Search Results - "Caprari, G."

Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices by Halloy, J, Sempo, G, Caprari, G, Rivault, C, Asadpour, M, Tâche, F, Saïd, I, Durier, V, Canonge, S, Amé, J.M, Detrain, C, Correll, N, Martinoli, A, Mondada, F, Siegwart, R, Deneubourg, J.L

“…Collective behavior based on self-organization has been shown in group-living animals from insects to vertebrates. These findings have stimulated engineers to…”
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Mobile micro-robots ready to use: Alice by Caprari, G., Siegwart, R.

“…This paper presents the latest developments around our mobile microrobot Alice. This small robot is the starting point driving and enabling enhancements in…”
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Animal and robot mixed societies: building cooperation between microrobots and cockroaches by Caprari, G., Colot, A., Siegwart, R., Halloy, J., Deneubourg, J.-L.

“…This paper presents the European project LEURRE which deals with the cooperation between robots and animals in a social context. Its main objective is to…”
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Characterization of the compact Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range scanner by Kneip, L., Tache, F., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R.

“…This paper presents a detailed characterization of the Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range finder. While the sensor specifications only provide a rough estimation…”
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Locomotion System for a Mobile Robot on Magnetic Wheels With Both Axial and Circumferential Mobility and With Only an 8-mm Height for Generator Inspection With the Rotor Still Installed by Fischer, W., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R., Moser, R.

“…This paper describes the locomotion system for a miniature climbing robot on magnetic wheels for inspecting large generator stators (>;1 m in diameter, >;10…”
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Compact magnetic wheeled robot for inspecting complex shaped structures in generator housings and similar environments by Fischer, W., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R., Moser, R.

“…In this paper, we present the mechanical design of a compact magnetic wheeled robot - with the goal to do inspection and vibration measurements in the housings…”
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The autonomous micro robot "Alice": a platform for scientific and commercial applications by Caprari, G., Balmer, P., Piguet, R., Siegwart, R.

“…Over the last years various mobile micro robots have been developed at different labs for research issues. Most of them have remarkable features but are…”
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Collective decision-making by a group of cockroach-like robots by Garnier, S., Jost, C., Jeanson, R., Gautrais, J., Asadpour, M., Caprari, G., Theraulaz, G.

“…In group-living animals, aggregation favours interactions as well as information exchanges between individuals, and allows thus the emergence of complex…”
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Animal and robot mixed societies by CAPRARI, Gilles, COLOT, Alexandre, SIEGWART, Roland, HALLOY, Jose, DENEUBOURG, Jean-Louis

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Control and analysis of low inertia miniature synchronous motors by Nicoud, J.D., Matthley, O., Caprari, G.

“…Miniature motors are available in sizes as small as 1.9 mm in diameter by 10 mm in length. Position sensors have not yet been implemented in these small…”
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Aerial service robots for visual inspection of thermal power plant boiler systems by Burri, M., Nikolic, J., Hurzeler, C., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R.

“…This work focuses on the use of MAVs for industrial inspection tasks. An efficient flight controller based on a model predictive control paradigm is developed…”
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Applying aerial robotics for inspections of power and petrochemical facilities by Huerzeler, C., Caprari, G., Zwicker, E., Marconi, L.

“…This paper collects and analyzes a list of application scenarios for inspections of power generation and petrochemical processing facilities using unmanned…”
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Aerial service robotics: The AIRobots perspective by Marconi, L., Basile, F., Caprari, G., Carloni, R., Chiacchio, P., Hurzeler, C., Lippiello, V., Naldi, R., Nikolic, J., Siciliano, B., Stramigioli, S., Zwicker, E.

“…This paper presents the main vision and research activities of the ongoing European project AIRobots (Innovative Aerial Service Robot for Remote Inspection by…”
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Climbing robot for corrosion monitoring of reinforced concrete structures by Leibbrandt, A., Caprari, G., Angst, U., Siegwart, R. Y., Flatt, R. J., Elsener, B.

“…This paper introduces a climbing robot for corrosion monitoring of reinforced concrete structures such as cooling towers, dams or bridges. The robot combines a…”
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Aerial Service Robots: An overview of the AIRobots activity by Marconi, L., Naldi, R., Torre, A., Nikolic, J., Huerzeler, C., Caprari, G., Zwicker, E., Siciliano, B., Lippiello, V., Carloni, R., Stramigioli, S.

“…This video paper outlines some of the results achieved during the first two years of the ongoing European project AIRobots (Innovative Aerial Service Robots…”
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Robotic crawler for inspecting generators with very narrow air gaps by Fischer, W., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R., Moser, R.

“…The non-destructive inspection of generator stators is a repetitive and cost-intensive task. For some types with very small entrance gaps (around 9 mm height),…”
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InsBot: design of an autonomous mini mobile robot able to interact with cockroaches by Colot, A., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R.

“…This paper presents general ideas on design and implementation of robots to be used together with groups of animals. This work is part of the European project…”
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The autonomous miniature robot Alice: from prototypes to applications by Caprari, G., Arras, K.O., Siegwart, R.

“…We present an overview of the prototype family of Alice miniature mobile robots and the improvements achieved so far. Applications are often the final…”
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Perception and behavior of InsBot : Robot-Animal interaction issues by Tache, F., Asadpour, M., Caprari, G., Karlen, W., Siegwart, R.

“…This paper describes the hardware and behavior implementation of a miniature robot, in size of a match box, that is able to interact with cockroaches. The…”
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A remote controlled mobile mini robot by Buchi, R., Caprari, G., Vuscovic, I., Siegwart, R.

“…The Institute of Robotics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich (ETH) has recently developed a remote controlled mobile mini robot. It has…”
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