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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Improving indoor navigation of autonomous robots by an explicit representation of doors
— In the last decades, tremendous progress has been made in the field of autonomous indoor navigation for mobile robots. However, these approaches assume the structural part of ...
Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Jörg Stückler, S...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Thermal calibration of a 3 DOF ultra high-precision robot operating in industrial environment
——while dealing with sub-micrometer precision robots, thermal expansion is the most significant source of inaccuracy. Thermal variations in the environment, in the robot parts a...
Emanuele Lubrano, Reymond Clavel
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Multi-agent path planning with multiple tasks and distance constraints
— The DPC algorithm developed in our previous work is an efficient way of computing optimal trajectories for multiple robots in a distributed fashion with timeparameterized cons...
Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Maxim Likhachev, Vijay Kum...
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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Biomimetic motor behavior for simultaneous adaptation of force, impedance and trajectory in interaction tasks
— Interaction of a robot with dynamic environments would require continuous adaptation of force and impedance, which is generally not available in current robot systems. In contr...
Ganesh Gowrishankar, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Haru...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Generalized model learning for Reinforcement Learning on a humanoid robot
— Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have long been promising methods for enabling an autonomous robot to improve its behavior on sequential decision-making tasks. The obviou...
Todd Hester, Michael Quinlan, Peter Stone
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Communication-based leashing of real flying robots
—— Aerial robots are often required to remain within the communication range of a base station on the ground to exchange commands, sensor data or as a safety mechanism. For this...
Sabine Hauert, Severin Leven, Jean-Christophe Zuff...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Graph based distributed control of non-holonomic vehicles endowed with local positioning information engaged in escorting missio
— Using graph theory, this paper investigates how a group of robots, endowed with local positioning (range and bearing from other robots), can be engaged in a leaderfollowing mis...
Riccardo Falconi, Sven Gowal, Alcherio Martinoli
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Probabilistic collision state checker for crowded environments
Abstract— For path planning algorithms of robots it is important that the robot does not reach a state of inevitable collision. In crowded environments with many humans or robots...
Daniel Althoff, Matthias Althoff, Dirk Wollherr, M...
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...