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IROS
2008
IEEE
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Morpho: A self-deformable modular robot inspired by cellular structure
— We present a modular robot design inspired by the creation of complex structures and functions in biology via deformation. Our design is based on the Tensegrity model of cellul...
Chih-Han Yu, Kristina Haller, Donald E. Ingber, Ra...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Redundancy resolution of a 7 DOF haptic interface considering collision and singularity avoidance
— This paper presents a new redundancy resolution approach based on the gradient projection method, which allows to avoid man-machine and machine-machine collisions as well as si...
Yuta Komoguchi, Ken'ichi Yano, Angelika Peer, Mart...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Frame rate object extraction from video sequences with self organizing networks and statistical background detection
— In many computer vision related applications it is necessary to distinguish between the background of an image and the objects that are contained in it. This is a difficult pr...
Thiago C. Bellardi, Dizan Vasquez, Christian Laugi...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Hand-eye self-calibration of an ultrasound image-based robotic system
— In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in developing systems that couple a robotic device with an ultrasound imager. Applications range from automatic probe pos...
Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel
IROS
2008
IEEE
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HybridExploration: A distributed approach to terrain exploration using mobile and fixed sensor nodes
— When an emergency occurs within a building, it may be initially safer to send autonomous mobile nodes, instead of human responders, to explore the area and identify hazards and...
Ettore Ferranti, Niki Trigoni, Mark Levene
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A clickable world: Behavior selection through pointing and context for mobile manipulation
— We present a new behavior selection system for human-robot interaction that maps virtual buttons overlaid on the physical environment to the robot’s behaviors, thereby creati...
Hai Nguyen, Advait Jain, Cressel D. Anderson, Char...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Hysteresis and vibration compensation in a nonlinear unimorph piezocantilever
Abstract— Due to their rapidity and their high resolution, piezoelectric materials are very prized in microactuators and microrobotics. The classical example is the piezocantilev...
Micky Rakotondrabe, Cedric Clevy, Philippe Lutz
IROS
2008
IEEE
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A GPS and laser-based localization for urban and non-urban outdoor environments
— This paper introduces a localization based on GPS and laser measurements for urban and non-urban outdoor environments. In this approach, the GPS pose is Kalman filtered using w...
Matthias Hentschel, Oliver Wulf, Bernardo Wagner
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Control of omni-directional mobile platform with four driving wheels using torque redundancy
— An omni-directional moving platform with four wheels is developed and its controller is designed for tracking desired trajectories. The four wheels of the platform are torque c...
Shunsuke Amagai, Taichi Tsuji, Jabes Samuel, Hisas...
IROS
2008
IEEE
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Recognizing texture and hardness by touch
Abstract— We have experimented with different neural network based architectures for bio-inspired self-organizing texture and hardness perception systems. To this end we have dev...
Magnus Johnsson, Christian Balkenius