Author:Nicolaides, K; Nortman, LP; Tapson, JDate:Jan 2009Increasing operating depths of autonomous underwater vehicles have necessitated the development of underwater transducers that can operate at a greater depth. This paper investigates the possibility of incorporating rigid backing material ...Read more
Author:Dube, C; Tapson, JDate:Nov 2009This paper focuses firstly, on the kinematics structure required for a humanoid service robot arm and secondly, on transferring human motion obtained from visual motion capture to the humanoid arm. The kinematics structure of a ten Degree of ...Read more
Author:Dube, C; Tsoeu, M; Tapson, JDate:Dec 2011This paper presents a self collision detection scheme for humanoid robots using elliptical and circular capsules as bounding volumes. A capsule is defined as an elliptical or circular cylinder capped with ellipsoids or spheres respectively. ...Read more