[PDF] Top 20 An overview of robotics and autonomous systems for harsh environments

... tolerable, autonomous systems have been deployed more ...truly autonomous systems, which must be able to process the acquired sensory data to make appropriate ...deployed systems ... See full document

... and harsh environment for humans to ...orbital robotics, asteroid robotics and planetary robotics ...Orbital robotics typically consist of free-flying robots for purposes such as ... See full document

... and robotics among others is reviewed, detailing skeletal pose estimation and tracking techniques, as well as methods based on depth maps, point clouds and plan-view ... See full document

... Performing manipulation tasks interactively in real environments requires a high degree of accuracy and stability. At the same time, when one cannot assume a fully deterministic and static environment, one must ... See full document

... agricultural environments have been a significant subject for ...agricultural autonomous robot guidance ...navigation systems in agricultural environments consists of designing suitable ... See full document

... of autonomous systems through the Overall Network Performance (ONP) concept they ...for autonomous systems, it is believed that an information flow restriction technique for security purposes ... See full document

... Research in “2-level” Programming Models Basic user interface to middle tier proxies controlling backend software resources Component Models like ICENI Imperial College or DoE Common Com[r] ... See full document

... While high level decisions can be made by an operator controlling a robot using visual information alone, haptic and tool feedback is required to ensure that local operations such as grasping hold of pipes, and cutting ... See full document

... Kiva Systems, [114], who are now owned by Amazon and have developed and continue research on teams of mobile robots that manage the giant warehouses that house the stock sold on the online market ... See full document

... The potential of blockchain governance is expressed especially through the so called Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). In plain terms, DAOs are organizations where the interac- tion of members (humans ... See full document

... Aquire Publish Publish Process Process Sensor Data Map Terrain Traversibility Map Publish Process Obstacle Avoidance Publish Process Arbitration Publish Execute Receive and Commands Ti[r] ... See full document

... communication systems using carrier sensing multiple access (CSMA) protocols can be improved by the use of directional antennas, due to the possibility of spatial ... See full document

... human environments, it is es- sential that they be equipped with the abilities to continuously learn about their environments, the people that inhabit these environments, and the activities that take ... See full document

... unknown environments which a robotic wheelchair user could travel ...through environments that he/she is not familiar ...semi-structured environments it could be expanded to outdoors ... See full document

... of robotics. For something as great as robotics field to be evolved, its assimilation and education is ...the robotics platform by learning its key aspects we can develop the robotics to far ... See full document

... the vehicles might be trapped or overwhelmed by the current. Some other literature [5] assumed that the local condition is known to the vehicle, and an accurate current model is available for planning the feasible path. ... See full document

... The main goal of this study is to investigate the applicability of 3D printing for evolutionary robotics. Specifically, we intend to show that the highly complex and cost-intensive design, fabrication and ... See full document

... Abstract- Autonomous vehicles are one of the promising solutions to reduce traffic crashes and improve mobility and traffic ...An autonomous vehicle is preferable because it helps in reducing the need for ... See full document

... indoor environments, with stable electronics designs working in parallel based on CMOS ...for autonomous vehicles, as its coherent detection scheme enables improvements in resolution of range measurements ... See full document

... An alternative off-line method based on the use of thermographic phosphors was has been devised by Feist et al. [8]. Thermographic phosphor materials usually consist of a ceramic host and a rare-earth dopant that emit ... See full document