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Space-Time Continuum: Continuous Shape and Time State Estimation for Flexible Robots

Robotics 2024-09-20 v1

Abstract

This extended abstract introduces a novel method for continuous state estimation of continuum robots. We formulate the estimation problem as a factor-graph optimization problem using a novel Gaussian-process prior that is parameterized over both arclength and time. We use this to introduce the first continuous-time-and-space state estimation method for continuum robots.

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@article{arxiv.2409.12302,
  title  = {Space-Time Continuum: Continuous Shape and Time State Estimation for Flexible Robots},
  author = {Spencer Teetaert and Sven Lilge and Jessica Burgner-Kahrs and Timothy D. Barfoot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.12302},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Accepted at ICRA40

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