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VR
2000
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Optimization-Based Virtual Surface Contact Manipulation at Force Control Rates
Previous interactive works have used springs, heuristics, and dynamics for surface placement applications. We present an analytical technique for kilohertz rate manipulation of CA...
Donald D. Nelson, Elaine Cohen
PG
2000
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Interactive Manipulation Planning for Animated Characters
We present a brief overview of an algorithm for interactively animating object grasping and manipulation tasks for human figures. The technique is designed to efficiently genera...
James J. Kuffner Jr., Jean-Claude Latombe
ICRA
1999
IEEE
96views Robotics» more  ICRA 1999»
13 years 10 months ago
Interactive Manipulation of Articulated Objects with Geometry Awareness
Techniques for interactive 3D manipulation of articulated objects in cluttered environments should be geometricallyaware, going beyond basic inverse or forward kinematics to allow...
Min-Hyung Choi, James F. Cremer
ICRA
2000
IEEE
176views Robotics» more  ICRA 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
RRT-Connect: An Efficient Approach to Single-Query Path Planning
A simple and efficient randomized algorithm is presented for solving single-query path planning problems in high-dimensional configuration spaces. The method works by incrementall...
James J. Kuffner Jr., Steven M. LaValle
ICRA
2003
IEEE
101views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
A Branch-and-Prune Algorithm for Solving Systems of Distance Constraints
— Given a set of affine varieties in ℜ3, i.e. planes, lines, and points, the problem tackled in this paper is that of finding all possible configurations for these varieties...
Josep M. Porta, Federico Thomas, Lluís Ros,...