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ISER Paper
Experiments with Desktop Mobile Manipulators
Proceedings, 1999 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics,
Syndey, Australia, March 26-28, 1999.
Matthew T. Mason, Dinesh K. Pai, Daniela Rus, Jon Howell, Lee R. Taylor, and Michael A. Erdmann
Abstract
This paper describes our work on Desktop Robotics. The main focus is
two robots that locomote and manipulate paper on a desktop. One robot
uses wheels for both manipulation and locomotion. The other robot
uses wheels for locomotion and a sticky foot to lift and carry pieces
of paper. We outline the goals of our work on desktop robotics,
describe the design of the robots built so far, present experimental
data, and outline some of the issues for future work.