Search for dissertations about: "Stephen Smith"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Stephen Smith.

  2. 1. Towards Safer and Risk-aware Motion Planning and Control for Robotic Systems

    Author : Fernando S. Barbosa; Jana Tumova; Stephen Smith; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Computer Science; Datalogi;

    Abstract : Safety and risk-awareness are important properties for robotic systems, be it for protecting them from potentially dangerous internal states, or for avoiding collisions with obstacles and environmental hazards in disaster scenarios. Ensuring safety may be the role of more than one algorithmic layer in a system, each with varying assumptions and guarantees. READ MORE

  4. 2. Specification Decomposition and Formal Behavior Generation in Multi-Robot Systems

    Author : Philipp Schillinger; Dimos V. Dimarogonas; Mathias Bürger; Stephen L. Smith; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Multi-Robot Systems; Linear Temporal Logics; LTL; Robotics; Behavior Synthesis; Constrained Planning; Planning under Uncertainty; Multi-Agent Planning; Task Allocation; Mission Decomposition; Formal Methods; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Abstract : Autonomous robot systems are becoming increasingly common in service applications and industrial scenarios. However, their use is still mostly limited to rather simple tasks. This primarily results from the considerable effort that is required to manually program the execution plans of the robots. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Dynamic Detective : Special Interest and Seriality in Contemporary Detective Series

    Author : Karin Molander Danielsson; Stephen Knight; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study argues that the relatively new conventions of detective fiction, special interest and seriality, are expanding and regenerating the genre. Special interest designates a political, ethnic, regional, professional or hobby-related agenda of a special interest group (consisting, usually, of writer, protagonist and readers) which makes up an integral part of the detective story. READ MORE