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    • 3D sensor planning framework for leaf probing 

      Foix Salmerón, Sergi; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
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      Modern plant phenotyping requires active sensing technologies and particular exploration strategies. This article proposes a new method for actively exploring a 3D region of space with the aim of localizing special areas ...
    • A friction-model-based framework for reinforcement learning of robotic tasks in non-rigid environments 

      Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Planells Valencia, Antoni; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
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      Learning motion tasks in a real environment with deformable objects requires not only a Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm, but also a good motion characterization, a preferably compliant robot controller, and an agent ...
    • A singularity-robust LQR controller for parallel robots 

      Bordalba Llaberia, Ricard; Porta Pleite, Josep Maria; Ros Giralt, Lluís (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      Parallel robots exhibit the so-called forward singularities, which complicate substantially the planning and control of their motions. Often, such complications are circumvented by restricting the motions to singularity-free ...
    • A wrench-sensitive touch pad based on a parallel structure 

      Frigola Alcalde, Roger; Ros Giralt, Lluís; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Thomas, Federico (2008)
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      Many different robotic in-parallel structures have been conceived as six-component force sensors. In general, they perform well for most applications but, when accuracy is a must, two main limitations arise. First, in most ...
    • Active perception of deformable objects using 3D cameras 

      Alenyà Ribas, Guillem; Moreno-Noguer, Francesc; Ramisa Ayats, Arnau; Torras, Carme (Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidad de Sevilla, 2011)
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      Perception and manipulation of rigid objects has received a lot of attention, and several solutions have been proposed. In contrast, dealing with deformable objects is a relatively new and challenging task because they ...
    • Bilateral teleoperation of flexible-joint manipulators with dynamic gravity compensation and variable time-delays 

      Nuño, Emmanuel; Valle, Daniela; Sarras, Ioannis; Basañez Villaluenga, Luis (2013)
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      Abstract—It is widely known that the problem of controlling a rigid bilateral teleoperator with time-delays has been effectively addressed since the late 80’s. However, the control of flexible joint manipulators in a ...
    • Closed-loop inverse kinematics for redundant robots: comparative assessment and two enhancements 

      Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
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      Motivated by the need of a robust and practical Inverse Kinematics (IK) algorithm for the WAM robot arm, we reviewed the most used Closed-Loop IK (CLIK) methods for redundant robots, analysing their main points of concern: ...
    • Considering the anchoring problem in robotic intelligent bin picking 

      Escudero Rodrigo, Diego; Alquézar Mancho, René (IOS Press, 2018)
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      Random Bin Picking means the selection by a robot of a particular item from a container (or bin) in which there are many items randomly distributed. Generalist robots and the Anchoring Problem should be considered if we ...
    • Demonstration-free contextualized probabilistic movement primitives, further enhanced with obstacle avoidance 

      Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      Movement Primitives (MPs) have been widely used over the last years for learning robot motion tasks with direct Policy Search (PS) reinforcement learning. Among them, Probabilistic Movement Primitives (ProMPs) are a kind ...
    • Dimensionality reduction and motion coordination in learning trajectories with dynamic movement primitives 

      Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      Dynamic Movement Primitives (DMP) are nowadays widely used as movement parametrization for learning trajectories, because of their linearity in the parameters, rescaling robustness and continuity. However, when learning a ...
    • Dual-arm framework for cooperative applications 

      Rodríguez Pacheco, Carlos; Rojas de Silva Gonzalez, Francisco Abiud; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      This paper presents a framework schema that allows to bring simulation results obtained from different dual-arm robotic applications to executions in real environments. The framework uses the Robot Operating System (ROS) ...
    • From the Turing test to science fiction: the challenges of social robotics 

      Torras, Carme (2013)
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      The Turing test (1950) sought to distinguish whether a speaker engaged in a computer talk was a human or a machine [6]. Science fiction has immortalized several humanoid robots full of humanity, and it is nowadays speculating ...
    • Grasping novel objects 

      Covallero, Nicola; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem (2016)
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      The work explained in this technical report is about evaluating some recent algorithms to grasp unforeseen objects for table clearance tasks. A tabletop object segmentation algorithm is proposed, and two recently published ...
    • Handling high parameter dimensionality in reinforcement learning with dynamic motor primitives 

      Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem; Torras, Carme (2013)
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      Dynamic Motor Primitives (DMP) are nowadays widely used as movement parametrization for learning trajectories, because of their linearity in the parameters, rescalation robustness and continuity. However, when learning a ...
    • Hierarchical task control for aerial inspection 

      Santamaria Navarro, Àngel; Andrade-Cetto, Juan (2014)
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      This paper presents a task oriented control strategy for aerial vehicles equipped with a robotic arm and a camera attached to its end-effector. With this setting the camera can reach a new set of orientations previously ...
    • Learning RGB-D descriptors of garment parts for informed robot grasping 

      Ramisa Ayats, Arnau; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem; Moreno-Noguer, Francesc; Torras, Carme (2014)
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      Robotic handling of textile objects in household environments is an emerging application that has recently received considerable attention thanks to the development of domestic robots. Most current approaches follow a ...
    • Manipulation monitoring and robot intervention in complex manipulation sequences 

      Savarimuthu, Thiusius Rajeeth; Buch, Anders G.; Yang, Yang; Mustafar, Wail; Haller, Simon; Papon, Jeremie; Martínez Martínez, David; Eren Erdal, Aksoy (2014)
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      Compared to machines, humans are intelligent and dexterous; they are indispensable for many complex tasks in areas such as flexible manufacturing or scientific experimentation. However, they are also subject to fatigue and ...
    • Manipulation monitoring and robot intervention in complex manipulation sequences 

      Savarimuthu, Thiusius Rajeeth; Buch, Anders G.; Yang, Yang; Mustafar, Wail; Haller, Simon; Papon, Jeremie; Martínez Martínez, David; Eren Erdal, Aksoy (2014)
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      Compared to machines, humans are intelligent and dexterous; they are indispensable for many complex tasks in areas such as flexible manufacturing or scientific experimentation. However, they are also subject to fatigue and ...
    • Planning robot manipulation to clean planar surfaces 

      Martínez Martínez, David; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem; Torras, Carme (2015)
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      This paper presents a new approach to plan high-level manipulation actions for cleaning surfaces in household environments, like removing dirt from a table using a rag. Dragging actions can change the distribution of dirt ...
    • Planning trajectories for the Esautomatix workcell 

      Marquès Fàbregas, Dídac; Alenyà Ribas, Guillem (2015)
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      The iri_twin_staubli_plan_execute_trajectory package allows to plan trajectories in the esautomatix cell for both, simulation in Gazebo and execution in the real robots. The esautomatix_write_trajectory package allows ...