DORI: Distributed Outdoor Robotic Instruments

A Novel Graphical Interface and Context Aware Map for Incident Detection and Monitoring

Recent advances in video sensors, computer vision, graphics, mobile robotic systems, distributed computing, and high-speed computer networks have inspired a new generation of visualization and telepresence systems for Intelligent Transportation Applications. This paper focuses on the development of and experiments with a visualization and telepresence environment that together present an intera...

Trilateration Localization for Multi-robot Teams

The ability of robots to quickly and accurately localize their neighbors is extremely important for robotic teams. Prior approaches typically rely either on global information provided by GPS, beacons and landmarks, or on complex local information provided by vision systems. In this paper we describe our trilateration approach to multi-robot localization, which is fully distributed, inexpensive...

A History of robotic Musical Instruments

This paper presents a history of robotic musical instruments that are performed by motors, solenoids, and gears. Automatic mechanical musical instruments from pianos, to turntables, to percussion, to plucked and bowed strings to wind and horns are presented. Quotes from interviews with a number of artists, engineers, and scientists who have built robotic instruments are included. Personal motiv...

Incremental Multiagent Robotic Mapping of Outdoor Terrains

Sensorized and Actuated Instruments for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) challenges the surgeon’s skills due to his separation from the operation area which can be reached with long instruments only. To overcome the drawbacks of conventional MIS robotic surgery systems with integrated haptic feedback play an important role. This paper describes the development of actuated and sensorized instruments for minimally invasive robotic surg...