How to build cognitive map (experience map) for autonomous navigation in RatSLAM?
The excerpt note is about how to build Experience Map in RatSLAM from Michael et al 2008.
An experience map is a fine-grained topological map composed of many individual experiences, e, connected by transitions, t. Each experience 
is defined by …
How to perform Path Integration in RatSLAM?
The excerpt note is about path integration in RatSLAM from Michael et al. 2010, 2008, 2004.
The RatSLAM system uses poses cells to concurrently represent the beliefs about the location and orientation of the robot. By representing 
in the same …
Robotics Roadmap in the US and Europe
The US last year published its third Roadmap for US Robotics, covering the societal opportunities and challenges presented by the technology, and what needed to be done to continue innovation and adoption. Read more "A Roadmap for US Robotics …
Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS)
From inilabs.com
DVS Overview
Conventional vision sensors see the world as a series of frames. Successive frames contain enormous amounts of redundant information, wasting memory access, RAM, disk space, energy, computational power and time. In addition, each frame imposes the …
ETH ANYmal: a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments
ANYmal is a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments. Driven by special compliant and precisely torque controllable actuators, the system is capable of dynamic running and high-mobile climbing. Thanks to incorporated laser sensors and cameras, the robot …