... that Jean-Claude Latombe motion planning algorithm Probabilistic Roadmap Method not only applies to robotic motion planning, but can also be used in protein trajectories simulations ? (October 20, 2008)
... that Georgia Tech professor Jeff S. Shamma MIT Ph.D. advisor Michael Athans both received the Donald P. Eckman Award , one of the most prestigious awards in control theory ? (October 15, 2008)
... that John J. Leonard MIT CSAIL , developed a vision -based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm for mapping the RMS Titanic ? (October 13, 2008)
... that Matthew T. Mason robotics at Carnegie Mellon University , developed the first origami -folding robot in 2004? (October 8, 2008)
... that Bancroft Gherardi, Jr. early telephone engineering , and received the IEEE Edison Medal for his work on electrical communication? (October 4, 2008)
... that a flower robot flower and contains simple sensing and home appliance functionalities, thus making it a service robot ? (August 22, 2008)
... that Henrik I. Christensen Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology , was the founder of the European Robotics Research Network (EURON)? (August 2, 2008)
... that Massera's lemma stability theory and nonlinear control , can be used to construct common Lyapunov functions for switched systems? (July 20, 2008)
... that the exploration problem robotics is that of maximizing knowledge over an area by the use of a robot ? (July 19, 2008)
... that the extended Kalman filter de facto nonlinear state estimation ? (July 18, 2008)
... that the Vector Field Histogram algorithm used in robotic motion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH+ and VFH*? (July 16, 2008)
... that omnidirectional cameras field of view and have been used in robotics to solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem visually? (July 16, 2008)
