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NN
2007
Springer
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Perception through visuomotor anticipation in a mobile robot
Several scientists suggested that certain perceptual qualities are based on sensorimotor anticipation: for example, the softness of a sponge is perceived by anticipating the sensa...
Heiko Hoffmann
MVA
2007
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Location-Based Tracking of Moving Obstacles from a Mobile Robot
Tracking moving obstacles from a moving platform is a useful skill for the coming generation of mobile robot. The methods used in existing moving objects tracking that operated fr...
Thatsaphan Suwannathat, Jun-ichi Imai, Masahide Ka...
RAS
2002
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Information Sampling for vision-based robot navigation
This paper proposes a statistical, non-feature based, attention mechanism for a mobile robot, termed Information Sampling. The selected data may be a single pixel or a number scat...
Niall Winters, José Santos-Victor
RAS
1998
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Active Markov localization for mobile robots
Localization is the problem of determining the position of a mobile robot from sensor data. Most existing localization approaches are passive, i.e., they do not exploit the opport...
Dieter Fox, Wolfram Burgard, Sebastian Thrun
JIRS
2002
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Mobile Robot Command by Man-Machine Co-Operation - Application to Disabled and Elderly People Assistance
Disabled people assistance is developing thanks to progress of new technologies. A manipulator arm mounted on a mobile robot can assist the disabled person for the partial restora...
Philippe Hoppenot, Etienne Colle
AROBOTS
1999
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Integrating Exploration, Localization, Navigation and Planning with a Common Representation
Two major themes of our research include the creation of mobile robot systems that are robust and adaptive in rapidly changing environments, and the view of integration as a basic ...
Alan C. Schultz, William Adams, Brian Yamauchi
IJRR
2002
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Mobile Robot Localization and Mapping with Uncertainty using Scale-Invariant Visual Landmarks
A key component of a mobile robot system is the ability to localize itself accurately and, simultaneously, to build a map of the environment. Most of the existing algorithms are b...
Stephen Se, David G. Lowe, James J. Little
IJRR
2002
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Mapping Partially Observable Features from Multiple Uncertain Vantage Points
This paper presents a technique for mapping partially observable features from multiple uncertain vantage points. The problem of concurrent mapping and localization (CML) is state...
John J. Leonard, Richard J. Rikoski, Paul M. Newma...
IVC
2000
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Heading direction of a mobile robot from the optical flow
Ben J. A. Kröse, Anuj Dev, Frans C. A. Groen
AROBOTS
2000
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Acquiring Mobile Robot Behaviors by Learning Trajectory Velocities
Abstract. The development of robots that learn from experience is a relentless challenge confronting artificial intelligence today. This paper describes a robot learning method whi...
Koren Ward, Alexander Zelinsky