Minimum uncertainty explorations in the self-localization of mobile robots

G Borghi, V Caglioti - IEEE Transactions on Robotics and …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The self-localization of a mobile robot within a known environment, by means of an
orientable range finder, is considered. The problem of the determination of the sensor …

Identifying contact formations in the presence of uncertainty

AO Farahat, BS Graves… - Proceedings 1995 IEEE …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The efficiency of the automatic execution of complex assembly tasks can be enhanced by
the identification of the contact state. In this paper we derive a new method for testing a …

Task planning with active sensing for autonomous compliant motion

T Lefebvre, H Bruyninckx… - … International Journal of …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has shown that the execution of contact tasks under uncertainty benefits
from on-line estimation of the geometrical contact parameters, such as positions …

[PDF][PDF] Contact modelling, parameter identification and task planning for autonomous compliant motion using elementary contacts

T Lefebvre - PhD thesis, KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical …, 2003 - mech.kuleuven.be
Compliant motion tasks are tasks in which a robot moves a manipulated object while
controlling the contact with object (s) in its environment. Still today, in industry, compliant …

An entropic criterion for minimum uncertainty sensing in recognition and localization. I. Theoretical and conceptual aspects

V Caglioti - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A criterion is presented for the automatic selection of a sensor measurement aimed at
observing the state of a system which is described both by discrete variables and by …

Probabilistic modeling and recognition of 3-D objects

J Hornegger, H Niemann - International Journal of Computer Vision, 2000 - Springer
This paper introduces a uniform statistical framework for both 3-D and 2-D object recognition
using intensity images as input data. The theoretical part provides a mathematical tool for …

Tolerance-weighted L-optimal experiment design for active sensing

J De Geeter, J De Schutter… - … . 1998 IEEE/RSJ …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The choice of" where to look next" is a special case of an optimal experiment design. The
paper proposes the tolerance-optimal experiment design, which is a special instance of the …

Tolerance-weighted L-optimal experiment design: a new approach to task-directed sensing

J De Geeter, J De Schutter, H Bruyninckx… - Advanced …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
The choice of'where to look next'is a special case of an optimal experiment design. This
paper proposes the tolerance-optimal experiment design, which is a special instance of the …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling and estimation of spatial relationships in sensor-based robot workcells

M Sallinen - 2003 - Citeseer
Requirements for verifying spatial relations in robot workcell in terms of accuracy and
repeatability are increasing. Improvements in the performance of industrial robots have …

[PDF][PDF] Optimum explorations in the self-localization of mobile robots in polygonal environments

G Borghi, V Caglioti - Proc. 7th Int. Conf. Adv. Robot, 1995 - academia.edu
A straightforward method is presented for the determination of the optimal sensor
explorations in a three degrees of freedom localization problem relative to a mobile robot …