— In this paper, we discuss the manipulation of an object under hybrid active/passive closure. We show the orthogonality between the directions of active and passive force closur...
Abstract— This paper presents a novel approach for visionbased control of the end-effector of parallel mechanisms. It is based on the metrological redundancy paradigm, which simp...
Nicolas Andreff, Arnaud Marchadier, Philippe Marti...
– The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) is the first autonomous machine vision system used to safely land a robotics payload on another ...
Andrew Edie Johnson, Reg G. Willson, Jay Goguen, J...
—Safe, autonomous mobility in rough terrain is an important requirement for planetary exploration rovers. Knowledge of local terrain properties is critical to ensure a rover’s ...
Christopher A. Brooks, Karl Iagnemma, Steven Dubow...
— Internet maps are generally constructed using the traceroute tool from a few sources to many destinations. It appeared recently that this exploration process gives a partial an...