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Do We Run Large-scale Multi-Robot Systems on the Edge? More Evidence for Two-Phase Performance in System Size Scaling
J. Kuckling
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R. Luckey
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V. Avrutin
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Andrew Vardy
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A. Reina
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H. Hamann
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The Swarm within the Labyrinth: Planar Construction by a Robot Swarm
Andrew Vardy
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SwarmJS: Swarm Robotics Simulation on the Web
Mohammed Abdullhak
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Arash Sadeghi Amjadi
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Andrew Vardy
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Swarm control for distributed construction: A computational complexity perspective
Todd Wareham
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R. de Haan
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Andrew Vardy
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I. van Rooij
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Herd’s Eye View: Improving Game AI Agent Learning with Collaborative Perception
Andrew Nash
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Andrew Vardy
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David Churchill
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A data grid strategy for non-prehensile object transport by a multi-robot system
Priyank Narvekar
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Andrew Vardy
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The Lasso Method for Multi-Robot Foraging
Andrew Vardy
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Largest coverage network in a robot swarm using reinforcement learning
Dalia S. Ibrahim
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Andrew Vardy
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Environmental Sensing Options for Robot Teams: A Computational Complexity Perspective
Todd Wareham
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Andrew Vardy
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Distributed Sorting in Complex Environments
Mohammed Abdullhak
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Andrew Vardy
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Creating Teams of Simple Agents for Specified Tasks: A Computational Complexity Perspective
Todd Wareham
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What Can Collective Construction Learn from Neural Cellular Automata?
Andrew Vardy
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The Computational Complexity of Designing Scalar-Field Sensing Robot Teams and Environments for Distributed Construction (Extended Abstract)
Todd Wareham
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Andrew Vardy
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Deadlock Prediction and Recovery for Distributed Collision Avoidance with Buffered Voronoi Cells
Mohammed Abdullhak
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Andrew Vardy
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Towards a robotic percussion accompaniment
Maxence Blond
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Andrew Vardy
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A. Staniland
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Robot Distancing: Planar Construction with Lanes
Andrew Vardy
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microUSV: A low-cost platform for indoor marine swarm robotics research
Calvin Gregory
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Andrew Vardy
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CKF-Based Visual Inertial Odometry for Long-Term Trajectory Operations
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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Andrew Vardy
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R. G. Gosine
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A swarm of simple robots constructing planar shapes
Andrew Vardy
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Dalia S. Ibrahim
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A Hybrid Path Planning Strategy of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
X. Jian
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T. Zou
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Andrew Vardy
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N. Bose
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The Computational Complexity of Controller-Environment Co-design using Library Selection for Distributed Construction
M. Timmar
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Todd Wareham
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Landmark-Guided Shape Formation by a Swarm of Robots
Andrew Vardy
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Developing Computationally-Efficient Nonlinear Cubature Kalman Filtering for Visual Inertial Odometry
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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Andrew Vardy
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R. G. Gosine
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Designing Robot Teams for Distributed Construction, Repair, and Maintenance
Todd Wareham
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Adaptive Task Allocation for Planar Construction Using Response Threshold Model
Dalia S. Ibrahim
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Andrew Vardy
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A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Multi-Robot Planar Construction
Caroline Strickland
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David Churchill
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Andrew Vardy
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Teach-and-repeat path following for an autonomous underwater vehicle
P. King
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Andrew Vardy
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A. L. Forrest
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Viable Algorithmic Options for Designing Reactive Robot Swarms
Todd Wareham
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Andrew Vardy
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Putting it together: the computational complexity of designing robot controllers and environments for distributed construction
Todd Wareham
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Andrew Vardy
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Orbital Construction: Swarms of Simple Robots Building Enclosures
Andrew Vardy
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3D Visual Homing for Commodity UAVs
H. Cai
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S. Ye
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Andrew Vardy
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M. Gong
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Sonar image registration for localization of an underwater vehicle
B. Anstey
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P. King
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Andrew Vardy
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Vector Field Path Following Control for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Z. Li
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R. Bachmayer
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Andrew Vardy
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Towards real-time robot simulation on uneven terrain using neural networks
D. Cook
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Andrew Vardy
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Sonar image registration for localization of an underwater vehicle
P King
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B. Anstey
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Andrew Vardy
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Path-Following Control for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Z. Li
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R. Bachmayer
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Andrew Vardy
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Likelihood-based Iterated Cubature Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter for Visual Inertial Navigation System
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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Andrew Vardy
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R. G. Gosine
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Developing Moving Horizon Estimation Based Ranging Measurement for Supporting Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation System
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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Andrew Vardy
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R. G. Gosine
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Developing A Cubature Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter for Visual-Inertial Navigation System
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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Andrew Vardy
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R. G. Gosine
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Smartphone positioning in sparse Wi-Fi environments
W. Waqar
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Y. Chen
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Andrew Vardy
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Risk Analysis of an Autonomous Surface Craft for Operation in Harsh Ocean Environments
Z. Li
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R. Bachmayer
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Andrew Vardy
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Motion Controller Design for the Position Control of DC Servo Motor
P. Swapna
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N. Krouglicof
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Andrew Vardy
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MERLIN - A decade of large AUV experience at Memorial University of Newfoundland
R. Lewis
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N. Ridgley
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P. King
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S. Lewis
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N. Bose
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R. Devillers
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T. Husain
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J. Munroe
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Andrew Vardy
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D. Walker
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BuPiGo: An Open and Extensible Platform for Visually-Guided Swarm Robots
Andrew Vardy
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N. Shiell
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Appearance-based Visual-Teach-And-Repeat Navigation Technique for Micro Aerial Vehicle
T. Nguyen
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G. K. I. Mann
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R. G. Gosine
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Andrew Vardy
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Aggregation in Robot Swarms using Odometry
Andrew Vardy
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A Bearing-Only Pattern Formation Algorithm for Swarm Robotics
N. Shiell
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Andrew Vardy
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Using Odometry to Improve Swarm Robot Aggregation
Andrew Vardy
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Machiavellian Agents: Player Modelling to Deceive and be Deceived
Scott Watson
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Andrew Vardy
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W. Banzhaf
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Todd Wareham
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Exploring Options for Efficiently Evaluating the Playability of Computer Game Agents
Todd Wareham
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Scott Watson
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Exploring Algorithmic Options for the Efficient Design and Reconfiguration of Reactive Robot Swarms
Todd Wareham
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Detecting Collisions on the Sphero Robot
E. Wiseman
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Andrew Vardy
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The development of AUV strategies for multidisciplinary use
K. Macpherson
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P. King
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D. Walker
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R. Lewis
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R. Devillers
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J. Munroe
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N. Kennedy
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Andrew Vardy
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The Hope Cycle
Andrew Vardy
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Terrain Leveling by a Swarm of Simple Agents
D. Cook
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Andrew Vardy
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Preliminary Field Trials of Autonomous Path Following
P. King
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B. Anstey
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Andrew Vardy
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Incorporating User Motion Information for Indoor Smartphone Positioning in Sparse Wi-Fi Environments
W. Waqar
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Y. Chen
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Andrew Vardy
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Cache Consensus: Rapid Object Sorting by a Robotic Swarm
Andrew Vardy
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G. Vorobyev
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W. Banzhaf
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Automated Design for Playability in Computer Game Agents
Scott Watson
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W. Banzhaf
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Andrew Vardy
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A Survey of AUV and Robot Simulators for Multi-Vehicle Operations
D. Cook
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Andrew Vardy
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R. Lewis
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The Impact of Informed Individuals on Collective Object Sorting
Andrew Vardy
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Conformity and Nonconformity in Collective Robotics: A Case Study
G. Vorobyev
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Andrew Vardy
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W. Banzhaf
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Comparison of Feature Detection Techniques for AUV Navigation Along a Trained Route
P King
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B. Anstey
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Andrew Vardy
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An Orientation Invariant Visual Homing Algorithm
David Churchill
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Andrew Vardy
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Towards AUV Route Following using Qualitative Navigation
P. Vandrish
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Andrew Vardy
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P. King
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Supervised Learning in Robotic Swarms: From Training Samples to Emergent Behavior
G. Vorobyev
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Andrew Vardy
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W. Banzhaf
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Real-Time Image Generation and Registration Framework for AUV Route Following
P. King
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Andrew Vardy
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B. Anstey
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P. Vandrish
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Positioning using Motion Information in RF Reference Frames
W. Waqar
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Andrew Vardy
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Y. Chen
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Achieving Desirable Gameplay Objectives by Niched Evolution of Game Parameters
Scott Watson
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Andrew Vardy
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W. Banzhaf
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Accelerated Patch Sorting by a Robotic Swarm
Andrew Vardy
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Strategies for Filtering Incorrect Matches in Seabed Mosaicking
H. Bagheri
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Andrew Vardy
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R. Bachmayer
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Sidescan Sonar Image Registration for AUV Navigation
P. Vandrish
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Andrew Vardy
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Side-scan Sonar Image Registration for AUV Navigation
P. Vandrish
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Andrew Vardy
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D. Walker
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O. Dobre
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Ignorance is Bliss: A Complexity Perspective on Adapting Reactive Architectures
Todd Wareham
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J. Kwisthout
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P. Haselager
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I. van Rooij
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Exploiting Smartphone Sensors for Indoor Positioning: A Survey
W. Waqar
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Y. Chen
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Andrew Vardy
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Using Feature Scale Change for Robot Localization along a Route
Andrew Vardy
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Side-scan Sonar Image Registration for AUV Navigation
P. Vandrish
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Andrew Vardy
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D. Walker
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O. Dobre
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Image Mosaicing for Benthic Species Counting
H. Bagheri
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Andrew Vardy
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R. Bachmayer
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Robot Obstacle Avoidance Behaviour using Particle Swarm Optimization
G. Gamage
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Andrew Vardy
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G. K. I. Mann
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R. G. Gosine
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Review of The Robotics Primer by Maja J. Matarić
Andrew Vardy
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Neuroethological Concepts at Work: Insect-Inspired Methods for Visual Robot Navigation
R. Möller
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Andrew Vardy
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L. Gerstmayr
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F. Röben
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S. Kreft
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Homing in Scale Space
David Churchill
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Andrew Vardy
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Comparing Global Measures of Image Similarity for use in Topological Localization of Mobile Robots
S. N. Ferdaus
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Andrew Vardy
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G. K. I. Mann
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R. G. Gosine
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A Simple Visual Compass with Learned Pixel Weights
Andrew Vardy
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Visual Homing in Environments with Anisotropic Landmark Distribution
R. Möller
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Andrew Vardy
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S. Kreft
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S. Ruwisch
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Feature Selection and Tracking for Mobile Robot Localization
S. N. Ferdaus
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Andrew Vardy
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G. K. I. Mann
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R. G. Gosine
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Visual Compass Methods for Robot Navigation
A. Burke
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Andrew Vardy
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Long-Range Visual Homing
Andrew Vardy
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Local Visual Homing by Matched-Filter Descent in Image Distances
R. Möller
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Andrew Vardy
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Biologically plausible visual homing methods based on optical flow techniques
Andrew Vardy
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R. Möller
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Biologically Plausible Methods for Robot Visual Homing
Andrew Vardy
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A Scale Invariant Local Image Descriptor for Visual Homing
Andrew Vardy
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F. Oppacher
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Anatomy and Physiology of an Artificial Vision Matrix
Andrew Vardy
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F. Oppacher
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A Scale Invariant Neural Feature Detector for Visual Homing
Andrew Vardy
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F. Oppacher
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Low-Level Visual Homing
Andrew Vardy
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F. Oppacher
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A Visually-Based Evolvable Control Architecture for Agents in Interactive Entertainment Applications
Andrew Vardy
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The WristCam as Input Device
Andrew Vardy
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J. Robinson
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L-T. Cheng
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