Robotics: Science and Systems VI

Table of Contents

Biophysically inspired development of a sand-swimming robot
R. Maladen, Y. Ding, P. Umbanhowar, A. Kamor and D. Goldman
 
Passive torque regulation in an underactuated flapping wing robotic insect
P. Sreetharan and R. Wood
 
Color-Accurate Underwater Imaging using Perceptual Adaptive Illumination
I. Vasilescu, C. Detweiler and D. Rus
 
Probabilistic Lane Estimation using Basis Curves
A. Huang and S. Teller
 
Reinforcement Learning to adjust Robot Movements to New Situations
J. Kober, E. Oztop and J. Peters
 
Analysis and Control of a Dissipative Spring-Mass Hopper with Torque Actuation
M. M. Ankarali and U. Saranli
 
On motion and force controllability of grasping hands with postural synergies
D. Pratichizzo, M. Malvezzi and A. Bicchi
 
Back-drivable and Inherently Safe Mechanism for Artificial Finger
K. Koganezawa
 
Segmentation and Unsupervised Part-based Discovery of Repetitive Objects
R. Triebel, J. Shin and R. Siegwart
 
Scale Drift-Aware Large Scale Monocular SLAM
H. Strasdat, J. M. M. Montiel and A. Davison
 
Preliminary Results in Decentralized Estimation for Single-Beacon Acoustic Underwater Navigation
S. Webster, L. Whitcomb and R. Eustice
 
A Non-invasive Real-Time Method for Measuring Variable Stiffness
G. Grioli and A. Bicchi
 
Consistent data association in multi-robot systems with limited communications
R. Aragues, E. Montijano and C. Sagues
 
Singularity-invariant leg rearrangements in doubly-planar Stewart-Gough platforms
J. B. Sol, F. Thomas and C. Torras
 
On the kinematic design of exoskeletons and their fixations with a human member
N. Jarrasse and G. Morel
 
Assessing Optimal Assignment under Uncertainty: An Interval-based Algorithm
L. Liu and D. Shell
 
LQG-MP: Optimized Path Planning for Robots with Motion Uncertainty and Imperfect State Information
J. V. D. Berg, P. Abbeel and K. Goldberg
 
The Smooth Curvature Flexure Model: An Accurate, Low-Dimensional Approach for Robot Analysis
L. Odhner and A. Dollar
 
Multi-Priority Cartesian Impedance Control
R. Platt, M. Abdallah and C. Wampler
 
Variable Impedance Control - A Reinforcement Learning Approach
J. Buchli, E. Theodorou, F. Stulp and S. Schaal
 
A Fast Traversal Heuristic and Optimal Algorithm for Effective Environmental Coverage
L. Xu and T. Stentz
 
Stochastic Complementarity for Local Control of Discontinuous Dynamics
Y. Tassa and E. Todorov
 
Distributed Optimization with Pairwise Constraints and its Application to Multi-robot Path Planning
S. Bhattacharya, V. Kumar and M. Likachev
 
PLISS: Detecting and Labeling Places Using Online Change-Point Detection
A. Ranganathan
 
A Constant-Time Algorithm for Vector Field SLAM using an Exactly Sparse Extended Information Filter
J.-S. Gutmann, E. Eade, P. Fong and M. Munich
 
Efficient probabilistic planar robot motion estimation given pairs of images
O. Booij, Z. Zivkovic and B. Kröse
 
Efficient Non-Parametric Surface Representations Using Active Sampling for Push Broom Laser Data
M. Smith, I. Posner and P. Newman
 
Sensor Placement for Improved Robotic Navigation
M. Vitus and C. Tomlin
 
Task-Driven Tactile Exploration
K. Hsiao, L. Kaelbling and T. Lozano-Perez
 
On the Role of Hand Synergies in the Optimal Choice of Grasping Forces
M. Gabiccini and A. Bicchi
 
Dynamic Constraint-based Optimal Shape Trajectory Planner for Shape-Accelerated Underactuated Balancing Systems
U. Nagarajan
 
Design and Optimization Strategies for Muscle-Like Direct Drive Linear Permanent Magnet Motors
B. Ruddy and I. Hunter
 
Study of group food retrieval by ants as a model for multi-robot collective transport strategies
S. Berman, Q. Lindsey, M. Sakar, V. Kumar and S. Pratt
 
Incremental Sampling-based Algorithms for Optimal Motion Planning
S. Karaman and E. Frazzoli
 
Stochastic Modeling of the Expected Time to Search for an Intermittent Signal Source Under a Limited Sensing Range
D. Song, C. Y. Kim and J. Yi
 
Closing the Learning-Planning Loop with Predictive State Representations
B. Boots, S. Siddiqi and G. Gordon
 
Belief space planning assuming maximum likelihood observations
R. Platt, R. Tedrake, L. Kaelbling and T. Lozano-Perez
 
Motion planning under bounded uncertainty using ensemble control
A. Becker and T. Bretl
 
Remotely Powered Propulsion of Helical Nanobelts
G. Hwang, S. Haliyo and S. Régnier
 
A Molecular Algorithm for Path Self-Assembly in 3 Dimensions
R. Schulman and B. Yurke