IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
The usefulness and versatility of a robotic endeffector depends on the diversity of grasps it can accomplish and also on the complexity of the control methods required to achieve...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
This paper demonstrates magnetic three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) closed-loop position and 2-DOF open-loop orientation control of a mockup magnetic capsule endoscope in fluid with ...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
Smooth motion is critical to some robotic applications such as haptics or those requiring high precision force control. These systems are often direct-drive, so any torque ripple ...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
Abstract—In this paper we present and analyze a queueingtheoretical model for autonomous mobility-on-demand (MOD) systems where robotic, self-driving vehicles transport customers...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
—We consider the problem of using real-time feedback from contact sensors to create closed-loop pushing actions. To do so, we formulate the problem as a partially observable Mark...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
Real-time tracking algorithms often suffer from low accuracy and poor robustness when confronted with difficult, real-world data. We present a tracker that combines 3D shape, col...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
Snake robots are highly articulated mechanisms that can perform a variety of motions that conventional robots cannot. Despite many demonstrated successes of snake robots, these me...
IJRR
2016
8 years 5 months ago
2016
Abstract—We consider performing a sequence of mobile manipulation tasks with instructions given in natural language (NL). Given a new environment, even a simple task such as of b...