Advancements in Pose Estimation and Robotic Control

The field of robotics and computer vision is moving towards more accurate and efficient pose estimation and control methods. Researchers are exploring new approaches to improve the accuracy and robustness of pose estimation, including the use of event-based cameras and machine learning algorithms. Additionally, there is a growing interest in developing more advanced control strategies for robotic systems, such as flexible manipulators and brachiation robots. These advancements have the potential to improve the performance and autonomy of robotic systems in various applications, including surgery, cultural heritage digitization, and industrial automation. Noteworthy papers include: VERNIER, an open-source software for pose estimation, which achieves high accuracy and robustness using phase-based local thresholding. Efficient Surgical Robotic Instrument Pose Reconstruction, which proposes a novel framework for pose estimation in real-world conditions using unified feature detection. Learning Efficient Meshflow and Optical Flow from Event Cameras, which presents a lightweight model for event-based meshflow estimation and achieves state-of-the-art performance.

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VERNIER: an open-source software pushing marker pose estimation down to the micrometer and nanometer scales

Transport of Event Equation: Phase Retrieval from Defocus Events

AI-Enhanced Kinematic Modeling of Flexible Manipulators Using Multi-IMU Sensor Fusion

Single-Rod Brachiation Robot: Mechatronic Control Design and Validation of Prejump Phases

Efficient Surgical Robotic Instrument Pose Reconstruction in Real World Conditions Using Unified Feature Detection

Learning Efficient Meshflow and Optical Flow from Event Cameras

Hands-Free Heritage: Automated 3D Scanning for Cultural Heritage Digitization

Lattice-allocated Real-time Line Segment Feature Detection and Tracking Using Only an Event-based Camera

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