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SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 4 months ago
Massively multi-robot simulation in stage
Abstract Stage is a C++ software library that simulates multiple mobile robots. Stage version 2, as the simulation backend for the Player/Stage system, may be the most commonly use...
Richard Vaughan
RAS
2006
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Learning about natural human-robot interaction styles
If we are to achieve natural human
Tamie Salter, Kerstin Dautenhahn, I. René J...
KI
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Building Robots with Analogy-Based Anticipation
A new approach to building robots with anticipatory behavior is presented. This approach is based on analogy with a single episode from the past experience of the robot. The AMBR m...
Georgi Petkov, Tchavdar Naydenov, Maurice Grinberg...
JIRS
2006
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Using Virtual Pheromones and Cameras for Dispersing a Team of Multiple Miniature Robots
To safely and efficiently guide personnel of search and rescue operations in disaster areas, swift gathering of relevant information such as the locations of victims, must occur. U...
Janice L. Pearce, Bob Powers, Chistopher Hess, Pau...
IWC
2006
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13 years 4 months ago
Exploring the design space of robots: Children's perspectives
Children's perceptions and evaluations of different robot designs are an important unexplored area within robotics research considering that many robots are specifically desi...
Sarah Woods
JIPS
2008
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Comparative Study on the Educational Use of Home Robots for Children
: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), based on already well-researched Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), has been under vigorous scrutiny since recent developments in robot technology. ...
Jeonghye Han, Miheon Jo, Vicki Jones, Jun H. Jo
IJRR
2006
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Predicting the Performance of Cooperative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (C-SLAM)
In this paper we study the time evolution of the position estimates' covariance in Cooperative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (C-SLAM), and obtain analytical upper boun...
Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I. Roumeliotis
IJRR
2006
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Multi-robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping using Particle Filters
Abstract-- This paper describes an on-line algorithm for multirobot simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). We take as our starting point the single-robot Rao-Blackwellized p...
Andrew Howard
IJRR
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Robust and Efficient Covering of Unknown Continuous Domains with Simple, Ant-Like A(ge)nts
We propose a new `Mark-Ant-Walk' algorithm for robust and efficient covering of continuous domains by ant-like robots with very limited capabilities. The robots can mark plac...
Eliyahu Osherovich, Vladimir Yanovski, Israel A. W...
IJRR
2008
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Comparing the Power of Robots
Robots must complete their tasks in spite of unreliable actuators and limited, noisy sensing. In this paper, we consider the information requirements of such tasks. What sensing a...
Jason M. O'Kane, Steven M. LaValle