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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Replanning with uncertainty in position: Sensor updates vs. prior map updates
— This paper presents two new approaches to planning with uncertainty in position that achieve better performance than existing techniques and that are able to incorporate change...
Juan Pablo Gonzalez, Anthony Stentz
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Dynamic visibility checking for vision-based motion planning
— An important problem in position-based visual servoing (PBVS) is to guarantee that a target will remain within the field of view for the duration of the task. In this paper, w...
Simon Léonard, Elizabeth A. Croft, James J....
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Unsupervised body scheme learning through self-perception
— In this paper, we present an approach allowing a robot to learn a generative model of its own physical body from scratch using self-perception with a single monocular camera. O...
Jürgen Sturm, Christian Plagemann, Wolfram Bu...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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On the design of traps for feeding 3D parts on vibratory tracks
In the context of automated feeding (orienting) of industrial parts, we study the algorithmic design of traps in the bowl feeder track that filter out all but one orientation of ...
Onno C. Goemans, A. Frank van der Stappen
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Human detection using multimodal and multidimensional features
— This paper presents a novel human detection method based on a Bayesian fusion approach using laser range data and camera images. Laser range data analysis groups data points wi...
Luciano Spinello, Roland Siegwart
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Differential elastic actuator for robotic interaction tasks
For complex robotic tasks (manipulation, locomotion, haptics, ...), the lack of knowledge of precise interaction models, the difficulties to precisely measure the task associated ...
Michel Lauria, Marc-Antoine Legault, Marc-Andr&eac...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Injury evaluation of human-robot impacts
— Currently, large efforts are unertaken to bring robotic applications to domestic environments. Especially physical human-robot cooperation is a major concern and various design...
Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Michael St...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Dynamic time warping for binocular hand tracking and reconstruction
— We show how matching and reconstruction of contour points can be performed using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) for the purpose of 3D hand contour tracking. We evaluate the perform...
Javier Romero, Danica Kragic, Ville Kyrki, Antonis...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Humanoid teleoperation for whole body manipulation
— We present results of successful telemanipulation of large, heavy objects by a humanoid robot. Using a single joystick the operator controls walking and whole body manipulation...
Mike Stilman, Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Speed and height control for a special class of running quadruped robots
— In this work a novel control method is presented for controlling the forward speed and apex height of a special class of running quadruped robot, with a dimensionless inertia o...
Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos