User:Jiuguang Wang/DYK


 * ... that Jean-Claude Latombe ' s motion planning algorithm Probabilistic Roadmap Method not only applies to robotic motion planning, but can also be used in protein trajectories simulations? (October 20, 2008)
 * ... that Georgia Tech professor Jeff S. Shamma and his MIT Ph.D. advisor Michael Athans both received the Donald P. Eckman Award, one of the most prestigious awards in control theory? (October 15, 2008)
 * ... that John J. Leonard, a professor at MIT CSAIL, developed a vision-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm for mapping the RMS Titanic? (October 13, 2008)
 * ... that Matthew T. Mason, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, developed the first origami-folding robot in 2004? (October 8, 2008)
 * ... that Bancroft Gherardi, Jr. was one of the foremost authorities in early telephone engineering, and received the IEEE Edison Medal for his work on electrical communication? (October 4, 2008)
 * ... that a flower robot mimics the appearance of a common flower and contains simple sensing and home appliance functionalities, thus making it a service robot? (August 22, 2008)
 * ... that Henrik I. Christensen, a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was the founder of the European Robotics Research Network (EURON)? (August 2, 2008)
 * ... that Massera's lemma, a result in stability theory and nonlinear control, can be used to construct common Lyapunov functions for switched systems? (July 20, 2008)
 * ... that the exploration problem in robotics is that of maximizing knowledge over an area by the use of a robot? (July 19, 2008)
 * ... that the extended Kalman filter is often considered the de facto standard in nonlinear state estimation? (July 18, 2008)
 * ... that the Vector Field Histogram (VFH) algorithm used in robotic motion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH+ and VFH*? (July 16, 2008)
 * ... that omnidirectional cameras have a 360-degree field of view and have been used in robotics to solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem visually? (July 16, 2008)
 * ... that on the Mars Exploration Rover (artist's impression pictured), a technique known as visual odometry allowed the rover to estimate its position and orientation using only camera images? (July 11, 2008)
 * ... that George Zames pioneered the H-infinity methods which have revolutionized the field of robust control? (July 10, 2008)
 * ... that Silas D. Alben proposed a model for more efficient turbine blades based on the bumpy flippers of humpback whales? (July 2, 2008)