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359 Intelligence Without Reason - Brooks (1991)(Correct)
Computers and Thought are the two categories that together define Artificial Intelligence as a discipline. It is generally accepted that work in Artificial Intelligence over the last thirty years has ... / on physical systems e.g.mobile robots situated in the world br formed by five main sections Robots Computers Biology
204 Systematic Nonlinear Planning - McAllester, Rosenblitt (1991)(Correct)
This paper presents a simple, sound, complete, and
systematic algorithm for domain independent STRIPS
planning. Simplicity is achieved by starting with a
ground procedure and then applying a general, ... / steps. For example consider a robot that must perform a bunch of
177 Plenoptic Modeling: An Image-Based Rendering System - McMillan, al. (1995)(Correct)
Image-based rendering is a powerful new approach for generating
real-time photorealistic computer graphics. It can provide convincing
animations without an explicit geometric representation. We use
th... / computer vision problems such as robot navigation image discrimination br of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation March -
166 Plans And Resource-Bounded Practical Reasoning - Bratman, Israel, Pollack (1988)(Correct)
An architecture for a rational agent must allow for means-end reasoning, for the weighing of competing alternatives, and for interactions between these two forms of reasoning. Such an architecture mus... / fact that agents whether humans or robots are resource bounded they are br and Pollack no other human or robot agents nature often intrudes.
158 Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice - Wooldridge, Jennings (1995)(Correct)
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most impor... / and concurrent systems research robotics and user interface design. A br p A softbot software robot is a kind of agent A softbot
133 GOLOG: A Logic Programming Language for Dynamic Domains - Levesque, Reiter, Lespérance, .. (1997)(Correct)
This paper proposes a new logic programming language called GOLOG whose interpreter automatically maintains an explicit representation of the dynamic world being modeled, on the basis of user supplied... / in high level control of robots and industrial processes br Canada the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
133 A Softbot-Based Interface to the Internet - Etzioni, Weld (1994)(Correct)
this article, we focus on the ideas underlying the softbot-based interface. unknown A Softbot-Based Interface to the Internet
Oren Etzioni
Daniel Weld
Department of Computer Science and Engineering... / The Internet Softbot software robot is a fullyimplemented AI agent br O. b. Intelligence without robots a reply to brooks AI Magazine
125 MBone Provides Audio and Video Across the Internet - Macedonia (1994)(Correct)
This article describes the network concepts underlying MBone, the importance of bandwidth considerations, various application tools, MBone events, interesting MBone uses (see the two sidebars), and pr... / the Internet from an underwater robot in waters off Baja Mexico. We br an operational autonomous underwater robot. His research interests also
118 An Algorithm for Probabilistic Planning - Kushmerick, Hanks, Weld (1995)(Correct)
We define the probabilistic planning problem in terms of a probability distribution
over initial world states, a boolean combination of propositions representing the goal,
a probability threshold, and... / . Robotic motion planning br the following simple action from a robot planning domain. Suppose that a
103 Probabilistic Planning with Information Gathering and Contingent.. - Draper, Hanks, Weld (1994)(Correct)
One way of coping with uncertainty in the planning process is to plan to gather information
about the world at execution time, building a plan contingent on that information. Literature on
decision ma... / will develop fully. A manufacturing robot is given the task of processing a br or ship respectively. The robot also has an operator paint
102 Adaptive Execution in Complex Dynamic Worlds - Firby (1989)(Correct)
Adaptive Execution in Complex Dynamic Worlds
Robert James Firby
Yale University
1989
A robot acting in the real world must use flexible plans because actions will sometimes
fail to produce desired ef... / Firby Yale University A robot acting in the real world must use br events will sometimes demand the robot shift its attention. A plan is
101 Acting under Uncertainty: Discrete Bayesian Models for Mobile-Robot.. - Cassandra, Kaelbling, Kurien (1996)(Correct)
Discrete Bayesian models have been used to model uncertainty for mobile-robot navigation, but the question of how actions should be chosen remains largely unexplored. This paper presents the optimal s... / Discrete Bayesian Models for Mobile-Robot Navigation Anthony R. Cassandra br to model uncertainty for mobile-robot navigation but the question of
99 Nonholonomic Motion Planning: Steering Using Sinusoids - Murray (1993)(Correct)
this paper is as follows: in Section 2, we collect some mathematical preliminaries from the literature on controllability of nonlinear systems and on classification of free Lie algebras. These are dra... / Introduction Motion planning for robots has a rich history. The br traditional difficulty in planning robot trajectories is the avoidance of
97 Planning and Acting in Partially Observable Stochastic Domains - Kaelbling, Littman, Cassandra (1995)(Correct)
In this paper, we bring techniques from operations research to bear on the problem
of choosing optimal actions in partially observable stochastic domains. We begin by
introducing the theory of Markov ... / Consider the problem of a robot navigating in a large office br in a large office building. The robot can move from hallway
96 W3QS: A Query System for the World-Wide Web - Konopnicki (1995)(Correct)
The World-Wide Web (WWW) is an ever
growing, distributed, non-administered, global
information resource. It resides on the worldwide
computer network and allows access
to heterogeneous information: te... / engines called knowbots or robots We have designed and are now br These indexes are constructed by robots e.g. Lycos WWWW
94 An Approach to Planning with Incomplete Information - Etzioni, Hanks, Weld, Draper, Lesh.. (1992)(Correct)
Classical planners presuppose complete and correct information
about the world. This paper provides the
syntax and semantics for uwl, a representation for
goals and actions that facilitates planning w... / of building a softbot software robot for UNIX Etzioni and Segal br building softbots software robots programs that improve our
89 Reasoning About Action I: A Possible Worlds Approach - Matthew Ginsberg (1987)(Correct)
Reasoning about change is an important aspect of commonsense reasoning and planning.
In this paper we describe an approach to reasoning about change for rich domains where
it is not possible to antici... / change. For example imagine a robot responsible for various household br cause any harm. Then too the robot must know where to find things
88 Reinforcement Learning with Perceptual Aliasing: The Perceptual.. - Chrisman (1992)(Correct)
It is known that Perceptual Aliasing may significantly
diminish the effectiveness of reinforcement
learning algorithms [ Whitehead and Ballard,
1991 ] . Perceptual aliasing occurs when multiple
situat... / from the system. For example if a robot can only see forward yet the br of learning situated behaviors for robotic tasks Sutton
87 The Parti-game Algorithm for Variable Resolution Reinforcement.. - Moore, Atkeson (1995)(Correct)
Parti-game is a new algorithm for learning feasible trajectories to goal regions in
high dimensional continuous state-spaces. In high dimensions it is essential that learning does not
plan uniformly... / dynamics and planar snake robots in restricted spaces. In all br of Dimensionality Learning Control Robotics kd- trees .
87 Building Brains for Bodies - Rodney Brooks (1994)(Correct)
We describe a project to capitalize on newly available levels of computational resources in order to understand human
cognition. We are building an integrated physical system including vision, sound i... / MA USA Autonomous Robots - Kluwer br work in neuroscience. Keywords robotics artificial intelligence human
87 Iterative Point Matching for Registration of Free-Form Curves and.. - Zhang (1992)(Correct)
Geometric matching in general is a difficult unsolved problem in computer vision.
Fortunately, in many practical applications, some a priori knowledge exists which considerably
simplifies the problem.... / N o Programme Robotique Image et Vision ITERATIVE br of the bottlenecks in computer and robot vision although progress has
76 A Continuous Media Player - Rowe, Smith (1992)(Correct)
The design and implementation of a continuous media player for Unix workstations
is described. The player can play synchronized digital video and audio read
from a file server. The system architectu... / stores such as an optical disk or a robot tape jukebox. The mapping from the
74 Extending Planning Graphs to an ADL Subset - Koehler, Nebel, Hoffmann, Dimopoulos (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes an extension of graphplan to a subset of ADL that
allows conditional and universally quantified effects in operators. The data
structure of planning graphs is extended to cope wit... / front-end of the Pioneer mobile robot platform But br to support a natural formulation of robot instructions such as carry all
73 Multi-Level Direction of Autonomous Creatures for Real-Time Virtual.. - Blumberg, Galyean (1995)(Correct)
There have been several recent efforts to build behavior-based
autonomous creatures. While competent autonomous action is
highly desirable, there is an important need to integrate autonomy
with "direc... / Research in autonomous robots supports the need to br by work in Ethology and autonomous robot research for perception and
73 A Tutorial on Visual Servo Control - Hutchinson, Hager, Corke (1996)(Correct)
This paper provides a tutorial introduction to visual servo control of robotic manipulators. Since the topic spans many disciplines our goal is limited to providing a basic conceptual framework. We be... / to visual servo control of robotic manipulators. Since the topic br the prerequisite topics from robotics and computer vision including
69 Learning policies for partially observable environments: Scaling up - Littman, Cassandra, Kaelbling (1995)(Correct)
Partially observable Markov decision processes
(pomdp's) model decision problems in
which an agent tries to maximize its reward
in the face of limited and/or noisy sensor
feedback. While the study of... / larger and noisier problem based on robot navigation. We find that a br domains. INTRODUCTION Mobile robots must act on the basis of their
67 Evolution of Homing Navigation in a Real Mobile Robot - Floreano, Mondada (1996)(Correct)
In this paper we describe the evolution of a discrete-time recurrent neural network to control a real mobile robot. In all our experiments the evolutionary procedure is carried out entirely on the phy... / Homing Navigation in a Real Mobile Robot Dario Floreano Francesco br network to control a real mobile robot. In all our experiments the
66 Orienting Polygonal Parts without Sensors - Goldberg (1993)(Correct)
In manufacturing, it is often necessary to orient parts prior to packing or assembly. We
say that a planar part is polygonal if its convex hull is a polygon. We consider the following
problem: given a... / without sensors. Keywords Robotics Parts Feeding Planning br California. y Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
65 Cooperative Mobile Robotics: Antecedents and Directions - Cao, Fukunaga, Kahng (1997)(Correct)
There has been increased research interest in systems composed of multiple autonomous mobile robots exhibiting cooperative behavior. Groups of mobile robots are constructed, with an aim to studying ... / Autonomous Robots - c fl br Netherlands. Cooperative Mobile Robotics Antecedents and Directions
64 On the Existence and Synthesis of Multifinger Positive Grips - Mishra, Schwartz, Sharir (1987)(Correct)
this paper has been supported by Office of Naval Research Grant N0001482 -K-0381, National Science Foundation Grant No. NSF-DCR-83-20085, and by grants from the Digital Equipment Corporation, and the ... / and sensitivity of a multi-linked robot arm. It has been suggested that br restrictive since in practice robot hands will often be required to
64 Modeling Adaptive Autonomous Agents - Maes (1994)(Correct)
One category of researchers in artificial life is concerned with modeling and building so-called adaptive autonomous agents. Autonomous agents are systems that inhabit a dynamic, unpredictable environ... / a picture which is restricted to robotic forms of intelligence This br application domains mobile robotics interface agents and
61 A Propositional Modal Logic of Time Intervals - Halpern, Shoham (1996)(Correct)
In certain areas of artificial intelligence there is need to represent continuous
change and to make statements that are interpreted with respect to time
intervals rather than time points. To this e... / increased by three inches the robot carried out the task and I br where a usually simulated robot must reason about carrying out
61 Neural Network Exploration Using Optimal Experiment Design - Cohn (1994)(Correct)
We consider the question "How should one act when the only goal is to learn as much as possible?" Building
on the theoretical results of Fedorov [1972] and MacKay [1992], we apply techniques from Opti... / the case with learning control of a robot arm exploring by generating br its present position. Example robot arm dynamics. Consider learning
60 Comparison of Position Estimation Techniques Using Occupancy Grids - Schiele, Crowley (1994)(Correct)
This paper addresses the problem of perception and localisation for a mobile robot in an unknown
environment. It describes a modelling of the environment based on two certainty grids: one local mode... / and localisation for a mobile robot in an unknown environment. It br a global model. Localisation of the robot is reduced to finding the best
59 Task Parallelism in a High Performance Fortran Framework - Gross, Hallaron, Subhlok (1994)(Correct)
High Performance Fortran (HPF) has emerged as a standard dialect of Fortran for data parallel computing.
However, for a wide variety of applications, both task and data parallelism must be exploited t... / Many real-time applications e.g. in robot control have strict latency and br bandwidth consideration in parallel robotics image processing. In
59 Randomized Preprocessing of Configuration Space for Fast Path Planning - Kavraki, Latombe (1994)(Correct)
This paper presents a new approach to path planning
for robots with many degrees of freedom (dof) operating
in known static environments. The approach consists of a
preprocessing and a planning stage.... / of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation pp. - br latombe cs.stanford.edu Robotics Laboratory Department of
59 Navigating In Unfamiliar Geometric Terrain - Blum (1991)(Correct)
Consider a robot that has to travel from a start location s to a target t in an environment with opaque obstacles that lie in its way. The robot always knows its current absolute position and that o... / z Abstract. Consider a robot that has to travel from a start br obstacles that lie in its way. The robot always knows its current absolute
56 An Exploration of Nonprehensile Two-Palm Manipulation: Planning and.. - Erdmann (1995)(Correct)
This paper describes our current research into nonprehensile
palm manipulation. The term "palm" refers
to the use of the entire device surface during manipulation,
as opposed to use of the fingertips ... / School of Computer Science and the Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon br we are using two Zebra Zero robots. We replaced the standard
56 An Exploration of Nonprehensile Two-Palm Manipulation - Erdmann (1995)(Correct)
This paper describes our current research into nonprehensile
palm manipulation. The term "palm" refers
to the use of the entire device surface during manipulation,
as opposed to use of the fingertips ... / School of Computer Science and the Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon br we are using two Zebra Zero robots. We replaced the standard
55 The MetaCrawler Architecture for Resource Aggregation on the Web - Selberg, Etzioni (1997)(Correct)
this article, we briefly outline the motivation for MetaCrawler and highlight previous work, and then discuss the architecture of MetaCrawler and how it enables MetaCrawler to perform well and to scal... / Lycos were created which use robots to collect information and index br MetaCrawler is a Software robot that aggregates Web search
54 Active Learning with Statistical Models - Cohn, Ghahramani, Jordan (1996)(Correct)
For many types of machine learning algorithms, one can compute the statistically "optimal
" way to select training data. In this paper, we review how optimal data selection
techniques have been used w... / the kinematics or dynamics of a robot arm selecting locations for br a general mapping X Y In robot control the mapping may be
54 Specialization of Perceptual Processes - Horswill (1994)(Correct)
In this report, I discuss the use of vision to support concrete, everyday activity. I
will argue that a variety of interesting tasks can be solved using simple and inexpensive
vision systems. I will p... / form of a state-of-the-art mobile robot Polly which uses vision to give br By current standards the robot has a broad behavioral repertoire
53 Issues in Evolutionary Robotics - Harvey, Husbands, Cliff (1993)(Correct)
In this paper we propose and justify a methodology for the development of the control systems, or `cognitive architectures', of autonomous mobile robots. We argue that the design by hand of such contr... / Issues in Evolutionary Robotics I. Harvey P. Husbands D. br MA . Issues in Evolutionary Robotics Inman Harvey and
53 Planning and Reacting in Uncertain and Dynamic Environments - Wilkins, Meyers, Lowrance, Wesley (1995)(Correct)
Agents situated in dynamic and uncertain environments require several capabilities for
successful operation. Such agents must monitor the world and respond appropriately to
important events. The agent... / One domain is controlling a mobile robot. Reactivity is necessary for br that may appear unexpectedly in the robot's path. Deliberative planning is
53 Automatic Creation of an Autonomous Agent: Genetic Evolution of a.. - Floreano, Mondada (1994)(Correct)
The paper describes the results of the evolutionary development of a real, neural-network driven mobile robot. The evolutionary approach to the development of neural controllers for autonomous agents ... / Evolution of a Neural-Network Driven Robot Dario Floreano Francesco br real neural-network driven mobile robot. The evolutionary approach to the
52 Challenges in Evolving Controllers for Physical Robots - Mataric, Cliff (1996)(Correct)
This paper discusses the feasibility of applying evolutionary methods
to automatically generating controllers for physical mobile robots.
We overview the state of the art in the field, describe some o... / Evolving Controllers for Physical Robots Maja Matari'c and Dave br controllers for physical mobile robots. We overview the state of the art
52 On the combinatorial and algebraic complexity of Quantifier.. - Basu, Pollack, Roy (1994)(Correct)
In this paper we give a new algorithm for performing
quantifier elimination from first order formulae
over real closed fields. This algorithm improves the
complexity of the asymptotically fastest algo... / application is in the area of robotics where the configuration space br where the configuration space of a robot can often be described
51 Provably Good Approximation Algorithms for Optimal Kinodynamic.. - Donald, Xavier (1995)(Correct)
In optimal kinodynamic planning, given a robot system, we must find a minimaltime
trajectory that goes from a start state to a goal state while avoiding obstacles by a speeddependent
safety-margin a... / Kinodynamic Planning for Cartesian Robots and Open Chain Manipulators br NM - Keywords robot motion planning optimal control
49 Adaptive Probabilistic Networks with Hidden Variables - Binder, Koller, Russell, Kanazawa (1997)(Correct)
Probabilistic networks (also known as Bayesian belief networks) allow a compact description
of complex stochastic relationships among several random variables. They are rapidly
becoming the tool of ... / natural language understanding robot control and real-time monitoring br example the motion of a stochastic robot on a grid. Such models are not
48 The RoboCup Synthetic Agent Challenge 97 - Kitano, Tambe, Stone (1997)(Correct)
RoboCup Challenge offers a set of challenges for intelligent agent researchers using a friendly competition in a dynamic, real-time, multiagent domain. While RoboCup in general envisions longer range ... / RoboCup The World Cup Robot Soccer is an attempt to promote br is an attempt to promote AI and robotics research by providing a common
48 The Design of Nectar: A Network Backplane for Heterogeneous.. - Arnould (1989)(Correct)
Nectar is a "network backplane" for use in heterogeneous
multicomputers. The initial system consists of a starshaped
fiber-optic network with an aggregate bandwidth
of 1.6 gigabits/second and a switch... / required by an autonomous robot might range from handling sensor
48 An Algorithm for Probabilistic Least--Commitment Planning - Nicholas Kushmerick (1994)(Correct)
We define the probabilistic planning problem in terms
of a probability distribution over initial world states,
a boolean combination of goal propositions, a probability
threshold, and actions whose ef... / throughout the paper. Suppose a robot is given the goal of holding a br at least . . Finally the robot has the following actions
47 Assembly Maintainability Study with Motion Planning - Chang, Li (1995)(Correct)
Maintainability is an important issue in design where the accessibility
of certain parts is determined for routine maintenance.
In the past its study has been largely manual and labor
intensive. Eithe... / of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation Assembly br NY changhs crd.ge.com Robotics Lab Computer Science
47 Similarity Metric Learning for a Variable-Kernel Classifier - Lowe (1995)(Correct)
Nearest-neighbour interpolation algorithms have many useful properties
for applications to learning, but they often exhibit poor generalization.
In this paper, it is shown that much better generalizat... / is the work of Atkeson on robot learning. He uses cross-validation br inputs as occurs in the problem of robot control. Cleveland and Devlin
47 Stable Function Approximation in Dynamic Programming - Gordon (1995)(Correct)
The success of reinforcement learning in practical problems depends on the ability to combine function approximation with temporal difference methods such as value iteration. Experiments in this area ... / backgammon player and Lin's robot navigation. But these algorithms
47 Decomposition Techniques for Planning in Stochastic Domains - Dean, Lin (1995)(Correct)
This paper is concerned with modeling
planning problems involving uncertainty as
discrete-time, finite-state stochastic automata.
Solving planning problems is reduced to computing
policies for Markov ... / and military planning problems and robot navigation tasks. We associate a br makes it particularly suitable for robot navigation domains. The second
46 Autonomous Interface Agents - Lieberman (1997)(Correct)
Two branches of the trend towards "agents" that are gaining
currency are interface agents, software that actively assists a
user in operating an interactive interface, and autonomous
agents, software ... / agent could be considered to be a robot whose sensors and effectors are
46 CIRCA: A Cooperative Intelligent Real-Time Control Architecture - Musliner, Durfee, Shin (1993)(Correct)
Most research into applying AI techniques to real-time control problems has limited the power
of AI methods or embedded "reactivity" in an AI system. We present an alternative, cooperative
architectur... / Planning Cooperation Intelligent Robotics. To appear in IEEE br system pilots a Heathkit Hero robot through the hallways of our
45 Efficient Exploration In Reinforcement Learning - Sebastian B. Thrun (1992)(Correct)
Exploration plays a fundamental role in any active learning system. This study evaluates the role of exploration
in active learning and describes several local techniques for exploration in finite, di... / reinforcement learning task robot navigation The empirical br Markov decision problems robot navigation. Introduction
45 Two examples of verification of multirate timed automata with Kronos - Daws, Yovine (1995)(Correct)
Multirate timed automata [2] are an extension of timed
automata [3] where each clock has its own speed varying
between a lower and an upper bound that may change
from one control location to another. ... / Examples of such systems are a robot where the speed of the angular br We model here the behavior of a robot called D-Robot that executes a
43 Metric Calibration of a Stereo Rig - Zisserman, Beardsley, Reid (1995)(Correct)
We describe a method to determine affine and metric calibration for a stereo rig. The method does
not involve the use of calibration objects or special motions, but simply a single general motion of
t... / Paul A Beardsley and Ian Reid Robotics Research Group Department of br using a camera mounted on an Adept robot. We show here that from a single
42 Learning Topological Maps with Weak Local Odometric Information - Shatkay, Kaelbling (1997)(Correct)
Topological maps provide a useful abstraction
for robotic navigation and planning. Although
stochastic maps can theoretically be learned using
the Baum-Welch algorithm, without strong
prior constraint... / provide a useful abstraction for robotic navigation and planning. br case of hidden Markov models for robot-navigation environments in which
41 OBPRM: An Obstacle-Based PRM for 3D Workspaces - Nancy Amato (1998)(Correct)
this paper we consider an obstacle-based prm unknown OBPRM: An Obstacle-Based PRM for 3D Workspaces
Nancy M. Amato, Texas AM University, College Station, TX, USA
O. Burchan Bayazit, Texas AM Univers... / configurations of the robot and in which two vertices are br application in many areas such as robotics virtual reality systems and
41 The Haptic Display of Complex Graphical Environments - Ruspini, Kolarov, Khatib (1997)(Correct)
Force feedback coupled with visual display allows people to interact intuitively with complex virtual environments. For this synergy of haptics and graphics to flourish, however, haptic systems must b... / ubiquity of graphic systems. Robotics Laboratory Computer Science br of the proxy is akin to that of a robot greedily attempting to move toward
40 Planning Motions with Intentions - Koga, Kondo, Kuffner, Latombe (1994)(Correct)
We apply manipulation planning to computer animation.
A new path planner is presented that automatically
computes the collision-free trajectories for several
cooperating arms to manipulate a movable o... / and Jean-Claude Latombe y y Robotics Laboratory Department of br automatic generation of human and robot arm motions to complete
38 Estimating the Absolute Position of a Mobile Robot Using Position.. - Burgard, Fox, Hennig, Schmidt (1996)(Correct)
In order to re-use existing models of the environment mobile robots must be able
to estimate their position and orientation in such models. Most of the existing methods
for position estimation are bas... / the Absolute Position of a Mobile Robot Using Position Probability Grids br models of the environment mobile robots must be able to estimate their
38 A New Location Technique for the Active Office - Ward, Jones, Hopper (1997)(Correct)
this paper, we first present an overview of research into location-aware computing and evaluate currently available location sensor technologies. We then describe a new location sensor, tailored to pr... / who describe a system for mobile robot positioning. Measurements are made br Segments. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation Vol. No.
38 Soccer Server: a tool for research on multi-agent systems - Noda, Matsubara, Hiraki, Frank (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes Soccer Server, a simulator of the game of soccer designed as a test-bench for evaluating multi-agent systems and cooperative algorithms. In real life, successful soccer teams requ... / Artificial Intelligence and Robotics technologies. It is to promote br an international competition of robotic soccer to be held in conjunction
37 Transformational Planning Of Reactive Behavior - Drew McDermott (1992)(Correct)
Reactive plans are plans that include steps for sensing the world and coping with the data so obtained.
We investigate the application of AI planning techniques to plans of this sort in a simple simul... / . Overview All robots are controlled in some way but br controlled in some way but not all robots reason about their controllers.
36 A Unifying Framework for Structure and Motion Recovery From Image.. - McLauchlan, Murray (1995)(Correct)
This paper proposes a statistical framework that enables
3D structure and motion to be computed optimally
from an image sequence, on the assumption that feature
measurement errors are independent and ... / OX PJ U.K. Email pm dwm robots.oxford.ac.uk Abstract This br to calibrate a camera mounted on a robot head eye platform and to
36 The Interactive Museum Tour-Guide Robot - Burgard, Cremers, Fox, Hähnel.. (1998)(Correct)
This paper describes the software architecture of an autonomous
tour-guide/tutor robot. This robot was recently
deployed in the "Deutsches Museum Bonn," were it guided
hundreds of visitors through the... / The Interactive Museum Tour-Guide Robot Wolfram Burgard Armin B. br of an autonomous tour-guide tutor robot. This robot was recently deployed
36 Learning Simple Concepts Under Simple Distributions - Li (1991)(Correct)
This is a preliminary draft version. The journal version [SIAM. J. Computing, 20:5(1991), 911935 ] is the correct final version. However, the polynomial time computable universal distribution section ... / Consider a situation where a robot wants to learn but there is nobody br not know the real distribution the robot just has to generate its own
36 Active Exploration in Dynamic Environments - Sebastian B. Thrun, Knut Möller (1992)(Correct)
Whenever an agent learns to control an unknown environment, two opposing
principles have to be combined, namely: exploration (long-term optimization)
and exploitation (short-term optimization). Many r... / method is demonstrated by a simple robot navigation task. INTRODUCTION br real-world tasks such as autonomous robot learning chemical control
35 On the Applications of Harmonic Functions to Robotics - Connolly, Grupen (1993)(Correct)
Harmonic functions are solutions to Laplace's equation. Such functions can be used to advantage for potential-field path planning, since they do not exhibit spurious local minima. Harmonic functions a... / of Harmonic Functions to Robotics Christopher I. Connolly br A. Grupen Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics Computer and Information
35 How to Progress a Database - Fangzhen Lin (1997)(Correct)
One way to think about STRIPS is as a mapping from databases to databases,
in the following sense: Suppose we want to know what the world would be like
if an action, represented by the STRIPS operator... / a database arises for us in a robotics setting. In our approach to br In our approach to controlling a robot we must address the
34 Issues and Approaches in the Design of Collective Autonomous Agents - Mataric (1995)(Correct)
The problem of synthesizing and analyzing collective autonomous agents has only recently begun to be practically studied by the robotics community. This paper overviews the most prominent directions o... / to be practically studied by the robotics community. This paper br to be practically studied by the robotics community. This paper gives on
34 Reinforcement Learning in the Multi-Robot Domain - Mataric (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes a formulation of reinforcement learning that
enables learning in noisy, dynamic environemnts such as in the complex
concurrent multi-robot learning domain. The methodology involve... / Reinforcement Learning in the Multi-Robot Domain Maja J Matari'c Volen br as in the complex concurrent multi-robot learning domain. The methodology
33 The Behavior Language; User's Guide - Brooks (1990)(Correct)
The Behavior Language is a rule-based real-time parallel robot programming language originally based on ideas from [Brooks 86], [Connell 89], and [Maes 89]. It compiles into a modified and extended ve... / is a rule-based real-time parallel robot programming language originally br At the same time for complex new robots it is usally necessary to define
33 DAMN: A Distributed Architecture for Mobile Navigation - Rosenblatt (1997)(Correct)
ion
Increasing
Responsiveness
Page 20 Section 2.1: Architectural Issues
Figure 2-7 : Hierarchical architecture with recursive task decomposition.
(Figure reproduced from [65], with permission.)
Whi... / of the requirements of the Robotics Institute Ph.D. Program Thesis br seeds of thought in my mind. The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
33 Efficient Multiscale Regularization with Applications to the.. - Luettgen, Karl, Willsky (1993)(Correct)
A new approach to regularization methods for image processing is introduced and
developed using as a vehicle the problem of computing dense optical flow fields in an
image sequence. Standard formulati... / tracking object detection robot guidance and recovery of shape br In Proceedings of the AAAI Robot Navigation Symposium March .
33 DAMN: A Distributed Architecture For Mobile Navigation - Thesis.. - Rosenblatt (1995)(Correct)
In unstructured, unknown, and dynamic environments, planning systems cannot generate a plan a priori
that can be expected to perform reasonably in the face of such uncertainty, nor can they anticipate... / Summary Julio Rosenblatt The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon br addition for domains such as mobile robot navigation there is the need to
32 Map Learning and High-Speed Navigation in RHINO - Thrun, Bücken, Burgard, Fox.. (1998)(Correct)
This chapter surveys basic methods for learning maps and high speed autonomous navigation for indoor
mobile robots. The methods have been developed in our lab over the past few years, and most of them... / navigation for indoor mobile robots. The methods have been developed br who attempt to build reliable mobile robot navigation software.
32 Instance-Based Utile Distinctions for Reinforcement Learning with.. - Andrew Mccallum (1995)(Correct)
We present Utile Suffix Memory, a reinforcement
learning algorithm that uses short-term memory
to overcome the state aliasing that results from
hidden state. By combining the advantages of
previous wo... / features can be hidden from a robot's perception sensors have noise br and space prevent equippingthe robot with all desired sensors an
31 SavvySearch: A Meta-Search Engine that Learns which Search Engines to .. - Howe, Dreilinger (1997)(Correct)
Search engines are among the most successful applications on the Web today. So
many search engines have been created that it is difficult for users to know where
they are, how to use them and what top... / engines are available from general robot based e.g.AltaVista Monier br ProFusion select three of six robot based search engines using
31 Evolving Electronic Robot Controllers that Exploit Hardware Resources - Thompson (1995)(Correct)
Artificial evolution can operate upon reconfigurable electronic circuits to produce
efficient and powerful control systems for autonomous mobile robots. Evolving physical
hardware instead of control... / Evolving Electronic Robot Controllers that Exploit Hardware br systems for autonomous mobile robots. Evolving physical hardware
30 Evolving Mobile Robots in Simulated and Real Environments - Miglino, Lund, Nolfi (1996)(Correct)
The problem of the validity of simulation is particularly relevant for
methodologies that use machine learning techniques to develop control
systems for autonomous robots, like, for instance, the Arti... / Evolving Mobile Robots in Simulated and Real Environments br control systems for autonomous robots like for instance the
30 Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Life - Mitchell, Forrest (1993)(Correct)
Genetic algorithms are computational models of evolution that play a central role in many artificial-life models. We review the history and current scope of research on genetic algorithms in artificia... / topics such as evolutionary robotics in which the GA is used as a br networks ffl Machine and robot learning GAs have been used for
30 Getting to Know Each Other - Artificial Social Intelligence for.. - Dautenhahn (1995)(Correct)
This paper proposes a research direction to study the development of `artificial
social intelligence' of autonomous robots which should result in `individualized
robot societies'. The approach is high... / Social Intelligence For Autonomous Robots Kerstin Dautenhahn Vub Ai-Lab br social intelligence for autonomous robots Robotics and Autonomous Systems
30 An Autonomous Spacecraft Agent Prototype - Pell, Bernard, Chien, Gat.. (1998)(Correct)
This paper describes the New Millennium Remote Agent (NMRA) architecture for autonomous
spacecraft control systems. The architecture supports challenging requirements of the autonomous
spacecraft do... / Autonomous Robotics - c fl br not usually addressed in mobile robot architectures including highly
29 Query Processing in Tertiary Memory Databases - Sunita Sarawagi (1995)(Correct)
With rapid increase in the number of applications
that require access to large amounts of
data, it is becoming increasingly important for
database systems to handle tertiary storage
devices. The chara... / few read-write drives and even fewer robot arms to switch the storage units br one drive is transferring data the robot arm is free and can be employed
28 Learning of Cooperative actions in multi-agent systems: a case study.. - Matsubara, Noda, Hiraki (1996)(Correct)
From the standpoint of multi-agent systems, soccer
(association football), which is just one of usual team
sports, make a good example of problems in the real
world which is moderately abstracted. We ... / selected as an example on real robots as well as software simulators br Stone Robo-cup the robot world cup initiative will be held
28 Collective Robotic Intelligence - Kube, Zhang (1992)(Correct)
In this paper, we examine the problem of controlling multiple
behaviour-based autonomous robots. Based on observations
made from the study of social insects, we propose
five simple mechanisms used to ... / Collective Robotic Intelligence C. Ronald Kube br behaviour-based autonomous robots. Based on observations made from
28 Experiences with Selecting Search Engines using Meta-Search - Dreilinger (1997)(Correct)
Search engines are among the most useful and high profile resources on the Internet. The
problem of finding information on the Internet has been replaced with the problem of knowing
where search engin... / have been developed largescale robot-based and specialty search br Web Meta-Search Engines Just as robot-based search engines were
28 Probabilistic Navigation in Partially Observable Environments - Simmons, Koenig (1995)(Correct)
Autonomous mobile robots need very reliable navigation capabilities in
order to operate unattended for long periods of time. We have developed an
approach that uses partially observable Markov models ... / Abstract Autonomous mobile robots need very reliable navigation br Markov models to robustly track a robot's location and integrates it with
27 Co-Evolving Soccer Softbot Team Coordination with Genetic Programming - Luke (1997)(Correct)
Genetic Programming is a promising new method
for automatically generating functions and algorithms
through natural selection. In contrast to
other learning methods, Genetic Programming's automatic
pr... / approach for developing algorithmic robot behaviors. In this paper we br The RoboCup competition pits robots real and virtual against each
27 A Robot Controller Using Learning by Imitation - Hayes, Demiris (1994)(Correct)
Roboticists have already invested considerable energy in building robot controllers which model the
learning capacities of single animals. In this paper we present a new type of controller which dra... / A Robot Controller Using Learning by br EH QL Scotland Abstract. Roboticists have already invested
27 Multiagent coordination with learning classifier systems - Sen, Sekaran (1996)(Correct)
this paper, we evaluate a particular reinforcement
learning methodology, a genetic algorithm based
machine learning mechanism known as classifier systems
[ Holland, 1986 ] for developing action polici... / on a resource sharing problem and a robot navigation problem. We show that br a fixed load distribution In the robot navigation domain agents receive
27 The Dynamic Window Approach to Collision Avoidance - Fox, Burgard, Thrun (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes the dynamic window approach to reactive collision avoidance
for mobile robots equipped with synchro-drives. The approach is derived directly
from the motion dynamics of the robot ... / collision avoidance for mobile robots equipped with synchro-drives. The br from the motion dynamics of the robot and is therefore particularly
27 Shape Ambiguities in Structure from Motion - Szeliski, Kang (1996)(Correct)
This technical report examines the fundamental ambiguities and uncertainties inherent in recovering
structure from motion. By examining the eigenvectors associated with null or small eigenvalues
of th... / wide-ranging applications including robot vehicle guidance and obstacle br Artificial Vision for Mobile Robots Stereo Vision and Multisensory
26 Average Reward Reinforcement Learning: Foundations, Algorithms, and.. - Mahadevan (1996)(Correct)
This paper presents a detailed study of average reward reinforcement learning, an undiscounted optimality framework that is more appropriate for cyclical tasks than the much better studied discounte... / grid world domain and a simulated robot environment. A detailed br applications ranging from flexible robots for automating chores to
26 Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems with Symmetry - Bloch, Krishnaprasad, al. (1996)(Correct)
This work develops the geometry and dynamics of mechanicalsystems with nonholonomic constraints
and symmetry from the perspective of Lagrangian mechanics and with a view to control theoretical
applica... / including many problems in robotics wheeled vehicular dynamics br example problems in both mobile robot path planning and satellite
26 Min-Wise Independent Permutations - Broder, Charikar, Frieze.. (1998)(Correct)
We define and study the notion of min-wise independent families of permutations.
We say that
F #
S n is min-wise independent if for any set X
#
[n]
and any x
#
X, when # is chosen at random in
... / maliciously e.g.spammers and robot traps and erroneously spider
26 On-Line Search in a Simple Polygon - Kleinberg (1994)(Correct)
We consider a number of search and exploration problems, from the perspective of
robot navigation in a simple polygon. These problems are "on-line" in the sense that
the robot does not have access to ... / problems from the perspective of robot navigation in a simple polygon. br are on-line in the sense that the robot does not have access to the map of
26 Planning Control Rules for Reactive Agents - Kabanza, Barbeau, St-Denis (1997)(Correct)
A traditional approach for planning is to evaluate goal statements over state trajectories
modeling predicted behaviors of an agent. This paper describes a powerful extension of
this approach for hand... / can be a physical device e.g.a robot or a software process e.g.a br printers to other processes. In a robotics application a scheduler may
26 Theory and Algorithms for Plan Merging - Foulser, Li, Yang (1992)(Correct)
Merging operators in a plan can yield significant savings in the cost to execute a
plan. This paper provides a formal theory for plan merging and presents both optimal
and efficient heuristic algorith... / for minimizing the costs of robot task plans. As an example br up one block of a certain size the robot arm has to mount a gripper of an
25 Randomized Kinodynamic Planning - LaValle, Kuffner, Jr. (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents a state-space perspective on the kinodynamic planning problem, and introduces a randomized path planning technique that computes collision-free kinodynamic trajectories for high de... / IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Abstract This br determines control inputs to drive a robot from an initial con guration and
25 Robotics and the Common Sense Informatic Situation - Murray Shanahan (1996)(Correct)
Any model of the world a robot constructs on the basis
of its sensor data is necessarily both incomplete, due
to the robot's limited window on the world, and
uncertain, due to sensor and motor noise. ... / Robotics and the Common Sense Informatic br Abstract Any model of the world a robot constructs on the basis of its
24 Evolutionary Robotics: the Sussex Approach - Harvey, Husbands, Cliff, Thompson.. (1996)(Correct)
this paper is primarily an overview of our work at Sussex. We discuss what artificial evolutionary techniques are appropriate, followed by discussion of which classes unknown Evolutionary Robotics: th... / Evolutionary Robotics the Sussex Approach I. br We give an overview of evolutionary robotics research at Sussex over the
24 Learning to Adapt to Changing Environments in Evolving Neural Networks - Nolfi, Parisi (1996)(Correct)
In order to study learning as an adaptive process it is necessary to take into
consideration the role of evolution which is the primary adaptive process. In addition,
learning should be studied in (ar... / the behavior of a small mobile robot that must explore efficiently an br body is Khepera a small mobile robot Mondada et al. Khepera
24 Distributed Computing using Autonomous Objects - Bic, Fukuda, Dillencourt (1996)(Correct)
Autonomous Objects are a new paradigm for distributed systems, based on the concept
of intelligent messages that carry their own behavior as they navigate autonomously
through the underlying computati... / much like a human agent or a robot would move in space visiting or
24 Efficient Locally Weighted Polynomial Regression Predictions - Moore, Schneider, Deng(Correct)
Locally weighted polynomial regression
(LWPR) is a popular instance-based algorithm
for learning continuous non-linear
mappings. For more than two or three inputs
and for more than a few thousand data... / Predictions Andrew W. Moore Robotics Institute and School of br awm cs.cmu.edu Jeff Schneider Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon
24 Reflectance and Texture of Real-World Surfaces - Dana, Nayar, van Ginneken, Koenderink (1997)(Correct)
In this work, we investigate the visual appearance of
real-world surfaces and the dependence of appearance
on imaging conditions. We present a BRDF (bidirectional
reflectance distribution function) da... / measurement device is comprised of a robot lamp personal br the SCORBOT-ER V by ESHED Robotec Tel Aviv Israel
24 An Interaction-based Language and its Typing System - Takeuchi (1994)(Correct)
We present a small language L and its typing system based on the idea of interaction,
one of the important notions in parallel and distributed computing. L is based on,
apart from such constructs as p... / modules to actions between a mobile robot and its environments to reactive
24 Learning Maps for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation - Thrun, Bücken (1998)(Correct)
Autonomous robots must be able to learn and maintain models of their environments.
Research on mobile robot navigation has produced two major paradigms
for mapping indoor environments: grid-based and ... / Learning Maps for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation Sebastian Thrun Arno br Keywords autonomous robots exploration mobile robots
24 Calibration-Free Visual Control Using Projective Invariance - Hager (1995)(Correct)
Much of the previous work on hand-eye coordination
has emphasized the reconstructive aspects of vision.
Recently, techniques that avoid explicit reconstruction
by placing visual feedback into a contro... / mechanism for controlling a robotic mechanism from visual inputs. A br spaces of points attached to a robot end-effector and a target object
24 Noise and The Reality Gap: The Use of Simulation in Evolutionary.. - Jakobi, Husbands, Harvey (1995)(Correct)
The pitfalls of naive robot simulations have been recognised for areas
such as evolutionary robotics. It has been suggested that carefully validated
simulations with a proper treatment of noise may ov... / Use of Simulation in Evolutionary Robotics Nick Jakobi and Phil br Abstract The pitfalls of naive robot simulations have been recognised
24 Design And Implementation Of Metamorphic Robots - Pamecha, al. (1996)(Correct)
This paper discusses issues in the design and implementation
of metamorphic robotic systems. A metamorphic robotic
system is a collection of independently controlled mechatronic
modules, each of which... / And Implementation Of Metamorphic Robots Amit Pamecha Department br and implementation of metamorphic robotic systems. A metamorphic robotic
24 On Formalizing Database Updates: Preliminary Report - Reiter (1992)(Correct)
We address the problem of formalizing the evolution of a database under the effect
of an arbitrary sequence of update transactions. We do so by appealing to a first order
representation language calle... / consequence of some agent human robot nature performing an action. If br For example it is possible for a robot r to pick up an object x in
24 Force Strategies for Cooperative Tasks in Multiple Mobile.. - Khatib Yokoi (1996)(Correct)
Mobile manipulation capabilities are key to many
new applications of robotics in space, underwater,
construction, and service environments. This article
discusses the ongoing effort at Stanford Univer... / Holmberg A. Casal A. Baader y Robotics Laboratory Department of br are key to many new applications of robotics in space underwater
23 A Layered Architecture for Office Delivery Robots - Simmons, Goodwin, Haigh, Koenig.. (1997)(Correct)
Office delivery robots have to perform many tasks.
They have to determine the order in which to visit offices,
plan paths to those offices, follow paths reliably,
and avoid static and dynamic obstacle... / Architecture for Office Delivery Robots Reid Simmons Richard br Abstract Office delivery robots have to perform many tasks. They
23 Harvest: A Scalable, Customizable Discovery and Access System - Bowman (1995)(Correct)
Rapid growth in data volume, user base, and data diversity render Internet-accessible information
increasingly difficult to use effectively. In this paper we introduce Harvest, a system that
provides ... / discovery is the use of Web robots These are programs that br for distributed indexing than robots can because of its optimized
23 Integrating Grid-Based and Topological Maps for Mobile Robot.. - Thrun, Bücken (1996)(Correct)
Research on mobile robot navigation has produced two major
paradigms for mapping indoor environments: grid-based
and topological. While grid-based methods produce accurate
metric maps, their complexit... / and Topological Maps for Mobile Robot Navigation Sebastian Thrun br Abstract Research on mobile robot navigation has produced two major
23 Transportable Information Agents - Rus (1996)(Correct)
Transportable agents are autonomous programs. They can move through a heterogeneous network of computers under their own control, migrating from host to host. They can sense the state of the network, ... / information retrieval and mobile robotics. Although little has been br Tcl. The analogy between mobile robots in unstructured physical
23 Locally Weighted Learning for Control - Atkeson, Moore, Schaal (1996)(Correct)
Lazy learning methods provide useful representations and training algorithms for
learning about complex phenomena during autonomous adaptive control of complex
systems. This paper surveys ways in whic... / more apparent as fields such as robotics factory automation and br used and vice versa. A successful robot learning algorithm typically is
23 A Hierarchical Protocol for Coordinating Multiagent Behaviors - Durfee, Montgomery (1990)(Correct)
We describe how a behavior hierarchy can be used
in a protocol that allows AI agents to discover and
resolve interactions flexibly. Agents that initially
do not know with whom they might interact use
... / channels and each other. Mobile robots on a warehouse floor for example br partial behavior hierarchies for robots OPUS and ODYSSEUS respectively.
23 Grounding adaptive language games in robotic agents - Steels, Vogt (1997)(Correct)
The paper addresses the question how a group
of physically embodied robotic agents may originate
meaning and language through adaptive language
games. The main principles underlying the
approach are s... / Grounding adaptive language games in robotic agents Luc Steels and br how a group of physically embodied robotic agents may originate meaning
22 Path Planning In Expansive Configuration Spaces - Hsu, Latombe, Motwani (1997)(Correct)
We introduce the notion of expansiveness to characterize a family of robot configuration
spaces whose connectivity can be effectively captured by a roadmap of randomlysampled
milestones. The analysis ... / to characterize a family of robot configuration spaces whose br planning is an important problem in robotics. It also has
22 Cooperative Multi-Robot Box-Pushing - Mataric, Nilsson, Simsarian (1995)(Correct)
This paper describes the problem of task sharing between two autonomous
six--legged robots. The robots are equipped with two-way
communication, object and goal sensing, and a repertoire of basic behav... / Cooperative Multi-Robot Box-Pushing Maja J Matari'c br on Collective and Cooperative Robotics proposed by Maja J Matari'c.
22 Deferred Planning and Sensor Use - Olawsky, Gini (1990)(Correct)
Traditional approaches to task planning assume
the planner has access to all of the world information
needed to develop a complete, correct
plan---a plan which can then be executed
in its entirety by ... / be executed in its entirety by a robot. We consider problems where some br be executed in its entirety by a robot. Unfortunately this information
22 Efficient Incremental Algorithms for the Sparse Resultant and the.. - Emiris, Canny (1995)(Correct)
This article continues work by Canny and Emiris (1993) for constructing matrix formulae for
the sparse resultant. As in that article, we build resultant matrices whose entries are either zero
or coeff... / in a variety of areas ranging from robotics Canny to modeling br A concrete example from robot kinematics is the inverse
22 Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning for Robot Control - Mitchell, Thrun (1993)(Correct)
How can artificial neural nets generalize better from fewer examples? In order to generalize successfully, neural network learning methods typically require large training data sets. We introduce a ne... / Neural Network Learning for Robot Control Tom M. Mitchell br neural networks. For example in robot control learning tasks reported
22 ALECSYS and the AutonoMouse: Learning to Control a Real Robot by.. - Dorigo (1995)(Correct)
In this article we investigate the feasibility of using learning classifier systems as a tool for building
adaptive control systems for real robots. Their use on real robots imposes efficiency constra... / Learning to Control a Real Robot by Distributed Classifier Systems br di Intelligenza Artificiale e Robotica Dipartimento di Elettronica e
21 Active Markov Localization for Mobile Robots - Fox, Burgard, Thrun (1998)(Correct)
Localization is the problem of determining the position of a mobile robot from sensor data. Most existing
localization approaches are passive, i.e., they do not exploit the opportunity to control the ... / Markov Localization for Mobile Robots Dieter Fox Wolfram Burgard br determining the position of a mobile robot from sensor data. Most existing
21 Behavior-Based Control: Examples from Navigation, Learning, and Group .. - Mataric (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes the main properties of
behavior-based approaches to control. Different
approaches to designing and using behaviors
as basic units for control, representation,
and learning are ill... / on three empirical examples of robots performing navigation and br that were used to implement robots that successfully performed
21 Issues in Using Function Approximation for Reinforcement Learning - Thrun, Schwartz (1993)(Correct)
this paper we identify a prime source of such
failures---namely, a systematic overestimation of utility values. Using Watkins' Q-Learning [18] as an
example, we give a theoretical account of the pheno... / such as game playing and robotics For example br by empirical results in a simple robot navigation domain using a variety
21 An On-Line Algorithm for Improving Performance in Navigation - Blum, Chalasani (1993)(Correct)
We consider the following scenario. A point robot is placed at some start location s in a 2dimensional
scene containing oriented rectangular obstacles. The robot must repeatedly travel
back and forth ... / the following scenario. A point robot is placed at some start location br oriented rectangular obstacles. The robot must repeatedly travel back and
21 Reinforcement Learning And Its Application To Control - Gullapalli (1992)(Correct)
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND ITS APPLICATION TO CONTROL February 1992 Vijaykumar Gullapalli, B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India M.S., University of Massachusetts Ph.D., University of... / help and support in my forays into robotics. His encouragement and br expertise in the nuts and bolts of robotics stood me in good stead when I
21 A Fuzzy Logic Based Extension to Payton and Rosenblatt's Command.. - Yen (1995)(Correct)
David Payton and Ken Rosenblatt have recently proposed a command
fusion method for combining outputs of multiple behaviors in a mobile robot navigation
system such that information loss due to command... / Command Fusion Method for Mobile Robot Navigation John Yen MEMBER br of multiple behaviors in a mobile robot navigation system such that
21 Parcel Manipulation and Dynamics with a Distributed Actuator Array.. - Jonathan Luntz (1997)(Correct)
We are developing a materials handling
system where many small simple actuators cooperate to
transport and to manipulate large objects in the plane. A
discrete set of cells, each comprising two actuat... / transfer are conveyor belts and robotic manipulators. The conveyor br objects from different sources. Robots on the other hand are able to
20 The Saphira Architecture: A Design for Autonomy - Konolige, Myers, Ruspini, Saffiotti (1997)(Correct)
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI) 9, 1997, 215-235.
Special issue on Architectures for Physical Agents.
Mobile robots, if they areto perform useful tasks andbecom... / for Physical Agents. Mobile robots if they areto perform useful br operations on the part of the robot including the use of visual
20 Learning to Reason - Khardon (1994)(Correct)
ing with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on
servers, to redistribute to lists, or to use any component of this work in other works, requires prior
specific permission and... / . INTRODUCTION Consider a baby robot starting out its life. If it were br period of time. In this period the robot adapts to its environment and
20 Learning First-Order Definitions of Functions - Quinlan (1996)(Correct)
First-order learning involves finding a clause-form definition of a relation from examples of the relation and relevant background information. In this paper, a particular first-order learning system ... / of blocks must be rearranged by a robot manipulator. Each input to
20 Parametric Appearance Representation - Nayar, Murase (1996)(Correct)
In contrast to the traditional approach, the recognition problem is formulated
as one of matching appearance rather than shape. For any given
vision task, all possible appearance variations define its... / using for example two robot manipulators one rotates the br our experiments on recognition and robot tracking show that appearance
20 Active Visual Navigation using Non-Metric Structure - Beardsley, Reid, Zisserman, Murray (1995)(Correct)
This paper demonstrates a method of using non-metric visual information derived from an uncalibrated
active vision system to navigate an autonomous vehicle through free-space regions detected in a
clu... / A.Zisserman and D.W.Murray Robotics Research Group Report No. br Fax Email pab robots.oxford.ac.uk Active Visual
20 Stabilization of Trajectories for Systems with Nonholonomic.. - Walsh Tilbury (1994)(Correct)
A new technique for stabilizing nonholonomic systems to trajectories is
presented. It is well known (see [2]) that such systems cannot be stabilized
to a point using smooth-static state feedback. In t... / examples including a car-like robot. Introduction There has br for stabilizing simple mobile robots to a point. However it is fair to
20 Real-Time Scheduling of Sensor-Based Control Systems - David Stewart (1991)(Correct)
Many sensor-based control systems are dynamically changing, and thus require a flexible scheduler. The
rate monotonic (RM) real-time scheduling algorithm does not support such dynamic systems very w... / and Computer Engineering and The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon br of a tactile sensor on the end of a robotic manipulator that is used to
20 An Efficient Algorithm for the Sparse Mixed Resultant - Canny, Emiris (1993)(Correct)
We propose a compact formula for the mixed resultant of a
system of n+1 sparse Laurent polynomials in n variables. Our approach is
conceptually simple and geometric, in that it applies a mixed subdi... / such as computer vision robot kinematics graphics and geometric br . Canny J.F.The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning. M.I.T. Press
20 Using Skeletons for Nonholonomic Path Planning among Obstacles - Mirtich, Canny (1992)(Correct)
This paper describes a practical path planner for
nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles.
The planner is based on building a one-dimensional,
maximal clearance skeleton through the configu... / path planner for nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles. br the configuration space of the robot. However rather than using the
20 Maintaining Distributed Hypertext Infostructures: Welcome to.. - Fielding (1994)(Correct)
Most documents made available on the World-Wide Web can be considered part of an infostructure --- an information
resource database with a specifically designed structure. Infostructures often contain... / good behavior of any web-traversing robot. It also includes discussion of br MOMspider is a webwandering robot that given a list of instructions
19 Discovering Structure in Multiple Learning Tasks: The TC Algorithm - Thrun, O'Sullivan (1996)(Correct)
Recently, there has been an increased interest in "lifelong
" machine learning methods, that transfer knowledge
across multiple learning tasks. Such methods
have repeatedly been found to outperform co... / study carried out in a mobile robot domain shows that TC outperforms br the context of object recognition robot navigation and chess are reported
19 The Ariadne's Clew Algorithm - Mazer (1992)(Correct)
We present a new approach to path planning, called the "Ariadne's clew algorithm".
It is designed to find paths in high-dimensional continuous spaces and applies to robots
with many degrees of freedom... / continuous spaces and applies to robots with many degrees of freedom in br is of major interest for industrial robotics. A basic version of this
19 Exploration and Model Building in Mobile Robot Domains - Thrun (1993)(Correct)
I present first results on COLUMBUS, an autonomous mobile robot. COLUMBUS
operates in initially unknown, structured environments. Its task is to explore and model
the environment efficiently while avo... / and Model Building in Mobile Robot Domains Sebastian B. Thrun br on COLUMBUS an autonomous mobile robot. COLUMBUS operates in initially
19 Efficient Learning of Typical Finite Automata from Random Walks - Freund, Kearns, Ron, Rubinfeld.. (1993)(Correct)
This paper describes new and efficient algorithms for learning deterministic finite automata. Our
approach is primarily distinguished by two features: (1) the adoption of an average-case setting to mo... / we may think of the learner as a robot taking a random walk in a br information available to the robot from state to state has limited
19 Desktop Teleoperation via the World Wide Web - Goldberg, Mascha, Gentner.. (1995)(Correct)
This paper focuses on interface design, robot hardware,
and system architecture. Archival information including example
images, operator logs and the answer to the puzzle is
available at: unknown Desk... / we built a system that allows a robot manipulator to be teleoperated br Project consists of an industrial robot arm fitted with a CCD camera and
19 Motor Schema-based Formation Control for Multiagent Robot Teams - Balch, Arkin (1995)(Correct)
New reactive behaviors that implement formations in
multi-robot teams are presented and evaluated. These
motor schemas, or primitive behaviors, for relative
positional maintenance are integrated with ... / Formation Control for Multiagent Robot Teams GIT-CC- - br and Ronald C. Arkin Mobile Robot Laboratory College of Computing
19 Evolution of Subsumption Using Genetic Programming - Koza (1993)(Correct)
this paper, we use the genetic
programming paradigm to evolve a computer
program that exhibits emergent behavior and
enables an autonomous mobile robot to follow
the walls of an irregularly shaped roo... / behavior for an autonomous mobile robot using the subsumption br and enables an autonomous mobile robot to follow the walls of an
19 Efficient Learning of Typical Finite Automata from Random Walks.. - Freund, al. (1993)(Correct)
Yoav Freund
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Michael Kearns
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
Dana Ron
Hebrew University
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Ronitt Rubinfeld
Cornell Univ... / we may think of the learner as a robot taking a random walk in a br information available to the robot from state to state has limited
19 Impulse-based Dynamic Simulation - Mirtich, Canny (1995)(Correct)
This paper discusses a new approach to dynamic
simulation called impulse-based simulation. We have
focused on the twin goals of physical accuracy and
computational efficiency. Our simulator can accura... / a high degree of freedom walking robot although the contact br have studied impact dynamics for robotic applications their approach is
18 A Layered Approach to Learning Client Behaviors in the RoboCup Soccer .. - Stone, Veloso (1997)(Correct)
In the past few years, Multiagent Systems (MAS) has emerged as an active subfield of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Because of the inherent complexity of MAS, there is much interest in using Machine Le... / to help build multiagent systems. Robotic soccer is a particularly good br from information agents to real robots. Because of the inherent
18 The Power of Team Exploration: Two Robots Can Learn Unlabeled.. - Bender, Slonim (1994)(Correct)
We show that two cooperating robots can learn exactly any strongly-connected directed
graph with n indistinguishable nodes in expected time polynomial in n. We introduce a new
type of homing sequence ... / The Power of Team Exploration Two Robots Can Learn Unlabeled Directed br We show that two cooperating robots can learn exactly any
18 Towards a Social Level Characterisation of Socially Responsible Agents - Jennings, Campos (1997)(Correct)
This paper presents a high-level framework for analysing and designing intelligent
agents. The framework's key abstraction mechanism is a new computer level called the
Social Level. The Social Level ... / agents Wavish and Graham robot manipulation agents Overgaard et br Similarly Assimov's laws-a robot may not injure a human being or
18 Design of Modular Fault Tolerant Manipulators - Paredis, Khosla (1995)(Correct)
Task Requirements
input
output
Reconfigurable Modular Manipulator Systems
Reconfigurable Modular Manipulator System?
Is Task Program executable by
- VAL II
- C code
- ....
- D-H parameters
- Material ... / configuration amongst available robots several expert systems have been br A totally different approach to the robot design problem finds its roots in
18 Fast Object Recognition in Noisy Images Using Simulated Annealing - Betke, al. (1994)(Correct)
A fast simulated annealing algorithm is developed for automatic object recognition. The object recognition
problem is addressed as the problem of best describing a match between a hypothesized object ... / autonomous vehicle or a navigating robot. Images are assumed to be taken br are assumed to be taken while the robot or the vehicle is moving through
18 Symbiotic Evolution of Neural Networks in Sequential Decision Tasks - Moriarty (1997)(Correct)
viii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Sequential Decision Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1.1 Examples of Sequential Decision Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... / practical situations ranging from robot navigation to stock market br forms neural networks that guide a robot arm to target objects while
18 Subspace Methods for Robot Vision - Nayar, Nene, Murase (1995)(Correct)
In contrast to the traditional approach, visual recognition is formulated as one of
matching appearance rather than shape. For any given robot vision task, all possible appearance
variations define it... / Subspace Methods for Robot Vision Shree K. Nayar br issue of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation on Vision-Based
18 Designing and Understanding Adaptive Group Behavior - Mataric (1995)(Correct)
This paper proposes the concept of basis behaviors as ubiquitous general building blocks
for synthesizing artificial group behavior in multi--agent systems, and for analyzing group
behavior in nature.... / and on a group of physical mobile robots. The basis behavior set we br ones. Key words group behavior robotics ethology social interaction
17 A Reactive Plan Language - McDermott (1993)(Correct)
this paper. The work reported
herein was supported by the Defense Advanced Projects Agency, under BRL contract DAA15-87-K-0001, and ONR contract
N00014-91-J-1577.
c remains true." If c becomes false... / reactive plans for agents e.g.robots Davis Ingrand and Georgeff br tracks the situation outside the robot. RPL is being applied to
17 Interference as a Tool for Designing and Evaluating Multi-Robot.. - Dani Goldberg (1997)(Correct)
Designing and implementing cooperative group
behaviors for robots is considered something of
a black art involving an extensive amount of reprogramming
and parameter adjustment. What
seems to be lacki... / for Designing and Evaluating Multi-Robot Controllers Dani Goldberg br cooperative group behaviors for robots is considered something of a
17 A Study of the Clash Detection Problem in Robotics - Cameron (1985)(Correct)
To solve the clash detection problem we must decide
whether a collision will occur between any pair of objects
from a set of objects with known shapes and motions.
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17 Solving Geometric Constraint Systems - Kramer (1990)(Correct)
Finding the configurations of a set of rigid bodies
that satisfy a set of geometric constraints is
a problem traditionally solved by reformulating
the geometry and constraints as algebraic equations
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