ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
Abstract— Self-assembly is a process through which an organized structure can spontaneously form from simple parts. Taking inspiration from biological examples of self-assembly, ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— Simulation is frequently used in the study of multi-agent systems. Unfortunately, in many cases, it is not necessarily clear how faithfully the details of the simulated model r...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— The problem of appearance-based mapping and navigation in outdoor environments is far from trivial. In this paper, an appearance-based topological map, covering a large, mixed ...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— Despite all the progress that has been made in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, traditional approaches seem unsuitable to build truly intelligent robots, exhibiting human...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— Legged robots have the potential to navigate a much larger variety of terrain than their wheeled counterparts. In this paper we present a hierarchical control architecture that...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
Abstract— This paper presents the design of a 14 degree-ofmotion forearm actuation unit for an upper extremity prosthesis. The forearm utilizes pneumatic type actuators which use...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
Abstract— Safety is a critical characteristic for robots designed to operate in human environments. This paper presents the concept of hybrid actuation for the development of hum...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— We present a set of tools and a process, making use of inexpensive and environmentally friendly materials, that enable the rapid realization of fully functional large scale pro...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
Abstract— We present and examine a technique for estimating the ego-motion of a mobile robot using memory-based learning and a monocular camera. Unlike other approaches that rely...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2008
IEEE
— In this paper, we lay the groundwork for extending our previously developed ASyMTRe architecture to enable constructivist learning for multi-robot team tasks. The ASyMTRe archi...