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IROS
2007
IEEE
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15 years 4 months ago
Controlling walking behavior of passive dynamic walker utilizing passive joint compliance
Abstract— The passive dynamic walker (PDW) has a remarkable characteristic that it realizes cyclic locomotion without planning the joint trajectories. However, it cannot control ...
Takashi Takuma, Koh Hosoda
ICRA
2006
IEEE
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15 years 3 months ago
Computing 3-legged Equilibrium Stances in Three-dimensional Gravitational Environments
— Quasistatic multi-legged locomotion consists of a sequence of equilibrium postures where the mechanism supports itself against gravity while moving free limbs to new positions....
Yizhar Or, Elon Rimon
CRV
2005
IEEE
166views Robotics» more  CRV 2005»
15 years 3 months ago
Face as Mouse Through Visual Face Tracking
This paper introduces a novel camera mouse driven by 3D model based visual face tracking. While camera becomes standard configuration for personal computer(PC) and computer speed...
Jilin Tu, Thomas S. Huang, Hai Tao
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ICRA
2000
IEEE
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15 years 2 months ago
Grasping Curved Objects through Rolling
Grasping a curved object free in the plane may be done through rolling a pair of fingers on the object’s boundary. Each finger is equipped with a tactile sensor able to record...
Yan-Bin Jia
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INTERACT
2003
14 years 11 months ago
InterActor for Human Interaction and Communication Support
: A speech-driven embodied interactive actor called InterActor with both functions of speaker and listener is developed for activating human interaction and communication by genera...
Tomio Watanabe, Masashi Okubo, Ryusei Danbara