Robotics, sensors, & devices publications
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Discovering Class Specific Composite Features Through Discriminative Sampling with Swendsen-Wang Cut
This paper proposes a novel approach to discover a set of class specific composite features as the feature pool for the detection and classification of complex objects using AdaBoost.
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HO2: A New Feature for Multi-Agent Event Detection and Recognition
In this paper, we present a new feature to model a class of events that consist of complex interactions among multiple entities captured by tracks and inter-object relationships over space…
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Real-Time Global Localization with a Pre-Built Visual Landmark Database
In this paper, we study how to build a vision-based system for global localization with accuracies within 10 cm. for robots and humans operating both indoors and outdoors over wide…
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A Low-Cost Laser Distance Sensor
We describe a compact, planar laser distance sensor (LDS) that has capabilities comparable to current laser scanners: 3 cm accuracy out to 6 m, 10 Hz acquisition, and 1 degree…
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Electroadhesive Robots – Wall Climbing Robots Enabled By a Novel, Robust, and Electrically Controllable Adhesion Technology
This paper describes a novel clamping technology called compliant electroadhesion, as well as the first application of this technology to wall climbing robots. As the name implies, electroadhesion is an…
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Autonomous Biconnected Networks of Mobile Robots
We approach the subproblem of moving from a connected network of robots to achieving biconnectivity. Biconnectivity provides both robustness to change in links and better bandwidth for communication by providing…
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Study on Core Free Rolled Actuator Based on Soft Dielectric EAP
In this study a new rolled actuator design is presented based on the IPN post treated VHB material. Due to the stress free state of the wrapped film no spring…
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Innovative Power Generators for Energy Harvesting Using Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscles
The use of significantly larger amounts of dielectric elastomer material to produce generator modules with outputs in the kilowatt range is being investigated for application to ocean wave power systems.
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Object Tracking and Classification in Aerial Videos
We combine the layer segmentation approach with background stabilization and post-tracking refinement to reliably detect small moving objects at the relatively low processing speed.
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VideoQuest: Managing Large-Scale Aerial Video Database Through Automated Content Extraction
In this paper, we introduce an aerial video management and exploitation system named VideoQuest that manages large-scale aerial video database through automated video processing and content extraction.
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Distributed Multirobot Exploration, Mapping, and Task Allocation
We present a set of algorithms that have been both implemented and experimentally verified on teamsāof what we refer to asĀ Centibotsāconsisting of as many as 100 robots.
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Learning How to Combine Sensory-Motor Functions Into a Robust Behavior
This article describes a system, calledĀ Robel, for defining a robot controller that learns from experience very robust ways of performing a high-level task such as ānavigate toā.