Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots and other Dynamical Systems

Motion Autonomy for Humanoids: experiments on HRP-2 No.14   [pdf]

E.Yoshida, J-P.Laumond, C.Esteves, O.Kanoun, A.Mallet, T.Sakaguchi and K.Yokoi.
Special Issue: International Workshop Motion in Games (MIG08).
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Vol.20. p.p.511-522. ISSN: 1546-4261.2009.

Planning 3D Collision-Free Dynamic Robotic Motion through Iterative Reshaping

E. Yoshida, C. Esteves, I. Belousov, J-P. Laumond, T. Sakaguchi and K. Yokoi.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Vol. 5(24) p.p.1186-1198 ISSN: 1552-3098. 2008.

Integrating Walking and Vision to increase Humanoid Autonomy   [pdf]

O.Stasse, F.Saidi, K.Yokoi, B.Verrelst, B.Vanderborght, A.Davison, N.Mansard, and C.Esteves.
Special issue on Cognitive Humanoid Robots. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. Vol.5(2) pp. 287-310. ISSN:0219-8436. 2008.

Motion Planning for a Vigilant Humanoid Robot   [pdf]

J-B.Hayet, C.Esteves, G.Arechavaleta and E.Yoshida
Proc. of the 9th IEEE-RAS Intl. Conf. on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). pp.196-201. Paris, France. 2009.

A Motion Planner for Maintaining Landmark Visibility with a Differential Drive Robot   [pdf]

J-B.Hayet, C.Esteves and R.Murrieta-Cid
Springer tracts in advanced robotics: Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VIII.
Selected contributions of the 8th Intl. Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics.pp.333-347. ISBN: 978-3-642-00311-0. 2009.

Integrating Vision and Walking to Increase Humanoid Robot Autonomy   [video]

O.Stasse, B.Verrelst, A. Davison, N. Mansard, B. Vanderborght, C. Esteves, F. Saidi and K. Yokoi
Video on the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Roma, Italy. 2007.
[ Best Video Award Finalist ]

Task-driven Support Polygon Reshaping for Humanoids   [pdf]

E. Yoshida, O. Kanoun, C. Esteves and J-P. Laumond
Proc. of the 7th IEEE/RAS Intl. Conf. on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). p.p.208-213. Genova, Italy. 2006.

Smooth Collision Avoidance: Practical Issues in Dynamic Humanoid Motion   [pdf]

E. Yoshida, C. Esteves, T. Sakaguchi, J-P. Laumond and K. Yokoi
Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). p.p.827-832. Beijing, China. 2006.
[ acceptance rate 44.8% ]

Humanoid Motion Planning for Dynamic Tasks   [pdf]

E. Yoshida, I. Belousov, C. Esteves and J-P. Laumond
Proc. of the IEEE/RAS Intl. Conf. on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). p.p.1-6. Tsukuba, Japan. 2005.

Motion Planning for Large Space Manipulators   [pdf]

I. Belousov, C. Esteves, J-P. Laumond and E. Ferré
Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). p.p.3713-1719. Edmonton, Canada. 2005.

Motion Planning for Character Animation

Motion Navigation and Autonomy for Virtual Humans   [web page]

J. Pettré, M. Kallman, M.C. Lin, M. Gleicher, C. Esteves, J-P. Laumond and J. Kuffner
SIGGRAPH 2008 Class Notes. August 2008. Los Angeles, USA.

Animation Planning for Virtual Character Cooperation   [pdf]

C. Esteves, G. Arechavaleta, J. Pettré and J-P. Laumond
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) 25(2). April 2006. p.p. 319-339. ISSN: 0730-0301.

Motion Planning for Human-robot Interaction in Manipulation Tasks   [pdf]

C. Esteves, G. Arechavaleta and J-P. Laumond
Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA). p.p.1766-1771. Niagara Falls, Canada. 2005.

Mechanical Part Assembly with Virtual Mannequins   [pdf]

J-P. Laumond, E. Ferré, G. Arechavaleta and C. Esteves
Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Symp. on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP). p.p.132-137. Montréal, Canada. 2005.

Progresses in Assembly Path Planning   [pdf]

E. Ferré, J-P. Laumond, G. Arechavaleta and C. Esteves
Proc. of the Intl. Conf. on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). p.p 373-382. Lyon, France. 2005.

Planning Fine Motions for a Digital Factotum   [pdf]

G. Arechavaleta, C. Esteves and J-P. Laumond
Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). p.p. 822-827. Sendai, Japan. 2004.

Animation Planning for Virtual Mannequin Cooperation   [pdf]

C. Esteves, G. Arechavaleta and J-P. Laumond
Eurographics/ACM SIGGRAPH Symp. in Computer Animation (SCA). Poster Session. Grenoble, France. 2004.

Ph.D. Thesis

Motion Planning: from Digital Actors to Humanoid Robots   [pdf]

Claudia Esteves
Ph.D. thesis from LAAS-CNRS. February 2007. Toulouse, France.
Committee: F. Multon (IRISA/INRIA Rennes), Y. Nakamura (U. of Tokyo)
N. Chevassus (EADS), M. Renaud (INSA/LAAS-CNRS), E. Yoshida (JRL AIST/LAAS-CNRS), J-P. Laumond (JRL LAAS-CNRS)
[ Prix Léopold Escande 2008. ]

Qualitative Modeling of Indoor Environments from Visual Landmarks and Range Data   [pdf]

J-B. Hayet, C. Esteves, M. Devy and F. Lerasle
Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). p.p. 631-636. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2002.

Robot Motion Planning for Map Building   [pdf]

B. Tovar, R. Murrieta-Cid and C. Esteves
Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). p.p. 673-680. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2002.

Building Multi-level Models: from Landscapes to Landmarks   [pdf]

R. Murrieta-Cid, C. Parra, M. Devy, B. Tovar and C. Esteves
Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). p.p.4346-4353. Washington D.C., USA. 2002.

A Vision System for Environment Representation: From Landscapes to Landmarks   [pdf]

R. Murrieta-Cid, C. Parra, M. Devy, B. Tovar and C. Esteves
Lect. Notes In Computer Science MICAI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Vol. 2313. p.p.145-163. Springer 2002.

Robot Motion Planning for Model Building under Perception Constraints.   [pdf]

B. Tovar, R. Murrieta-Cid and C. Esteves.
Proc. of the Intl. Symp. on Intelligent Robotic Systems (SIRS).p.p. 447-456. Toulouse, France. 2001