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IROS
2009
IEEE
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Vision-based estimation of three-dimensional position and pose of multiple underwater vehicles
— This paper describes a model-based probabilistic framework for tracking a fleet of laboratory-scale underwater vehicles using multiple fixed cameras. We model the target moti...
Sachit Butail, Derek A. Paley
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Planning and fast re-planning of safe motions for humanoid robots: Application to a kicking motion
Abstract— Optimal motions are usually used as joint reference trajectories for repetitive or complex motions. In the case of soccer robots, the kicking motion is usually a benchm...
Sebastien Lengagne, Philippe Fraisse, Nacim Ramdan...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Multi-robot SLAM using ceiling vision
— In this paper we present a new vision-based SLAM approach for multi-robot formulation. For a cooperative map reconstruction, the robots have to know each other’s relative pos...
Hee Seok Lee, Kyoung Mu Lee
IROS
2009
IEEE
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ISROBOTNET: A testbed for sensor and robot network systems
— This paper introduces a testbed for sensor and robot network systems, currently composed of 10 cameras and 5 mobile wheeled robots equipped with several sensors for self-locali...
Marco Barbosa, Alexandre Bernardino, Dario Figueir...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Predictive constrained gain scheduling for UGV path tracking in a networked control system
– This paper presents a predictive gain scheduler for path tracking control in a networked control system with variable delay. The controller uses the plant model to predict futu...
Bryan R. Klingenberg, Unnati Ojha, Mo-Yuen Chow
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Concurrent tree traversals for improved mission performance under limited communication range
— In previous work we presented a multi-robot strategy for routing missions in large scenarios where network connectivity must be explicitly preserved. This strategy is founded o...
Alejandro R. Mosteo, Luis Montano
IROS
2009
IEEE
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2.5D infrared range and bearing system for collective robotics
— In the growing field of collective robotics, spatial co-ordination between robots is often critical and usually achieved via local relative positioning sensors. We believe tha...
James F. Roberts, Timothy S. Stirling, Jean-Christ...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Experimental characterization of radio signal propagation in indoor environments with application to estimation and control
— We study radio signal propagation in indoor environments using low-power devices leveraging the Zigbee and Bluetooth specifications. We present results from experiments where ...
Jonathan Fink, Nathan Michael, Aleksandr Kushleyev...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Segmentation method of human manipulation task based on measurement of force imposed by a human hand on a grasped object
— This paper proposes a segmentation method of human manipulation task based on measurement of contact force imposed by a human hand on a grasped object. We define an index meas...
Kazuya Matsuo, Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa, K...
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Inertial-aided KLT feature tracking for a moving camera
— We propose a novel inertial-aided KLT feature tracking method robust to camera ego-motions. The conventional KLT uses images only and its working condition is inherently limite...
Myung Hwangbo, Jun-Sik Kim, Takeo Kanade