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IROS
2007
IEEE
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Meld: A declarative approach to programming ensembles
Abstract— This paper presents Meld, a programming language for modular robots, i.e., for independently executing robots where inter-robot communication is limited to immediate ne...
Michael P. Ashley-Rollman, Seth Copen Goldstein, P...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Tracking control for snake robot joints
— This paper considers the problem of model based control of the joints of a snake robot without wheels. The potential range of applications for snake robots are numerous, and de...
Aksel Andreas Transeth, Nathan van de Wouw, Alexey...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Motor control optimization of compliant one-legged locomotion in rough terrain
— While underactuated robotic systems are capable of energy efficient and rapid dynamic behavior, we still do not fully understand how body dynamics can be actively used for ada...
Fumiya Iida, Russ Tedrake
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Dynamics of step-climbing with deformable wheels and applications for mobile Robotics
—Wheeled-mobile robots operating in human environments typically encounter small steps. Surmounting steps is normally not considered when determining peak torque needs, yet it ca...
Alexander Wilhelm, William W. Melek, Jan Paul Huis...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Improving humanoid locomotive performance with learnt approximated dynamics via Gaussian processes for regression
Abstract— We propose to improve the locomotive performance of humanoid robots by using approximated biped stepping and walking dynamics with reinforcement learning (RL). Although...
Jun Morimoto, Christopher G. Atkeson, Gen Endo, Go...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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A Software component for simultaneous plan execution and adaptation
— This paper presents a software component, the plan database, which provides the needed services to define plans, execute them and more importantly adapt them during execution....
Sylvain Joyeux, Rachid Alami, Simon Lacroix
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Stereo-based 6D object localization for grasping with humanoid robot systems
Abstract— Robust vision-based grasping is still a hard problem for humanoid robot systems. When being restricted to using the camera system built-in into the robot’s head for o...
Pedram Azad, Tamim Asfour, Rüdiger Dillmann
IROS
2007
IEEE
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Improved prediction of heart motion using an adaptive filter for robot assisted beating heart surgery
— Robot assisted heart surgery allows surgeons to operate on a heart while it is still beating as if it had been stopped. The robot actively cancels heart motion by closely follo...
Timothy J. Franke, Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusog...