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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Use of a novel multipart controller for the parametric study of a trotting quadruped robot
— In this paper a novel multipart control is developed for a trotting quadruped robot. The control is designed to drive the quadruped to a steady-state motion with desired forwar...
Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Learning tactic-based motion models with fast particle smoothing
— Learning parameters of a motion model is an important challenge for autonomous robots. We address the particular instance of parameter learning when tracking motions with a swi...
Yang Gu, Manuela M. Veloso
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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SLAM for ship hull inspection using exactly sparse extended information filters
Matthew Walter, Franz Hover, John J. Leonard
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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An easy calibration for oblique-viewing endoscopes
— Oblique-viewing endoscopes (oblique scopes) are widely used in minimally invasive surgery. The viewing direction of an oblique endoscope can be changed by rotating the scope cy...
Chenyu Wu, Branislav Jaramaz
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Path and trajectory diversity: Theory and algorithms
— We present heuristic algorithms for pruning large sets of candidate paths or trajectories down to smaller subsets that maintain desirable characteristics in terms of overall re...
Michael S. Branicky, Ross A. Knepper, James J. Kuf...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Adaptive cooperative manipulation with intermittent contact
Abstract— Cooperative manipulation with multiple, independent agents can be complicated by changing dynamics as the agents come in and out of contact with the object they are man...
Todd D. Murphey, Matanya Horowitz
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Visual servoing with exploitation of redundancy: An experimental study
Alessandro De Luca, Massimo Ferri, Giuseppe Oriolo...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Off-road robot modeling with dextrous manipulation kinematics
— We present a novel way of modeling wheeled vehicles on outdoor terrains. Adapting concepts from dextrous manipulation, we precisely model the way that three dimensional wheels ...
Joseph Auchter, Carl A. Moore
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Kinematics and calibration of active cannulas
Abstract— Active cannulas are remotely actuated thin continuum robots with the potential to traverse narrow and winding environments without relying on “guiding” environmenta...
Robert J. Webster III, Joseph M. Romano, Noah J. C...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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Active gaze control for attentional visual SLAM
— In this paper, we introduce an approach to active camera control for visual SLAM. Features, detected by a biologically motivated attention system, are tracked over several fram...
Simone Frintrop, Patric Jensfelt