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Mapping with mobile robots
… <br>approach to generate maps of RFID tags with mobile robots. We present <br>a sensor model that allows us to compute the likelihood of tag <br>detections given the relative position of the tag with respect to the <br>robot. Additionally we describe how to compute a posterior about the …
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Towards expressive mobile robots
Given the increase in robotic systems for the household, it is imperative to design the expressive modes of these systems, that in turn engender likability, animacy, acceptance, trust and adoption. This paper approaches this problem by proposing a design methodology that can be used to abstract …
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Geodesic Problems for Mobile Robots
… differential drive because it is ubiquitous in mobile robotics. To obtain a well-defined notion of shortest, the total amount of wheel rotation is optimized. We analytically characterize minimum wheel-rotation trajectories in the absence of obstacles, and identify 52 different minimum …
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Precision Navigation for Indoor Mobile Robots
… a precision navigation system for indoor mobile robots, developed to address deficiencies in the ROS navigation stack when used for precision navigation. It includes a precision localization subsystem, based on a planar laser scanner, wheel encoders, a gyroscope and an <em>a priori</em> …
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Exploration and mapping with mobile robots
… <br>robotics community over the last decades. Robots that are able to <br>acquire an accurate model of their environment on their own are <br>regarded as fulfilling a major precondition of truly autonomous <br>agents. In order to solve the map learning problem, a robot has to <br>address …
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Teleoperation of Differential Drive Mobile Robots
… techniques to teleoperate Differential Drive Mobile Robots (DDMRs) over constant time delay with force feedback. Teleoperation of a single and multiple robots is considered. In the case of teleoperation of a single DDMR, two redefinitions of the passivity of the master device are presented. …
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Coverage for Mobile Robots with Uncertainty
… of simultaneous coverage and calibration. For robots with boundary sensors that trigger when entering or leaving the free space, like the ones we consider, we show that it is possible to estimate the robot odometric parameters based on the difference in time between boundary crossings. Through …
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Learning for open-world mobile robots
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Robotic Olfactory-Based Navigation with Mobile Robots
… localization (OSL) is a technology that enables mobile robots or autonomous vehicles to find an odor source in unknown environments. It has been viewed as challenging due to the turbulent nature of airflows and the resulting odor plume characteristics. The key to correctly finding an odor source …
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Model predictive control of wheeled mobile robots
The control of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) has gained a lot of attention in the field of robotics over the past few decades as WMRs provide an increased range of motion resulting in a larger workspace. This research focuses on the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for …
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Corridor Navigation for Monocular Vision Mobile Robots
<p>Monocular vision robots use a single camera to process information about its environment. By analyzing this scene, the robot can determine the best navigation direction. Many modern approaches to robot hallway navigation involve using a plethora of sensors to detect certain features in the …
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Designing boundary interactions for simple mobile robots
"Mobile robots are becoming increasingly common for applications such as logistics and delivery. While most research for mobile robots focuses on generating collision-free paths, however, an environment may be so crowded with obstacles that allowing contact with environment boundaries makes our …
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Situationally driven local navigation for mobile robots
For mobile robots to autonomously accommodate dynamically changing navigation tasks in a goal-directed fashion, they must employ navigation plans. Any such plan must provide for the robot’s immediate and continuous need for guidance while remaining highly flexible in order to avoid costly …
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BISTABLE STRUCTURES ENABLE PASSIVE TRANSITIONS IN MOBILE ROBOTS
Making robots more capable, agile, and efficient will require careful design of the robot’s mechanicalbody to match task requirements. Passive components allow a robot to perform a task without a dedicated actuator, often improving both power consumption and overall performance. In this thesis, we …
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Passive Acoustic Localization and Tracking with Mobile Robots
… and demonstrates acoustic sensing onboard mobile robotic platforms in passive bearing-only tracking of surface vessels in the water and in detecting nearby obstacles in aerial systems.</p><p>First, we consider the problem of target tracking with a bearing-only sensor in the presence of …
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Possibilistic sonar modeling and localization for mobile robots
Sonar sensors are widely used in mobile robots applications such as navigation, map building, and localization. The performance of these sensors is affected by the environmental phenomena, sensor design, and target characteristics. Therefore, the readings obtained from these sensors are uncertain. …
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Biologically inspired goal directed navigation for mobile robots
… an investigation into low-cost navigation of mobile robots with the aim of creating and adaptive navigation system inspired by behaviour seen in animals. The navigation module developed here would need to be able to successfully localise a robot and navigate it to a defined target. A critical …
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SLAM-aware, self-supervised perception in mobile robots
… Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental capability in mobile robots, and has been typically considered in the context of aiding mapping and navigation tasks. In this thesis, we advocate for the use of SLAM as a supervisory signal to further the perceptual capabilities in robots. Through the concept of …
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Optical flow for obstacle detection in mobile robots
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
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