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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mobile Manipulators: Expanding the Frontiers of Robot Applications
Mobile manipulation capabilities are key to many new applications of robotics in space, underwater, construction, and service environments. This article presents various control strategies developed for vehicl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Collision/Contact Models for Dynamic Simulation and Haptic Interaction
In this paper we present a general framework for the dynamic simulation and haptic exploration of complex virtual environments. This work builds on previous developments in simulation, haptics, and operational...
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Article
A Depth Space Approach for Evaluating Distance to Objects
We present a novel approach to estimate the distance between a generic point in the Cartesian space and objects detected with a depth sensor. This information is crucial in many robotic applications, e.g., for...