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IJRR
2002
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14 years 9 months ago
Morse Decompositions for Coverage Tasks
Exact cellular decompositions represent a robot's free space by dividing it into regions with simple structure such that the sum of the regions fills the free space. These de...
Ercan U. Acar, Howie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi, Pras...
DCG
1998
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14 years 9 months ago
Motion Planning in Environments with Low Obstacle Density
We present a simple and e cient paradigm for computing the exact solution of the motionplanning problem in environments with a low obstacle density. Such environments frequently o...
A. Frank van der Stappen, Mark H. Overmars, Mark d...
IROS
2009
IEEE
198views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
15 years 4 months ago
Generalized velocity obstacles
— We address the problem of real-time navigation in dynamic environments for car-like robots. Our approach generalizes the concept of velocity obstacles, which have been used for...
David Wilkie, Jur P. van den Berg, Dinesh Manocha
ROBIO
2006
IEEE
173views Robotics» more  ROBIO 2006»
15 years 3 months ago
Impedance Control of the Hydraulic Shoulder A 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator
– In this paper, a model-based impedance control strategy is developed for a 3 DOF parallel manipulator to manage the interaction of the robot with the environment. Kinematic and...
H. Sadjadian, H. D. Taghirad
ICRA
2005
IEEE
141views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
15 years 3 months ago
On Computing Complex Navigation Functions
— This paper addresses the problem of efficiently computing robot navigation functions. Navigation functions are potential functions free of spurious local minima that present a...
Luciano C. A. Pimenta, Alexandre R. Fonseca, Guilh...