— This work addresses the task of designing the optimal survey route that an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) should take in mine countermeasures (MCM) operations. It is assum...
: The immobilization of non-rigid objects is currently an active research area in robotics. This paper explores the problem by studying the immobilization of serial chains of rigid...
—Autonomous man-portable robots have the potential to provide a wide range of new capabilities for both military and civilian applications. Previous research in autonomy for smal...
Abstract— Flexible needles with bevel tips are being developed as useful tools for minimally invasive surgery and percutaneous therapy. When such a needle is inserted into soft t...
Wooram Park, Kyle Brandon Reed, Allison M. Okamura...
According to Koestler, the notion of a bisociation denotes a connection between pieces of information from habitually separated domains or categories. In this paper, we consider a ...