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IROS
2006
IEEE
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A Four-Leg Locomotion Robot for Heavy Load Transportation
: This paper proposes the new innovated 4-legged Locomotion mechanism with pantograph-jack structure as its leg. This study aims at developing the practical robotic system, especia...
Hidenori Ishihara, Kiyoshi Kuroi
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Detection Threshold and Mechanical Impedance of the Hand in a Pen-Hold Posture
– We report position and force detection thresholds for sinusoidal waveforms in the frequency range 10-500 Hz delivered through a stylus. The participants were required to hold t...
Ali Israr, Seungmoon Choi, Hong Z. Tan
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Cooperative Driving based on Inter-vehicle Communications: Experimental Platform and Algorithm
— This paper describes our efforts in building an experimental platform to conduct research on cooperative driving in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). A miniature vehicl...
Weihua Sheng, Qingyan Yang, Yi Guo
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Trajectory and Spline Generation for All-Wheel Steering Mobile Robots
We present a method for trajectory generation for all-wheel steering mobile robots which can account for rough terrain and predictable vehicle dynamics and apply it to the problem...
Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A 2 DoF Servomotor-based Module for Pipe Inspection Modular Micro-robots
— A 2 degrees of freedom module for pipe inspection modular micro-robots based on servomotors is presented in this article. A mechanical and electrical description of the module ...
Alberto Brunete, Ernesto Gambao, Jose Emilio Torre...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Motion Planning of Emergency Stop for Humanoid Robot by State Space Approach
— A motion planner of emergency stop must make an operating humanoid robot to a stationary state under the emergency signal. It plays an important role in prevention of falling o...
Mitsuharu Morisawa, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro, ...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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On foraging strategies for large-scale multi-robot systems
Abstract— Physical interference limits the utility of largescale multi-robot systems. We present an empirical study of the effects of such interference in systems with hundreds o...
Dylan A. Shell, Maja J. Mataric
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Design of Android type Humanoid Robot Albert HUBO
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the announcement of the special relativity theory of Albert Einstein, KAIST HUBO team and hanson robotics team developed android type humanoi...
Jun-Ho Oh, David Hanson, Won-Sup Kim, Young Han, J...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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Spline-Based Robot Navigation
— This paper offers a path planning algorithm based on splines. The sought path avoids the obstacles, and is smooth and short. Smoothing is used as an integral part of the algori...
Evgeni Magid, Daniel Keren, Ehud Rivlin, Irad Yavn...
IROS
2006
IEEE
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A Cartesian Compliance Controller for a Manipulator Mounted on a Flexible Structure
— In this paper the Cartesian compliance control of a manipulator mounted on a flexible base is considered. The proposed control law aims at achieving a desired stiffness and da...
Christian Ott, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Gerd Hirzi...