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Spring 2021
The technique of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been widely studied and used in autonomous vehicles. The SLAM algorithms can construct the map from an unknown environment and at the same time, estimate the robot position. These are fundamentals of the autonomous robots, for...
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2012-02-01
Encarnação, Pedro, Cook, Albert M., Adams, Kim, Alvarez, Liliana
Objective: Motor experience plays a central role in cognitive development. Assistive technologies can thus provide augmentative manipulation for children with motor disabilities. This paper explores the use of robots to this end. Method: A revision of studies conducted with typically developing...
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Fall 2024
In this thesis, we investigate the problem of robustness and resilience in simultaneous localization and mapping systems (SLAM). With the vast adoption of robotics in many industries and disciplines, robustness and resilience are becoming of immense importance for the reliable and safe deployment...
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Spring 2016
When controlling dynamic systems such as robots a big challenge lies in defining how the desired actions will be accomplished. In industrial settings automation has been possible due to the structured and predictable environments. The repeatability of the tasks makes it viable to manually...
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Fall 2015
The control of powered prosthetic arms has been researched for over 50 years, yet prosthetic control remains an open problem, not just from a research perspective, but from a clinical perspective as well. Significant advances have been made in the manufacture of highly functional prosthetic...
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Towards Supervisory Control for Remote Mobile Manipulation: Designing, Building, and Testing a Mobile Telemanipulation Test-Bed
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This dissertation has two main contributions, a modular design of a mobile manipulator and a set of tele-operation performance experiments using this platform. To experimentally evaluate system performance and operator preferences, several tests were designed: 1) Which robot camera placement...