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TROB
2010
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Task-Specific Generalization of Discrete and Periodic Dynamic Movement Primitives
Abstract--Acquisition of new sensorimotor knowledge by imitation is a promising paradigm for robot learning. To be effective, action learning should not be limited to direct replic...
Ales Ude, Andrej Gams, Tamim Asfour, Jun Morimoto
TASE
2010
IEEE
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Coverage of a Planar Point Set With Multiple Robots Subject to Geometric Constraints
This paper focuses on the assignment of discrete points among K robots and determining the order in which the points should be processed by the robots, in the presence of geometric...
Nilanjan Chakraborty, Srinivas Akella, John T. Wen
SIGMOBILE
2010
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A self-organizing localization reference grid
We propose a non-persistent indoor localization system using a self-organizing reference grid of autonomous robot systems. The key idea is to continuously maintain accurate relati...
Juergen Eckert, Félix Jesús Villanue...
NCA
2010
IEEE
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Anatomy-based organization of morphology and control in self-reconfigurable modular robots
In this paper we address the challenge of realizing full-body behaviors in scalable modular robots. We present an experimental study of a biologically inspired approach to organize...
David Johan Christensen, Jason Campbell, Kasper St...
KI
2010
Springer
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Lifelong Map Learning for Graph-based SLAM in Static Environments
In this paper, we address the problem of lifelong map learning in static environments with mobile robots using the graph-based formulation of the simultaneous localization and mapp...
Henrik Kretzschmar, Giorgio Grisetti, Cyrill Stach...
INTENV
2010
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A Survey in Consciousness in Robots and Future of Reception Robots
This paper presents a story about consciousness and future of reception robots. A prototype version of reception robot is developed at university of Essex for university open days ...
Hossein Farid Ghassem Nia
IJRR
2011
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Stable dynamic walking over uneven terrain
We propose a constructive control design for stabilization of non-periodic trajectories of underactuated robots. An important example of such a system is an underactuated “dynam...
Ian R. Manchester, Uwe Mettin, Fumiya Iida, Russ T...
IJRR
2011
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Planning and control for cooperative manipulation and transportation with aerial robots
We consider the problem of controlling multiple robots manipulating and transporting a payload in three dimensions via cables. Individual robot control laws and motion plans enable...
Jonathan Fink, Nathan Michael, Soonkyum Kim, Vijay...
CORR
2011
Springer
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Persistent Robotic Tasks: Monitoring and Sweeping in Changing Environments
—We present controllers that enable mobile robots to persistently monitor or sweep a changing environment. The changing environment is modeled as a field which grows in location...
Stephen L. Smith, Mac Schwager, Daniela Rus
CDC
2010
IEEE
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Multi-robot SLAM using M-Space feature representation
This paper presents a SLAM algorithm for a team of mobile robots exploring an indoor environment, described by adopting the M-Space representation of linear features. Each robot so...
Daniele Benedettelli, Andrea Garulli, Antonio Gian...