This paper describes a mobile manipulator that uses its wheels for manipulation as well as locomotion. This robot, named the mobipulator, looks like a small car with four independ...
Matthew T. Mason, Dinesh K. Pai, Daniela Rus, Lee ...
Software composition is critical for building large-scale applications. In this paper, we consider the composition of components that are methods offered by heterogeneous, autonomo...
A shape specification system based on fuzzy logic is proposed, which aims to facilitate designers in conceptual design stage by allowing them to specify and work with rough models...
This paper addresses the problem of seeking out parts of the environment that provide adequate features in order to perform robot localization. The objective is to choose good regi...
An innovative technique for segmentation of color images is proposed. The technique implements an approach based on thresholding of the hue histogram. A new function for detecting...
Carmelo Amoroso, Antonio Chella, Vito Morreale, Pi...