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CRV
2011
IEEE
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Optimal Alignment of 3D Data for Spatial Discretization
—We present an algorithm that finds the rotation which best aligns a given configuration of directions on an unsorted set of directions. Using a cost function that we derive in...
Benjamin Huhle, Timo Schairer, Andreas Schilling, ...
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Wavelet Model-based Stereo for Fast, Robust Face Reconstruction
—When reconstructing a specific type or class of object using stereo, we can leverage prior knowledge of the shape of that type of object. A popular class of object to reconstru...
Alan Brunton, Jochen Lang, Eric Dubois, Chang Shu
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Feature Tracking Evaluation for Pose Estimation in Underwater Environments
—In this paper we present the computer vision component of a 6DOF pose estimation algorithm to be used by an underwater robot. Our goal is to evaluate which feature trackers enab...
Florian Shkurti, Ioannis M. Rekleitis, Gregory Dud...
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Conformative Filter: A Probabilistic Framework for Localization in Reduced Space
— Algorithmic problem reduction is a fundamental approach to problem solving in many fields, including robotics. To solve a problem using this scheme, we must reduce the problem...
Chatavut Viriyasuthee, Gregory Dudek
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Combining Multi-robot Exploration and Rendezvous
—We consider the problem of exploring an unknown environment with a pair of mobile robots. The goal is to make the robots meet (or rendezvous) in minimum time such that there is ...
Malika Meghjani, Gregory Dudek
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Object Detection Using Principal Contour Fragments
Abstract—Contour features play an important role in object recognition. Psychological experiments have shown that maximum-curvature points are most distinctive along a contour [6...
Changhai Xu, Benjamin Kuipers
CRV
2011
IEEE
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Online Visual Vocabularies
Abstract—The idea of an online visual vocabulary is proposed. In contrast to the accepted strategy of generating vocabularies offline, using the k-means clustering over all the ...
Yogesh A. Girdhar, Gregory Dudek

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But it ain’t about how hard you hit... it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning...
MR
2010
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12 years 11 months ago
Applications of TEM imaging, analysis and electron holography to III-nitride HEMT devices
David J. Smith, David A. Cullen, Lin Zhou, Martha ...
FIRA
2010
Springer
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12 years 11 months ago
Attracting Students to Engineering: Using Intuitive HRIs for Educational Purposes
Today, industrialized countries are facing a major problem, the lack of skilled engineers. Despite the increasing demand for engineers in the labor market, the number of students g...
Pedro Neto, Nuno Mendes, Nélio Mourato, J. ...