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Chained Representation Cycling: Learning to Estimate 3D Human Pose and Shape by Cycling Between Representations

Rueegg, N., Lassner, C., Black, M. J., Schindler, K.

In Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-20), Febuary 2020 (inproceedings)

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The goal of many computer vision systems is to transform image pixels into 3D representations. Recent popular models use neural networks to regress directly from pixels to 3D object parameters. Such an approach works well when supervision is available, but in problems like human pose and shape estimation, it is difficult to obtain natural images with 3D ground truth. To go one step further, we propose a new architecture that facilitates unsupervised, or lightly supervised, learning. The idea is to break the problem into a series of transformations between increasingly abstract representations. Each step involves a cycle designed to be learnable without annotated training data, and the chain of cycles delivers the final solution. Specifically, we use 2D body part segments as an intermediate representation that contains enough information to be lifted to 3D, and at the same time is simple enough to be learned in an unsupervised way. We demonstrate the method by learning 3D human pose and shape from un-paired and un-annotated images. We also explore varying amounts of paired data and show that cycling greatly alleviates the need for paired data. While we present results for modeling humans, our formulation is general and can be applied to other vision problems.

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ps Rueegg, N., Lassner, C., Black, M. J., Schindler, K. Chained Representation Cycling: Learning to Estimate 3D Human Pose and Shape by Cycling Between Representations In Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-20), Febuary 2020 (inproceedings)

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Gender Classification of Human Faces

Graf, A., Wichmann, F.

In Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, pages: 1-18, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., S.W. Lee, T. A. Poggio and C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV), November 2002 (inproceedings)

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This paper addresses the issue of combining pre-processing methods—dimensionality reduction using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Locally Linear Embedding (LLE)—with Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification for a behaviorally important task in humans: gender classification. A processed version of the MPI head database is used as stimulus set. First, summary statistics of the head database are studied. Subsequently the optimal parameters for LLE and the SVM are sought heuristically. These values are then used to compare the original face database with its processed counterpart and to assess the behavior of a SVM with respect to changes in illumination and perspective of the face images. Overall, PCA was superior in classification performance and allowed linear separability.

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2002

ei Graf, A., Wichmann, F. Gender Classification of Human Faces In Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, pages: 1-18, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., S.W. Lee, T. A. Poggio and C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV), November 2002 (inproceedings)

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Insect-Inspired Estimation of Self-Motion

Franz, MO., Chahl, JS.

In Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, (2525):171-180, LNCS, (Editors: Bülthoff, H.H. , S.W. Lee, T.A. Poggio, C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV), November 2002 (inproceedings)

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The tangential neurons in the fly brain are sensitive to the typical optic flow patterns generated during self-motion. In this study, we examine whether a simplified linear model of these neurons can be used to estimate self-motion from the optic flow. We present a theory for the construction of an optimal linear estimator incorporating prior knowledge about the environment. The optimal estimator is tested on a gantry carrying an omnidirectional vision sensor. The experiments show that the proposed approach leads to accurate and robust estimates of rotation rates, whereas translation estimates turn out to be less reliable.

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ei Franz, MO., Chahl, JS. Insect-Inspired Estimation of Self-Motion In Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, (2525):171-180, LNCS, (Editors: Bülthoff, H.H. , S.W. Lee, T.A. Poggio, C. Wallraven), Springer, Berlin, Germany, Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV), November 2002 (inproceedings)

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Combining sensory Information to Improve Visualization

Ernst, M., Banks, M., Wichmann, F., Maloney, L., Bülthoff, H.

In Proceedings of the Conference on Visualization ‘02 (VIS ‘02), pages: 571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R. , M. Joy), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS '02), October 2002 (inproceedings)

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Seemingly effortlessly the human brain reconstructs the three-dimensional environment surrounding us from the light pattern striking the eyes. This seems to be true across almost all viewing and lighting conditions. One important factor for this apparent easiness is the redundancy of information provided by the sensory organs. For example, perspective distortions, shading, motion parallax, or the disparity between the two eyes' images are all, at least partly, redundant signals which provide us with information about the three-dimensional layout of the visual scene. Our brain uses all these different sensory signals and combines the available information into a coherent percept. In displays visualizing data, however, the information is often highly reduced and abstracted, which may lead to an altered perception and therefore a misinterpretation of the visualized data. In this panel we will discuss mechanisms involved in the combination of sensory information and their implications for simulations using computer displays, as well as problems resulting from current display technology such as cathode-ray tubes.

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ei Ernst, M., Banks, M., Wichmann, F., Maloney, L., Bülthoff, H. Combining sensory Information to Improve Visualization In Proceedings of the Conference on Visualization ‘02 (VIS ‘02), pages: 571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R. , M. Joy), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS '02), October 2002 (inproceedings)

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Incorporating Invariances in Non-Linear Support Vector Machines

Chapelle, O., Schölkopf, B.

In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 14, pages: 609-616, (Editors: TG Dietterich and S Becker and Z Ghahramani), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 15th Annual Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (NIPS), September 2002 (inproceedings)

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The choice of an SVM kernel corresponds to the choice of a representation of the data in a feature space and, to improve performance, it should therefore incorporate prior knowledge such as known transformation invariances. We propose a technique which extends earlier work and aims at incorporating invariances in nonlinear kernels. We show on a digit recognition task that the proposed approach is superior to the Virtual Support Vector method, which previously had been the method of choice.

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ei Chapelle, O., Schölkopf, B. Incorporating Invariances in Non-Linear Support Vector Machines In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 14, pages: 609-616, (Editors: TG Dietterich and S Becker and Z Ghahramani), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 15th Annual Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (NIPS), September 2002 (inproceedings)

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A kernel approach for learning from almost orthogonal patterns

Schölkopf, B., Weston, J., Eskin, E., Leslie, C., Noble, W.

In Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2430/2431, pages: 511-528, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: T Elomaa and H Mannila and H Toivonen), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 13th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML) and 6th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD'2002), 2002 (inproceedings)

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ei Schölkopf, B., Weston, J., Eskin, E., Leslie, C., Noble, W. A kernel approach for learning from almost orthogonal patterns In Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2430/2431, pages: 511-528, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: T Elomaa and H Mannila and H Toivonen), Springer, Berlin, Germany, 13th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML) and 6th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD'2002), 2002 (inproceedings)

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Luminance Artifacts on CRT Displays

Wichmann, F.

In IEEE Visualization, pages: 571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R.; Gross, M.; Joy, K. I.), IEEE Visualization, 2002 (inproceedings)

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Most visualization panels today are still built around cathode-ray tubes (CRTs), certainly on personal desktops at work and at home. Whilst capable of producing pleasing images for common applications ranging from email writing to TV and DVD presentation, it is as well to note that there are a number of nonlinear transformations between input (voltage) and output (luminance) which distort the digital and/or analogue images send to a CRT. Some of them are input-independent and hence easy to fix, e.g. gamma correction, but others, such as pixel interactions, depend on the content of the input stimulus and are thus harder to compensate for. CRT-induced image distortions cause problems not only in basic vision research but also for applications where image fidelity is critical, most notably in medicine (digitization of X-ray images for diagnostic purposes) and in forms of online commerce, such as the online sale of images, where the image must be reproduced on some output device which will not have the same transfer function as the customer's CRT. I will present measurements from a number of CRTs and illustrate how some of their shortcomings may be problematic for the aforementioned applications.

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ei Wichmann, F. Luminance Artifacts on CRT Displays In IEEE Visualization, pages: 571-574, (Editors: Moorhead, R.; Gross, M.; Joy, K. I.), IEEE Visualization, 2002 (inproceedings)

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Learning rhythmic movements by demonstration using nonlinear oscillators

Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), pages: 958-963, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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Locally weighted learning (LWL) is a class of statistical learning techniques that provides useful representations and training algorithms for learning about complex phenomena during autonomous adaptive control of robotic systems. This paper introduces several LWL algorithms that have been tested successfully in real-time learning of complex robot tasks. We discuss two major classes of LWL, memory-based LWL and purely incremental LWL that does not need to remember any data explicitly. In contrast to the traditional beliefs that LWL methods cannot work well in high-dimensional spaces, we provide new algorithms that have been tested in up to 50 dimensional learning problems. The applicability of our LWL algorithms is demonstrated in various robot learning examples, including the learning of devil-sticking, pole-balancing of a humanoid robot arm, and inverse-dynamics learning for a seven degree-of-freedom robot.

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am Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S. Learning rhythmic movements by demonstration using nonlinear oscillators In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), pages: 958-963, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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Pressure Isotherms of Hydrogen Adsorption in Carbon Nanostructures

Chen, X., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Haluska, M., Hulman, M., Roth, S., Hirscher, M., Becher, M.

In Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes, pages: Z9.11.1-Z9.11.6, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston [Mass.], 2002 (inproceedings)

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mms Chen, X., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Haluska, M., Hulman, M., Roth, S., Hirscher, M., Becher, M. Pressure Isotherms of Hydrogen Adsorption in Carbon Nanostructures In Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes, pages: Z9.11.1-Z9.11.6, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston [Mass.], 2002 (inproceedings)

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Hydrogen Storage in Carbon SWNTs: Atomic or Molecular?

Haluska, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Chen, X., Roth, S.

In Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pages: 601-605, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg, Tirol [Austria], 2002 (inproceedings)

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mms Haluska, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Chen, X., Roth, S. Hydrogen Storage in Carbon SWNTs: Atomic or Molecular? In Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pages: 601-605, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg, Tirol [Austria], 2002 (inproceedings)

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Hydrogen Storage in Nanostructured Carbon Materials at Room Temperature

Chen, X., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Haluska, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Roth, S.

In Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pages: 597-600, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg, Tirol [Austria], 2002 (inproceedings)

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mms Chen, X., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Haluska, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Roth, S. Hydrogen Storage in Nanostructured Carbon Materials at Room Temperature In Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures, pages: 597-600, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg, Tirol [Austria], 2002 (inproceedings)

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Movement imitation with nonlinear dynamical systems in humanoid robots

Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S.

In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2002), Washinton, May 11-15 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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Locally weighted learning (LWL) is a class of statistical learning techniques that provides useful representations and training algorithms for learning about complex phenomena during autonomous adaptive control of robotic systems. This paper introduces several LWL algorithms that have been tested successfully in real-time learning of complex robot tasks. We discuss two major classes of LWL, memory-based LWL and purely incremental LWL that does not need to remember any data explicitly. In contrast to the traditional beliefs that LWL methods cannot work well in high-dimensional spaces, we provide new algorithms that have been tested in up to 50 dimensional learning problems. The applicability of our LWL algorithms is demonstrated in various robot learning examples, including the learning of devil-sticking, pole-balancing of a humanoid robot arm, and inverse-dynamics learning for a seven degree-of-freedom robot.

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am Ijspeert, J. A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S. Movement imitation with nonlinear dynamical systems in humanoid robots In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2002), Washinton, May 11-15 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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A locally weighted learning composite adaptive controller with structure adaptation

Nakanishi, J., Farrell, J. A., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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This paper introduces a provably stable adaptive learning controller which employs nonlinear function approximation with automatic growth of the learning network according to the nonlinearities and the working domain of the control system. The unknown function in the dynamical system is approximated by piecewise linear models using a nonparametric regression technique. Local models are allocated as necessary and their parameters are optimized on-line. Inspired by composite adaptive control methods, the pro-posed learning adaptive control algorithm uses both the tracking error and the estimation error to up-date the parameters. We provide Lyapunov analyses that demonstrate the stability properties of the learning controller. Numerical simulations illustrate rapid convergence of the tracking error and the automatic structure adaptation capability of the function approximator. This paper introduces a provably stable adaptive learning controller which employs nonlinear function approximation with automatic growth of the learning network according to the nonlinearities and the working domain of the control system. The unknown function in the dynamical system is approximated by piecewise linear models using a nonparametric regression technique. Local models are allocated as necessary and their parameters are optimized on-line. Inspired by composite adaptive control methods, the pro-posed learning adaptive control algorithm uses both the tracking error and the estimation error to up-date the parameters. We provide Lyapunov analyses that demonstrate the stability properties of the learning controller. Numerical simulations illustrate rapid convergence of the tracking error and the automatic structure adaptation capability of the function approximator

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am Nakanishi, J., Farrell, J. A., Schaal, S. A locally weighted learning composite adaptive controller with structure adaptation In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), Lausanne, Sept.30-Oct.4 2002, 2002, clmc (inproceedings)

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Nanomolding based fabrication of synthetic gecko foot-hairs

Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S.

In Nanotechnology, 2002. IEEE-NANO 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 2nd IEEE Conference on, pages: 137-140, 2002 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. Nanomolding based fabrication of synthetic gecko foot-hairs In Nanotechnology, 2002. IEEE-NANO 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 2nd IEEE Conference on, pages: 137-140, 2002 (inproceedings)

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Micromagnetism and the microstructure of the cell walls in Sm2Co17 based permanent magnets

Goll, D., Hadjipanayis, G. C., Kronmüller, H.

In Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Rare-Earth Magnets and their Applications, pages: 696-703, Rinton Press, Newark, Delaware, USA, 2002 (inproceedings)

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mms Goll, D., Hadjipanayis, G. C., Kronmüller, H. Micromagnetism and the microstructure of the cell walls in Sm2Co17 based permanent magnets In Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Rare-Earth Magnets and their Applications, pages: 696-703, Rinton Press, Newark, Delaware, USA, 2002 (inproceedings)

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Ab-initio study of the influence of epitaxial strain on magnetoelastic properties

Komelj, M., Fähnle, M.

In Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth, pages: 439-447, NATO Science series: Series 2, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dassia, Corfu [Greece], 2002 (inproceedings)

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mms Komelj, M., Fähnle, M. Ab-initio study of the influence of epitaxial strain on magnetoelastic properties In Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth, pages: 439-447, NATO Science series: Series 2, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dassia, Corfu [Greece], 2002 (inproceedings)

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Unsupervised Segmentation and Classification of Mixtures of Markovian Sources

Seldin, Y., Bejerano, G., Tishby, N.

In The 33rd Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics (Interface 2001 - Frontiers in Data Mining and Bioinformatics), pages: 1-15, 33rd Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics (Interface - Frontiers in Data Mining and Bioinformatics), 2001 (inproceedings)

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We describe a novel algorithm for unsupervised segmentation of sequences into alternating Variable Memory Markov sources, first presented in [SBT01]. The algorithm is based on competitive learning between Markov models, when implemented as Prediction Suffix Trees [RST96] using the MDL principle. By applying a model clustering procedure, based on rate distortion theory combined with deterministic annealing, we obtain a hierarchical segmentation of sequences between alternating Markov sources. The method is applied successfully to unsupervised segmentation of multilingual texts into languages where it is able to infer correctly both the number of languages and the language switching points. When applied to protein sequence families (results of the [BSMT01] work), we demonstrate the method‘s ability to identify biologically meaningful sub-sequences within the proteins, which correspond to signatures of important functional sub-units called domains. Our approach to proteins classification (through the obtained signatures) is shown to have both conceptual and practical advantages over the currently used methods.

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ei Seldin, Y., Bejerano, G., Tishby, N. Unsupervised Segmentation and Classification of Mixtures of Markovian Sources In The 33rd Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics (Interface 2001 - Frontiers in Data Mining and Bioinformatics), pages: 1-15, 33rd Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics (Interface - Frontiers in Data Mining and Bioinformatics), 2001 (inproceedings)

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Unsupervised Sequence Segmentation by a Mixture of Switching Variable Memory Markov Sources

Seldin, Y., Bejerano, G., Tishby, N.

In In the proceeding of the 18th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2001), pages: 513-520, 18th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2001 (inproceedings)

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We present a novel information theoretic algorithm for unsupervised segmentation of sequences into alternating Variable Memory Markov sources. The algorithm is based on competitive learning between Markov models, when implemented as Prediction Suffix Trees (Ron et al., 1996) using the MDL principle. By applying a model clustering procedure, based on rate distortion theory combined with deterministic annealing, we obtain a hierarchical segmentation of sequences between alternating Markov sources. The algorithm seems to be self regulated and automatically avoids over segmentation. The method is applied successfully to unsupervised segmentation of multilingual texts into languages where it is able to infer correctly both the number of languages and the language switching points. When applied to protein sequence families, we demonstrate the method‘s ability to identify biologically meaningful sub-sequences within the proteins, which correspond to important functional sub-units called domains.

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ei Seldin, Y., Bejerano, G., Tishby, N. Unsupervised Sequence Segmentation by a Mixture of Switching Variable Memory Markov Sources In In the proceeding of the 18th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2001), pages: 513-520, 18th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2001 (inproceedings)

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Survey of nanomanipulation systems

Sitti, M.

In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 75-80, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M. Survey of nanomanipulation systems In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 75-80, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Nanotribological characterization system by AFM based controlled pushing

Sitti, M.

In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 99-104, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M. Nanotribological characterization system by AFM based controlled pushing In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 99-104, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Humanoid oculomotor control based on concepts of computational neuroscience

Shibata, T., Vijayakumar, S., Conradt, J., Schaal, S.

In Humanoids2001, Second IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Oculomotor control in a humanoid robot faces similar problems as biological oculomotor systems, i.e., the stabilization of gaze in face of unknown perturbations of the body, selective attention, the complexity of stereo vision and dealing with large information processing delays. In this paper, we suggest control circuits to realize three of the most basic oculomotor behaviors - the vestibulo-ocular and optokinetic reflex (VOR-OKR) for gaze stabilization, smooth pursuit for tracking moving objects, and saccades for overt visual attention. Each of these behaviors was derived from inspirations from computational neuroscience, which proves to be a viable strategy to explore novel control mechanisms for humanoid robotics. Our implementations on a humanoid robot demonstrate good performance of the oculomotor behaviors that appears natural and human-like.

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am Shibata, T., Vijayakumar, S., Conradt, J., Schaal, S. Humanoid oculomotor control based on concepts of computational neuroscience In Humanoids2001, Second IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Computational micromagnetism of magnetic structures and magnetization processes in thin plantelets and small particles

Kronmüller, H., Hertel, R.

In Magnetic Storage Sstems Beyond 2000, 41, pages: 345-362, Nato Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Rhodos, Greece, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Kronmüller, H., Hertel, R. Computational micromagnetism of magnetic structures and magnetization processes in thin plantelets and small particles In Magnetic Storage Sstems Beyond 2000, 41, pages: 345-362, Nato Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Rhodos, Greece, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Hydrogen storage in mechanically treated single wall carbon nanotrubes

Haluska, M., Hulman, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Roth, S., Stepanek, I., Bernier, P.

In Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures: XV International Winterschool/Euroconference, 591, pages: 603-608, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg [Austria], 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Haluska, M., Hulman, M., Hirscher, M., Becher, M., Roth, S., Stepanek, I., Bernier, P. Hydrogen storage in mechanically treated single wall carbon nanotrubes In Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures: XV International Winterschool/Euroconference, 591, pages: 603-608, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, AIP, Kirchberg [Austria], 2001 (inproceedings)

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Isotopic mass and lattice constant of Si and Ge: X-Ray standing wave measurements

Zegenhagen, J., Kazimirov, A., Cao, L. X., Konuma, M., Sozontov, E., Plachke, D., Carstanjen, H. D., Bilger, G., Haller, E., Kohn, V., Cardona, M.

In Proceedings of the 25th Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, 87, pages: 125-127, Springer proceedings in physics, Springer, Osaka, Japan, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Zegenhagen, J., Kazimirov, A., Cao, L. X., Konuma, M., Sozontov, E., Plachke, D., Carstanjen, H. D., Bilger, G., Haller, E., Kohn, V., Cardona, M. Isotopic mass and lattice constant of Si and Ge: X-Ray standing wave measurements In Proceedings of the 25th Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, 87, pages: 125-127, Springer proceedings in physics, Springer, Osaka, Japan, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Positron Annihilation Studies on Stable and Undercooled Metal Melts at the Stuttgart Pelletron

Stoll, H., Siegle, A., Major, J.

In Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, 576, pages: 749-752, AIP Conference Proceedings, Denton, Texas, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Stoll, H., Siegle, A., Major, J. Positron Annihilation Studies on Stable and Undercooled Metal Melts at the Stuttgart Pelletron In Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, 576, pages: 749-752, AIP Conference Proceedings, Denton, Texas, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Towards flapping wing control for a micromechanical flying insect

Yan, J., Wood, R. J., Avadhanula, S., Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S.

In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3901-3908, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Yan, J., Wood, R. J., Avadhanula, S., Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. Towards flapping wing control for a micromechanical flying insect In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3901-3908, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Man-machine interface for micro/nano manipulation with an afm probe

Aruk, B., Hashimoto, H., Sitti, M.

In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 151-156, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Aruk, B., Hashimoto, H., Sitti, M. Man-machine interface for micro/nano manipulation with an afm probe In Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on, pages: 151-156, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Trajectory formation for imitation with nonlinear dynamical systems

Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), pages: 752-757, Weilea, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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This article explores a new approach to learning by imitation and trajectory formation by representing movements as mixtures of nonlinear differential equations with well-defined attractor dynamics. An observed movement is approximated by finding a best fit of the mixture model to its data by a recursive least squares regression technique. In contrast to non-autonomous movement representations like splines, the resultant movement plan remains an autonomous set of nonlinear differential equations that forms a control policy which is robust to strong external perturbations and that can be modified by additional perceptual variables. This movement policy remains the same for a given target, regardless of the initial conditions, and can easily be re-used for new targets. We evaluate the trajectory formation system (TFS) in the context of a humanoid robot simulation that is part of the Virtual Trainer (VT) project, which aims at supervising rehabilitation exercises in stroke-patients. A typical rehabilitation exercise was collected with a Sarcos Sensuit, a device to record joint angular movement from human subjects, and approximated and reproduced with our imitation techniques. Our results demonstrate that multi-joint human movements can be encoded successfully, and that this system allows robust modifications of the movement policy through external variables.

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am Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J., Schaal, S. Trajectory formation for imitation with nonlinear dynamical systems In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), pages: 752-757, Weilea, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Real-time statistical learning for robotics and human augmentation

Schaal, S., Vijayakumar, S., D’Souza, A., Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J.

In International Symposium on Robotics Research, (Editors: Jarvis, R. A.;Zelinsky, A.), Lorne, Victoria, Austrialia Nov.9-12, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Real-time modeling of complex nonlinear dynamic processes has become increasingly important in various areas of robotics and human augmentation. To address such problems, we have been developing special statistical learning methods that meet the demands of on-line learning, in particular the need for low computational complexity, rapid learning, and scalability to high-dimensional spaces. In this paper, we introduce a novel algorithm that possesses all the necessary properties by combining methods from probabilistic and nonparametric learning. We demonstrate the applicability of our methods for three different applications in humanoid robotics, i.e., the on-line learning of a full-body inverse dynamics model, an inverse kinematics model, and imitation learning. The latter application will also introduce a novel method to shape attractor landscapes of dynamical system by means of statis-tical learning.

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am Schaal, S., Vijayakumar, S., D’Souza, A., Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J. Real-time statistical learning for robotics and human augmentation In International Symposium on Robotics Research, (Editors: Jarvis, R. A.;Zelinsky, A.), Lorne, Victoria, Austrialia Nov.9-12, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Submicrometer spatially resolved measurements of mechanical properties and correlation to microstructure and composition

Kunert, M., Baretzky, B., Baker, S. P., Mittemeijer, E. J.

In Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology II, 649, pages: Q3.2.1-Q3.2.6, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, MA, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Kunert, M., Baretzky, B., Baker, S. P., Mittemeijer, E. J. Submicrometer spatially resolved measurements of mechanical properties and correlation to microstructure and composition In Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology II, 649, pages: Q3.2.1-Q3.2.6, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, MA, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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The six-jump diffusion cycles in B2-compounds

Drautz, R., Meyer, B., Fähnle, M.

In Proceedings of DIMAT 2000, the Fifth International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, pages: 417-422, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Scitec Publications Ltd., Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Drautz, R., Meyer, B., Fähnle, M. The six-jump diffusion cycles in B2-compounds In Proceedings of DIMAT 2000, the Fifth International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, pages: 417-422, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Scitec Publications Ltd., Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Ionic nitriding of austenitic and ferritic steel with the aid of a high aperture hall current accelerator

Straumal, B. B., Vershinin, N. F., Friesel, M., Ishenko, S. A., Gust, W.

In Diffusion in Materials DIMAT2000, 194, pages: 1457-1462, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Trans Tech, Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Straumal, B. B., Vershinin, N. F., Friesel, M., Ishenko, S. A., Gust, W. Ionic nitriding of austenitic and ferritic steel with the aid of a high aperture hall current accelerator In Diffusion in Materials DIMAT2000, 194, pages: 1457-1462, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Trans Tech, Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Robust learning of arm trajectories through human demonstration

Billard, A., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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We present a model, composed of hierarchy of artificial neural networks, for robot learning by demonstration. The model is implemented in a dynamic simulation of a 41 degrees of freedom humanoid for reproducing 3D human motion of the arm. Results show that the model requires few information about the desired trajectory and learns on-line the relevant features of movement. It can generalize across a small set of data to produce a qualitatively good reproduction of the demonstrated trajectory. Finally, it is shown that reproduction of the trajectory after learning is robust against perturbations.

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am Billard, A., Schaal, S. Robust learning of arm trajectories through human demonstration In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Development of PZT and PZN-PT based unimorph actuators for micromechanical flapping mechanisms

Sitti, M., Campolo, D., Yan, J., Fearing, R. S.

In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3839-3846, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M., Campolo, D., Yan, J., Fearing, R. S. Development of PZT and PZN-PT based unimorph actuators for micromechanical flapping mechanisms In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3839-3846, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Thorax Design and Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect

Yan, J, Ayadhanula, S, Sitti, M, Wood, RJ, Fearing, RS

In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL ALLERTON CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND COMPUTING, 39(2):952-961, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Yan, J, Ayadhanula, S, Sitti, M, Wood, RJ, Fearing, RS Thorax Design and Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL ALLERTON CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND COMPUTING, 39(2):952-961, 2001 (inproceedings)

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First proof of slow trapping of positronium in polymers by an Age-Momentum-Correlation (AMOC) experiment

Dauwe, C., Balcaen, N., van Waeyenberge, B., van Petegem, S., Stoll, H.

In Positron Annihilation. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Positron Annihilation, 363/365, pages: 254-256, Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications Ltd., München, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Dauwe, C., Balcaen, N., van Waeyenberge, B., van Petegem, S., Stoll, H. First proof of slow trapping of positronium in polymers by an Age-Momentum-Correlation (AMOC) experiment In Positron Annihilation. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Positron Annihilation, 363/365, pages: 254-256, Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications Ltd., München, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Positron-age-momentum correlation

Stoll, H., Bandzuch, P., Siegle, A.

In Positron Annihilation: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Positron Annihilation, 363-365, pages: 547-551, Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications Ltd., München, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Stoll, H., Bandzuch, P., Siegle, A. Positron-age-momentum correlation In Positron Annihilation: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Positron Annihilation, 363-365, pages: 547-551, Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications Ltd., München, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Nanocrystalline and nanostructured high-performance permanent magnets

Goll, D., Hadjipanayis, G. C., Kronmüller, H.

In Applications of Ferromagnetic and Optical Materials, Storage and Magnetoelectronics, 674, pages: U2.4.1-U2.4.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, San Francisco, Calif., 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Goll, D., Hadjipanayis, G. C., Kronmüller, H. Nanocrystalline and nanostructured high-performance permanent magnets In Applications of Ferromagnetic and Optical Materials, Storage and Magnetoelectronics, 674, pages: U2.4.1-U2.4.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, San Francisco, Calif., 2001 (inproceedings)

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Ion beam analysis with monolayer depth resolution using the electrostatic spectrometer at the MPI Stuttgart

Plachke, D., Blohm, G., Fischer, T., Khellaf, A., Kruse, O., Stoll, H., Carstanjen, H. D.

In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry, 576, pages: 458-462, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, AIP, Denton, Texas, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Plachke, D., Blohm, G., Fischer, T., Khellaf, A., Kruse, O., Stoll, H., Carstanjen, H. D. Ion beam analysis with monolayer depth resolution using the electrostatic spectrometer at the MPI Stuttgart In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry, 576, pages: 458-462, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, AIP, Denton, Texas, 2001 (inproceedings)

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From the electronic structure to the macroscopiy behavior: A multi-scale analysis of plasticity in intermetallic compounds

Fähnle, M., Kohlhammer, S., Bester, G.

In Influences of Interface and Dislocation Behavior on Microstructure Evolution, 652, pages: Y4.5.1.-Y4.5.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, Mass., USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Fähnle, M., Kohlhammer, S., Bester, G. From the electronic structure to the macroscopiy behavior: A multi-scale analysis of plasticity in intermetallic compounds In Influences of Interface and Dislocation Behavior on Microstructure Evolution, 652, pages: Y4.5.1.-Y4.5.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, Mass., USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Influence of the microstructure on the magnetic properties of giant-magnetostrictive TbDyFe films

Hirscher, M., Winzek, B., Fischer, S. F., Kronmüller, H.

In Smart Materials. Proceedings of the 1st Caesarium, pages: 23-37, Springer, Bonn, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Hirscher, M., Winzek, B., Fischer, S. F., Kronmüller, H. Influence of the microstructure on the magnetic properties of giant-magnetostrictive TbDyFe films In Smart Materials. Proceedings of the 1st Caesarium, pages: 23-37, Springer, Bonn, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Overt visual attention for a humanoid robot

Vijayakumar, S., Conradt, J., Shibata, T., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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The goal of our research is to investigate the interplay between oculomotor control, visual processing, and limb control in humans and primates by exploring the computational issues of these processes with a biologically inspired artificial oculomotor system on an anthropomorphic robot. In this paper, we investigate the computational mechanisms for visual attention in such a system. Stimuli in the environment excite a dynamical neural network that implements a saliency map, i.e., a winner-take-all competition between stimuli while simultenously smoothing out noise and suppressing irrelevant inputs. In real-time, this system computes new targets for the shift of gaze, executed by the head-eye system of the robot. The redundant degrees-of- freedom of the head-eye system are resolved through a learned inverse kinematics with optimization criterion. We also address important issues how to ensure that the coordinate system of the saliency map remains correct after movement of the robot. The presented attention system is built on principled modules and generally applicable for any sensory modality.

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am Vijayakumar, S., Conradt, J., Shibata, T., Schaal, S. Overt visual attention for a humanoid robot In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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PZT actuated four-bar mechanism with two flexible links for micromechanical flying insect thorax

Sitti, M.

In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3893-3900, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M. PZT actuated four-bar mechanism with two flexible links for micromechanical flying insect thorax In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 4, pages: 3893-3900, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Materials analysis with monolayer depth resolution using MeV ion beams

Carstanjen, H. D.

In 117, Las Vegas, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Carstanjen, H. D. Materials analysis with monolayer depth resolution using MeV ion beams In 117, Las Vegas, USA, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Flux-line pinning in low-angle grain boundaries.

Albrecht, J., Leonhardt, S., Kronmüller, H.

In Proceedings 10th International Workshop on Critical Currents (IWCC 2001), pages: 41-43, Göttingen, Germany, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Albrecht, J., Leonhardt, S., Kronmüller, H. Flux-line pinning in low-angle grain boundaries. In Proceedings 10th International Workshop on Critical Currents (IWCC 2001), pages: 41-43, Göttingen, Germany, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Learning inverse kinematics

D’Souza, A., Vijayakumar, S., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Real-time control of the endeffector of a humanoid robot in external coordinates requires computationally efficient solutions of the inverse kinematics problem. In this context, this paper investigates learning of inverse kinematics for resolved motion rate control (RMRC) employing an optimization criterion to resolve kinematic redundancies. Our learning approach is based on the key observations that learning an inverse of a non uniquely invertible function can be accomplished by augmenting the input representation to the inverse model and by using a spatially localized learning approach. We apply this strategy to inverse kinematics learning and demonstrate how a recently developed statistical learning algorithm, Locally Weighted Projection Regression, allows efficient learning of inverse kinematic mappings in an incremental fashion even when input spaces become rather high dimensional. The resulting performance of the inverse kinematics is comparable to Liegeois ([1]) analytical pseudo inverse with optimization. Our results are illustrated with a 30 degree-of-freedom humanoid robot.

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am D’Souza, A., Vijayakumar, S., Schaal, S. Learning inverse kinematics In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, Maui, Hawaii, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Biomimetic smooth pursuit based on fast learning of the target dynamics

Shibata, T., Schaal, S.

In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Following a moving target with a narrow-view foveal vision system is one of the essential oculomotor behaviors of humans and humanoids. This oculomotor behavior, called ``Smooth Pursuit'', requires accurate tracking control which cannot be achieved by a simple visual negative feedback controller due to the significant delays in visual information processing. In this paper, we present a biologically inspired and control theoretically sound smooth pursuit controller consisting of two cascaded subsystems. One is an inverse model controller for the oculomotor system, and the other is a learning controller for the dynamics of the visual target. The latter controller learns how to predict the target's motion in head coordinates such that tracking performance can be improved. We investigate our smooth pursuit system in simulations and experiments on a humanoid robot. By using a fast on-line statistical learning network, our humanoid oculomotor system is able to acquire high performance smooth pursuit after about 5 seconds of learning despite significant processing delays in the syste

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am Shibata, T., Schaal, S. Biomimetic smooth pursuit based on fast learning of the target dynamics In IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2001), 2001, clmc (inproceedings)

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Development of a scaled teleoperation system for nano scale interaction and manipulation

Sitti, M., Aruk, B., Shintani, H., Hashimoto, H.

In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 1, pages: 860-867, 2001 (inproceedings)

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pi Sitti, M., Aruk, B., Shintani, H., Hashimoto, H. Development of a scaled teleoperation system for nano scale interaction and manipulation In Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on, 1, pages: 860-867, 2001 (inproceedings)

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Measurement of the low-temperature self-diffusivity of lithium by elastic recoil detection analysis

Wieland, O., Carstanjen, H. D.

In Proceedings of DIMAT 2000, the Fifth International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, 194/199, pages: 35-41, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Scitec Publications Ltd., Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Wieland, O., Carstanjen, H. D. Measurement of the low-temperature self-diffusivity of lithium by elastic recoil detection analysis In Proceedings of DIMAT 2000, the Fifth International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, 194/199, pages: 35-41, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Scitec Publications Ltd., Paris, France, 2001 (inproceedings)

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From the electronic structure to the macroscopic behaviour: a multi-scale analysis of plasticity in intermetallic compounds

Fähnle, M., Kohlhammer, S., Bester, G.

In Influences of Interface and Dislocation Behavior on Microstructure Evolution, 652, pages: Y.4.5.1-Y.4.5.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, Mass., 2001 (inproceedings)

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mms Fähnle, M., Kohlhammer, S., Bester, G. From the electronic structure to the macroscopic behaviour: a multi-scale analysis of plasticity in intermetallic compounds In Influences of Interface and Dislocation Behavior on Microstructure Evolution, 652, pages: Y.4.5.1-Y.4.5.12, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS, Boston, Mass., 2001 (inproceedings)

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