Snakes, or active contours, have been widely used in image processing applications. Typical roadblocks to consistent performance include limited capture range, noise sensitivity, ...
In this paper, we present an active audition system for humanoid robot "SIG the humanoid". The audition system of the highly intelligent humanoid requires localization o...
Kazuhiro Nakadai, Tino Lourens, Hiroshi G. Okuno, ...
This paper proposes a search method for detecting known objects quickly in 3D environments with a pan-tilt-zoom camera. In our previous work, we proposed an algorithm named Active...
This paper presents techniques for exploiting redundancy in teams of mobile robots. In particular, we address tasks involving the kinematic coordination of several communicating r...
John Sweeney, T. J. Brunette, Yunlei Yang, Roderic...
—In many robotics applications, knowing the material properties around a robot is often critical for the robot’s successful performance. For example, in mobility, knowledge abo...