Simultaneously learning to recognize and control a low-cost robotic arm

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1729-1739

  Larsson, Fredrik ^a   Jonsson, Erik ^a   Felsberg, Michael ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gripper recognition; Jacobian estimation; LWPR; Visual servoing

Indexed keywords

GRIPPERS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

CONTROL SPACES; FEATURE SPACE; HIGH PRECISION POSITIONING; JACOBIAN ESTIMATION; LWPR; RECOGNITION ALGORITHM;

VISUAL SERVOING;

EID: 68649107558     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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