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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Fully autonomous trajectory estimation with long-range passive RFID
— We present a novel approach which enables a mobile robot to estimate its trajectory in an unknown environment with long-range passive radio-frequency identification (RFID). Th...
Philipp Vorst, Andreas Zell
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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A general Gaussian-mixture approach for range-only mapping using multiple hypotheses
— Radio signal-based localization and mapping is becoming more interesting as applications involving the collaboration between robots and static wireless devices are more common....
Fernando Caballero, Luis Merino, Aníbal Oll...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Real-world validation of three tipover algorithms for mobile robots
— Mobile robot tipover is a concern as it can create dangerous situations for operators and bystanders, cause collateral damage to the surrounding environment, and result in an a...
Philip R. Roan, Aaron Burmeister, Amin Rahimi, Kev...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Design and analysis of a soft mobile robot composed of multiple thermally activated joints driven by a single actuator
— Soft robotic systems have applications in industrial, medical, and security applications. Many applications require these robots to be small and lightweight. One challenge in d...
Nadia Cheng, Genya Ishigami, Stephan Hawthorne, Ha...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Accurate mobile robot localization in indoor environments using bluetooth
— In this paper, we describe an accurate method for localization of a mobile robot using bluetooth. We introduce novel approaches for obtaining distance estimates and trilaterati...
Aswin N. Raghavan, Harini Ananthapadmanaban, Manim...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Activation of a mobile robot through a brain computer interface
- This work presents the development of a brain computer interface as an alternative communication channel to be used in Robotics. It encompasses the implementation of an electroen...
Alexandre Ormiga Galvão Barbosa, David Rona...
IBERAMIA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Detection of Multiple People by a Mobile Robot in Dynamic Indoor Environments
Detection of multiple people is a key element for social robot design and it is a requirement for effective human-robot interaction. However, it is not an easy task, especially in...
José Alberto Méndez-Polanco, Ang&eac...
RAS
2008
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Fusion of aerial images and sensor data from a ground vehicle for improved semantic mapping
This work investigates the use of semantic information to link ground level occupancy maps and aerial images. A ground level semantic map, which shows open ground and indicates th...
Martin Persson, Tom Duckett, Achim J. Lilienthal
RAS
2007
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Tracking-error model-based predictive control for mobile robots in real time
In this paper, a model-predictive trajectory-tracking control applied to a mobile robot is presented. Linearized tracking-error dynamics is used to predict future system behavior ...
Gregor Klancar, Igor Skrjanc
RAS
2007
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Vision-based interception of a moving target with a nonholonomic mobile robot
A novel vision-based scheme is presented for driving a nonholonomic mobile robot to intercept a moving target. The proposed method has a two-level structure. On the lower level, t...
Luigi Freda, Giuseppe Oriolo