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This paper presents the implementation of the hybrid spiral-dynamic bacteria-chemotaxis (HSDBC) approach to control two different configurations of a two-wheeled vehicle. The HSDBC is a combination of bacteri...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:3
Published on: 16 June 2017
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This paper explores ways of combining vision and touch for the purpose of object recognition. In particular, it focuses on scenarios when there are few tactile training samples (as these are usually costly to ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:2
Published on: 18 April 2017
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This paper presents the performance of utilizing a bacterial foraging optimization algorithm on a PID control scheme for controlling a five DOF two-wheeled robotic machine with two-directional handling mechan...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:1
Published on: 23 March 2017
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Exploration in an unknown environment is an elemental application for mobile robots. In this paper, we outlined a reinforcement learning method aiming for solving the exploration problem in a corridor environ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:24
Published on: 21 December 2016
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To data, outside of the controlled environments, robots normally perform manipulation tasks operating with human. This pattern requires the robot operators with high technical skills training for varied teach...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:23
Published on: 9 December 2016
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Soft sensors are required to accommodate the flexible and deformable natures of the human body in wearable device applications. They are also suitable for integration with soft robotic devices to monitor the p...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:22
Published on: 1 December 2016
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Robots are developing in much the same way that personal computers did 40 years ago, and robot operating system is the critical basis. Current robot software is mainly designed for individual robots. We prese...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:21
Published on: 25 November 2016
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For determining whether kidnapping has happened and which type of kidnapping it is while a robot performs autonomous tasks in an unknown environment, a double guarantee kidnapping detection (DGKD) method has b...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:20
Published on: 24 November 2016
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Robots play more important roles in daily life and bring us a lot of convenience. But when people work with robots, there remain some significant differences in human–human interactions and human–robot interac...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:19
Published on: 21 November 2016
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This paper presents an integrated assembly and motion planning system to recursively find the assembly sequence and motions to assemble two objects with the help of a horizontal surface as the supporting fixtu...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:18
Published on: 8 November 2016
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Despite the fact that there are various configurations of self-balanced two-wheeled machines (TWMs), the workspace of such systems is restricted by their current configurations and designs. In this work, the ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:17
Published on: 13 October 2016
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A space manipulator plays an important role in spacecraft capturing, repairing, maintenance, and so on. However, the harsh space environment will cause its joints fail to work. For a non-redundant manipulator...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:16
Published on: 3 October 2016
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The loop closure detection (LCD) is an essential part of visual simultaneous localization and mapping systems (SLAM). LCD is capable of identifying and compensating the accumulation drift of localization algor...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:15
Published on: 19 September 2016
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This article concentrates on open-source implementation on flying object detection in cluttered scenes. It is of significance for ground stereo-aided autonomous landing of unmanned aerial vehicles. The ground ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:14
Published on: 2 September 2016
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This paper presents a new algorithm for extrinsically calibrating a multi-sensor system including multiple cameras and a 2D laser scanner. On the basis of the camera pose estimation using AprilTag, we design ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:13
Published on: 25 July 2016
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This paper aims to develop a local path planning algorithm for a bio-inspired, reconfigurable crawling robot. A detailed description of the robotic platform is first provided, and the suitability for deploymen...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:12
Published on: 19 July 2016
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Pipe robots can perform inspection tasks to alleviate the damage caused by the pipe problems. Usually, the pipe robots carry batteries or use a power cable draining power from a vehicle that has many equipment...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:11
Published on: 11 July 2016
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This paper studies passivity-based trajectory tracking control of an omnidirectional mobile robot. The proposed control design is simple to be implemented in practice, because of an effective exploitation of ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:10
Published on: 7 July 2016
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A novel eccentric paddle mechanism based on the epicyclic gear mechanism (ePaddle-EGM) has been proposed to enhance the mobility of amphibious robot for multi-terrain tasks with diverse locomotion gaits. This...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:9
Published on: 28 June 2016
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Gaining high mobility on versatile terrains is a crucial target for designing a mobile robot toward tasks such as search and rescue, scientific exploration, and environment monitoring. Inspired by dextrous lim...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:8
Published on: 7 June 2016
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This paper proposes and implements an open framework of active auditory learning for a home service robot to serve the elderly living alone at home. The framework was developed to realize the various auditory ...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:7
Published on: 2 June 2016
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A primary requirement in distributed robotic software systems is the dissemination of data to all interested collaborative entities in a timely and scalable manner. However, providing such a service in a highl...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:6
Published on: 12 May 2016
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Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) have been widely used in micro- and nanopositioning applications due to their fine resolution, rapid responses, and large actuating forces. However, a major deficiency of PEAs i...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:5
Published on: 10 May 2016
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Part 1 completed the studies of five long-shafted, cellulose, frictional, hooked probabilistic fasteners. Part 2 identified three substructures prevalent in the natural world for probabilistic fasteners and de...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:4
Published on: 5 May 2016
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Two-dimensional velocity fields around a freely swimming freshwater black shark fish in longitudinal (XZ) plane and transverse (YZ) plane are measured using digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV). By transf...
Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:3
Published on: 6 April 2016
