egomotion estimation algorithm for a compound omnidirectional camera. Image features are detected by a conventional feature detector and then quickly classified...
Trung Ngo Thanh, Hajime Nagahara, Ryusuke Sagawa, ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Simultaneous learning of motion and sensor model parameters for mobile robots
— Motion and sensor models are crucial components in current algorithms for mobile robot localization and mapping. These models are typically provided and hand-tuned by a human o...
Teddy N. Yap Jr., Christian R. Shelton
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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A body joint improves vertical to horizontal transitions of a wall-climbing robot
— Several recently-designed robots are able to scale steep surfaces using animal-inspired strategies for foot attachment and leg kinematics. These designs could be valuable for r...
Kathryn A. Daltorio, Timothy C. Witushynsky, Grego...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Whole-body motion planning for pivoting based manipulation by humanoids
Eiichi Yoshida, Mathieu Poirier, Jean-Paul Laumond...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Pareto optimal multi-robot coordination with acceleration constraints
— We consider a collection of robots sharing a common environment, each robot constrained to move on a roadmap in its configuration space. To program optimal collision-free moti...
Jae Bum Jung, Robert Christ
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Maximum likelihood estimation of sensor and action model functions on a mobile robot
— In order for a mobile robot to accurately interpret its sensations and predict the effects of its actions, it must have accurate models of its sensors and actuators. These mode...
Daniel Stronger, Peter Stone
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Factorization-based calibration method for MEMS inertial measurement unit
— We present an easy-to-use calibration method for MEMS inertial sensor units based on the Factorization method which was originally invented for shape-and-motion recovery in com...
Myung Hwangbo, Takeo Kanade
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Fast grasp planning for hand/arm systems based on convex model
— This paper discusses the grasp planning of a multifingered hand attached at the tip of a robotic arm. By using the convex models and the new approximation method of the fricti...
Kensuke Harada, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Multimodal saliency-based bottom-up attention a framework for the humanoid robot iCub
Abstract— This work presents a multimodal bottom-up attention system for the humanoid robot iCub where the robot’s decisions to move eyes and neck are based on visual and acous...
Jonas Ruesch, Manuel Lopes, Alexandre Bernardino, ...