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... is installed on your platform) If you would like to check the video clips, click here for a list and instructions: If you would like to contribute your own material for next year's edition of ... perhaps with better performance, has been tested only under a limited set of laboratory conditions For these reasons we generally refrain from comparing or even judging the performance of different ... 16 Part I Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning 1.1.2 Absolute Optical Encoders Absolute encoders are typically used for slower rotational applications that require positional information when potential...

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... following people for their kindness and support in making this book possible A special thanks to Matt Gerber at Brickswest for his help and support for our books Karen Cross, Lance Tilford, Meaghan ... environment for the RCX brick later that year He quickly became involved as a moderator for LEGO MINDSTORMS forums on the Web, and was later selected by LEGO as a preview builder for the MINDSTORMS ... also heard of Hideaki Yabuki (a.k.a “Joda”, which is xi 227_LEGO_DSR_fore.qxd 7/29/02 9:55 AM Page xii Foreword Japanese for Yoda) because I saw one of his fabulous grabber arms featured on the...

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... Robots Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Hertfordshire Alan H Bond California Institute of Technology Lola Caủamero University of Hertfordshire Bruce Edmonds Manchester Metropolitan University ... This book lls this gap and might be used in different courses for postgraduate studies, and as research material for PhD students, e.g for studies in Applied Articial Intelligence, Intelligent and ... adaptive methodology designed to compensate for performance biases caused by users affective states and active beliefs, ABAIS provides a generic framework for exploring a variety of user affect assessment...

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... will form the contents of the book Preface ix • This book presents the theoretical tools for analyzing the dynamics of and controlling autonomous robots in a form that is comprehensible for students ... 1.1.3 Use for Redundancy These multiple solutions allow for a higher task flexibility for a redundant manipulator compared to a conventional manipulator The resources (structural strength, force/torque ... provide the means for driving the joint such that the desired task is physically performed by the robot There are needs for control methods that can guarantee the physical performance of a manipulator...

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... following people for their kindness and support in making this book possible A special thanks to Matt Gerber at BricksWest for his help and support for our books Karen Cross, Lance Tilford, Meaghan ... Syngress for all her help (again!) and the opportunity to work with Syngress and to Joda for his input and for writing a wonderful chapter Luke would also like to thank his parents for their ... require specific programs for these robots to perform as intended Many of them will use unique programs that the authors have written specifically for their robots Keep an eye out for the CD-ROM icons...

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... Jo˜o Sentieiro for the invitation to come a to Lisbon and start my PhD studies, as well as for his friendly support and help on the way ˇ I would not like to forget Zeljko Djurovi´ for his precious ... Introduction For the analysis of large-size robotic populations [32], control performance [74] and formation feasibility [73], deterministic models are used These models are related to the robotic formation, ... has explored methods for discrete-event and time-continuous systems, leading to useful results for modelling and control of robot swarms As such, the book has a wide interest for scholars in the...

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... drift-free state estimation for UAV autonomous navigation without the GPS system Due to the use of image-to-map registration for absolute position calculation, drift-free position performance depends on ... device For the actual navigation update they use a landmark-based approach They found that it is essential that the used landmarks are well chosen Therefore, they introduce an approach for evaluating ... onboard as an experimental UAV helicopter platform and tested during vision-based autonomous flights S Lang et al address the automatic evaluation of landmarks for image-based navigation updates The...

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... environments and therefore are able to perform tasks wherever needed They have been used to perform a variety functions that are normally performed by humans or a machine in the form of a human, such ... were successful and this led to it being used for other purposes The Ryan Firebee was a good platform for test experiments, and tests to use it for reconnaissance missions were successful A series ... estimation algorithm For an underwater mobile robot, a new measurement system was designed for large area’s globally-consistent SLAM: buoys for long-range estimation, and camera for short-range estimation...

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... W (2008) Multi-Agent Information Inferencing Fusion For Integrated Information System, Information Science and Computing Series, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi ... describe anything regarding to the platform Its content falls under the behavior and the internal structure of the system The application information for the platform added into the PIM is called ... platform independent component, such as mobile control will be further extended by extracting the platform-independent parts As we believe that SysML can easily provide information models for...

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... biped with elastic elements 4.2 Performance indices Let us introduce criterion functions before performing numerical analysis Let T [s] be the steady step period For simplicity, every post-impact ... conventional walking robot requires three DOF for each leg Therefore, 12 DOF and 18 DOF are required for general type of quadruped machine and that of hexapod machine for each However, these numbers are ... environment is a challenging problem for mobile robots in general, and for legged robots in specific Nature has always been a source of inspiration and ideas for the robotics community New solutions...

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... stands for the resolved velocities vector, Sv for the velocity selection matrix, vv for the desired velocities vector, KF for the force gain matrix, SF for the force selection matrix, and Fm for ... used for both waveform learning and frequency extraction Each of these has preferable properties for learning and controlling of robots by imitation On-line waveform learning can be used for effective ... used for extracting the frequency of the input signal in the first layer and learning its waveform in the second layer, which is the basis for this chapter Separate frequency extraction and waveform...

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... following people for their kindness and support in making this book possible A special thanks to Matt Gerber at Brickswest for his help and support for our books Karen Cross, Lance Tilford, Meaghan ... environment for the RCX brick later that year He quickly became involved as a moderator for LEGO MINDSTORMS forums on the Web, and was later selected by LEGO as a preview builder for the MINDSTORMS ... also heard of Hideaki Yabuki (a.k.a “Joda”, which is xi 227_LEGO_DSR_fore.qxd 7/29/02 9:55 AM Page xii Foreword Japanese for Yoda) because I saw one of his fabulous grabber arms featured on the...

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... is installed on your platform) If you would like to check the video clips, click here for a list and instructions: If you would like to contribute your own material for next year's edition of ... perhaps with better performance, has been tested only under a limited set of laboratory conditions For these reasons we generally refrain from comparing or even judging the performance of different ... 16 Part I Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning 1.1.2 Absolute Optical Encoders Absolute encoders are typically used for slower rotational applications that require positional information when potential...

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... stands for the resolved velocities vector, Sv for the velocity selection matrix, vv for the desired velocities vector, KF for the force gain matrix, SF for the force selection matrix, and Fm for ... used for both waveform learning and frequency extraction Each of these has preferable properties for learning and controlling of robots by imitation On-line waveform learning can be used for effective ... used for extracting the frequency of the input signal in the first layer and learning its waveform in the second layer, which is the basis for this chapter Separate frequency extraction and waveform...

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... unilateral contact forces (from the obstacles and the ground) and spatial friction forces based on Coulomb law using set-valued force laws Snake robots can easily be s constructed for forward motion ... rest of the people at ETH Center for Mechanics for making my stay there a pleasant one I thank Professor Joóo Pedro Hespanha for having me as a visitor at the Center for Control, Dynamical systems, ... ỉyvind Stavdahl for sharing his ideas on and enthusiasm for snake robots I express my deepest gratitude to Dr Alexey Pavlov for guiding me in the world of non-linear control and for his numerous...

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... Borenstein, J., and Koren, Y., 1994f, "Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance in a Computerized Travel Aid for the Blind." Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ... Sensors." Presented at the ANS 6th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems," Monterey, California, February 5-10, 1995 Paper 59 Borenstein, J and Feng L., 1995b, "Correction of Systematic ... August 5-9, 1995, pp 569574 Paper 60 Borenstein, J and Feng L., 1995c, "UMBmark: A Benchmark Test for Measuring Deadreckoning Errors in Mobile Robots." Presented at the 1995 SPIE Conference on Mobile...

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