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Image-guided robotic interventions involve the use of medical imaging in tandem with robotics. SlicerROS2 is a software module that combines 3D Slicer and robot operating system (ROS) in pursuit of a standard integration approach for…
Line laser scanners are a sub-type of structured light 3D scanners that are relatively common devices to find within the industrial setting, typically in the context of assembly, process control, and welding. Despite its extensive use,…
The third generation of artificial intelligence (AI) introduced by neuromorphic computing is revolutionizing the way robots and autonomous systems can sense the world, process the information, and interact with their environment. The…
This article describes a software package called ROS georegistration intended for use with the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the Gazebo 3D simulation environment. ROSgeoregistration provides tools for the simulation, test and deployment…
The application of autonomous mobile robots in robotic security platforms is becoming a promising field of innovation due to their adaptive capability of responding to potential disturbances perceived through a wide range of sensors.…
Modern computing platforms for robotics applications comprise a set of heterogeneous elements, e.g., multi-core CPUs, embedded GPUs, and FPGAs. FPGAs are reprogrammable hardware devices that allow for fast and energy-efficient computation…
Because robots can directly perceive and affect the physical world, security issues take on particular importance. In this paper, we describe the results of our work on scanning the entire IPv4 address space of the Internet for instances of…
Controlling and monitoring complex autonomous and semi autonomous robotic systems is a challenging task. The Robot Operating System (ROS) was developed to act as a robotic middleware system running on Ubuntu Linux which allows, amongst…
Data labeling is a time intensive process. As such, many data scientists use various tools to aid in the data generation and labeling process. While these tools help automate labeling, many still require user interaction throughout the…
The Robot Operating System (ROS) provides a software framework, and ecosystem of knowledge and community supplied resources to rapidly develop and prototype intelligent robotics applications. By standardizing communication, configuration…
Nowadays, static, mobile, terrestrial, and airborne laser scanning technologies have become familiar data sources for engineering work, especially in the area of land surveying. The diversity of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data…
In this paper, we propose the development of an interactive platform between humans and a dual-arm robotic system based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and a multimodal artificial intelligence model. Our proposed platform consists of…
As the robotics systems increasingly integrate into daily life, from smart home assistants to the new-wave of industrial automation systems (Industry 4.0), there's an increasing need to bridge the gap between complex robotic systems and…
We present the Light Augmented Reality System LARS as an open-source and cost-effective tool. LARS leverages light-projected visual scenes for indirect robot-robot and human-robot interaction through the real environment. It operates in…
There are numerous emerging applications for digitizing trees using terrestrial and aerial laser scanning, particularly in the fields of agriculture and forestry. Interpretation of LiDAR point clouds is increasingly relying on data-driven…
Laser scanning can provide timely assessments of mine sites despite adverse challenges in the operational environment. Although there are several published articles on laser scanning, there is a need to review them in the context of…
ROS (Robot Operating System) has become ubiquitous for testing new algorithms, alternative hardware configurations, and prototyping. By performing research with its modular framework, it can streamline sharing new work and integrations.…
There are many application fields for robotic systems including service robotics, search and rescue missions, industry and space robotics. As the scenarios in these areas grow more and more complex, there is a high demand for powerful tools…
Data fusion algorithms that employ LiDAR measurements, such as Visual-LiDAR, LiDAR-Inertial, or Multiple LiDAR Odometry and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) rely on precise timestamping schemes that grant synchronicity to data…
We present ROSfs, a novel user-level file system for the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROSfs interprets a robot file as a group of sub-files, with each having a distinct label. ROSfs applies a time index structure to enhance the flexible…