WAFR 2000 Accepted Papers

[Bruce Randall Donald]

			      WAFR 2000
		   Fourth International Workshop on
		 Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
			     March 16-18
			      Dartmouth
			     Hanover, NH
		  http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wafr/
 
The following papers were accepted for presentation at WAFR 2000.

Further information about the conference is available at the WAFR 2000
Web site.

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List of accepted papers

Kinematic tolerance analysis with configuration spaces:
       method and case study
     --- L. Joskowicz, E. Sacks

Encoders for spherical motion using discrete sensors
     --- E. Scheinerman, G. S. Chirikjian, D. Stein

On Random Sampling in Contact Configuration Space
     --- X. Ji and J. Xiao

AutoBalancer:  An Online Dynamic Balance Compensation
       Scheme for Humanoid Robots
     --- S. Kagami, F. Kanehiro, Y. Tamiya, M. Inaba, H. Inoue

Deformable Free Space Tilings for Kinetic Collision Detection
     --- P. Agarwal, J. Basch, L. Guibas, J. Hershberger, L. Zhang

Real-time Global Deformations
     --- Y. Zhuang, J. Canny

Planning for coordinated vehicles with bounded curvature
     --- A. Bicchi, L. Pallottino

Randomized Path Planning for a Rigid Body Based on
       Hardware Accelerated Voronoi Sampling
     --- C. Pisula, K. Hoff, M. Lin, D. Manocha

Manipulation of Pose Distributions
     --- Mark Moll, M. A. Erdmann

Controlled Module Density Helps Reconfiguration Planning
     --- A. Nguyen, L. Guibas, M. Yim

Positioning Symmetric and Non-Symmetric Parts using
       Radial and Constant Force Fields
     --- F. Lamiraux, L. Kavraki

Weighted Region Optimal Path Problem
     --- J. Reif, Z. Sun

Complete Distributed Coverage of Rectilinear Environments
     --- Z. J. Butler, A. A. Rizzi, R. L. Hollis

Closed-Loop Distributed Manipulation Using Discrete
       Actuator Arrays
     --- J. E. Luntz, W. Messner, H. Choset

Pulling Motion Based Tactile Sensing
     --- M. Kaneko, T. Tsuji

Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees:  Progress and Prospects
     --- S. M. LaValle, J. J. Kuffner

Steering Algorithms for Dynamic Robotic Locomotion Systems
     --- J. P. Ostrowski, K. A. McIsaac

Compensatory Grasping with the Parallel Jaw Gripper
     --- T. Zhang, G. Smith, K. Goldberg

Reliable Mobile Robot Navigation From Unreliable Visual Cues
     --- A. J. Briggs, D. Scharstein, S. D. Abbott

A Kinematics-Based Probabilistic Roadmap Method for
       Closed Chain Systems
     --- L. Han, N. M. Amato

Toward Real-Time Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments
     --- P. Leven, S. Hutchinson

Graphical Construction of Time Optimal Trajectories
       for Differential Drive Robots
     --- D. J. Balkcom, M. T. Mason

Coupled Oscillators for Legged Robots
     --- M. D. Berkemeier

Motion Planning for Kinematic Stratified Systems with Application
       to Quasi-Static Legged Locomotion and Finger Gaiting
     --- B. Goodwine, J. Burdick

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Bruce Donald (for the WAFR Chairs). 
For further enquiries, please contact: wafr at cs.dartmouth.edu


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