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2008
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Appearance-Guided Monocular Omnidirectional Visual Odometry for Outdoor Ground Vehicles
In this paper, we describe a real-time algorithm for computing the ego-motion of a vehicle relative to the road. The algorithm uses as input only those images provided by a single ...
Davide Scaramuzza, Roland Siegwart
TROB
2008
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Connectedness Preserving Distributed Swarm Aggregation for Multiple Kinematic Robots
Abstract-- A distributed swarm aggregation algorithm is developed for a team of multiple kinematic agents. Specifically, each agent is assigned with a control law which is the sum ...
Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
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2008
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Multisensor Input for CPG-Based Sensory---Motor Coordination
This paper describes a method for providing in real time a reliable synchronization signal for cyclical motions such as steady-state walking. The approach consists in estimating on...
Rodolphe Héliot, Bernard Espiau
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2008
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Dynamic Performance of Mobile Haptic Interfaces
Abstract--The increasing demand for virtual reality applications in several scientific disciplines feeds new research perspectives dealing with robotics, automation, and computer s...
Alessandro Formaglio, Domenico Prattichizzo, Feder...
TROB
2008
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Visual SLAM for Flying Vehicles
The ability to learn a map of the environment is important for numerous types of robotic vehicles. In this paper, we address the problem of learning a visual map of the ground usin...
Bastian Steder, Giorgio Grisetti, Cyrill Stachniss...
TROB
2008
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Artificial Whiskers Suitable for Array Implementation: Accounting for Lateral Slip and Surface Friction
The exquisite tactile sensing ability of biological whiskers has recently increasing interest in constructing robotic versions with similar capabilities. Tactile extraction of thre...
J. H. Solomon, M. Hartmann
TROB
2008
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3-D Snake Robot Motion: Nonsmooth Modeling, Simulations, and Experiments
A nonsmooth (hybrid) 3-D mathematical model of a snake robot (without wheels) is developed and experimentally validated in this paper. The model is based on the framework of nonsmo...
Aksel Andreas Transeth, Remco I. Leine, Christoph ...
TROB
2008
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Optimal Motion Strategies for Range-Only Constrained Multisensor Target Tracking
Abstract--In this paper, we study the problem of optimal trajectory generation for a team of mobile sensors tracking a moving target using distance-only measurements. This problem ...
Ke X. Zhou, Stergios I. Roumeliotis
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2008
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From Sensors to Human Spatial Concepts: An Annotated Data Set
An annotated data set is presented meant to help researchers in developing, evaluating and comparing various approaches in robotics for building space representations appropriate f...
Zoran Zivkovic, Olaf Booij, Ben J. A. Kröse, ...