Patrick McGarey — accepted AI-conference papers

2017

Falling in line: Visual route following on extreme terrain for a tethered mobile robot

Patrick McGarey, Max Polzin, Timothy D. Barfoot

ICRA 2017poster

This paper describes visual route following for a cliff-climbing, tethered mobile robot for the purpose of autonomously traversing extreme terrain in the presence of obstacles. When the robot's tether contacts an obstacle, an intermediate anchor is formed. In order to detach from intermediate anchor…

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2016

The line leading the blind: Towards nonvisual localization and mapping for tethered mobile robots

Patrick McGarey, Kirk MacTavish, François Pomerleau, Timothy D. Barfoot

ICRA 2016

Mobile robots supported by an electromechanical tether can safely explore extremely rugged terrain in resource-limited environments. While a tether provides power, wired communication, and support on steep surfaces, it also reduces maneuverability; in cluttered environments the tether will contact o

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