4. ECMR 2009: Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ivan Petrovic, Achim J. Lilienthal (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR'09, September 23-25, 2009, Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia. KoREMA 2009 ISBN 978-953-6037-54-4
Lecture Session 1 - Visual Navigation
Feras Dayoub, Tom Duckett, Grzegorz Cielniak: An Adaptive Spherical View Representation for Navigation in Changing Environments. 1-6
Erik Einhorn, Christof Schröter, Horst-Michael Groß: Monocular Scene Reconstruction for Reliable Obstacle Detection and Robot Navigation. 7-12
Gideon Maillette de Buy Wenniger, Tijn Schmits, Arnoud Visser: Identifying Free Space in a Robot Bird-Eye View. 13-18
Francisco Bonin-Font, Alberto Ortiz, Gabriel Oliver: A Novel Inverse Perspective Transformation-based Reactive Navigation Strategy. 25-30
Poster Spotlight Session 1 (3D Perception, Navigation, Systems)
Pedro Núñnez, Paulo Drews Jr., Rui Rocha, Jorge Dias: Data Fusion Calibration for a 3D Laser Range Finder and a Camera using Inertial Data. 31-36
Robert Cupec, Ratko Grbic, Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko, Kristian Sabo, Rudolf Scitovski: Detection of Planar Surfaces Based on RANSAC and LAD Plane Fitting. 37-42
Diego R. Faria, José Augusto Prado, Paulo Drews Jr., Jorge Dias: Object Shape Retrieval through Grasp Exploration. 43-48
Andrea Cesetti, Emanuele Frontoni, Adriano Mancini, Primo Zingaretti, Sauro Longhi: UAV Navigation and Landing based on Single Camera Vision System. 49-54
Karsten Bohlmann, Peter Biber, Andreas Zell: Using Geographical Data and Sonar to Improve GPS Localization for Mobile Robots. 55-60
Josep Aulinas, Xavier Lladó, Yvan R. Petillot, Joaquim Salvi: Independent Local Mapping for Large-Scale SLAM. 67-72
Matteo Danieletto, Marco Mina, Andrea Zanella, Pietro Zanuttigh, Emanuele Menegatti: Recognition of Smart Objects by a Mobile Robot using SIFT-based Image Recognition and Wireless Communication. 73-79
Greg Aloupis, Nadia Benbernou, Mirela Damian, Erik D. Demaine, Robin Y. Flatland, John Iacono, Stefanie Wuhrer: Efficient Reconfiguration of Lattice-Based Modular Robots. 81-86
Jörg Stückler, Michael Schreiber, Sven Behnke: Dynamaid, an Anthropomorphic Robot for Research on Domestic Service Applications. 87-92
Abdelbaki Bouguerra, Henrik Andreasson, Achim J. Lilienthal, Björn Åstrand: MALTA: A System of Multiple Autonomous Trucks for Load Transportation. 93-98
Lecture Session 2 - Path Planning
Marija Seder, Ivan Petrovic: Integration of Focused D* and Witkowski's Algorithm for Path Planning and Replanning. 99-104
Martin Rufli, Roland Siegwart: On the Application of the D* Search Algorithm to Time-Based Planning on Lattice Graphs. 105-110
Matthias Hentschel, Bernardo Wagner: Adaptive Path Planning for Long-Term Navigation of Autonomous Mobile Robots. 111-116
Dominik Joho, Martin Senk, Wolfram Burgard: Learning Wayfinding Heuristics Based on Local Information of Object Maps. 117-122
Enrico DiLello, Alessandro Saffiotti: The PEIS Table: An Autonomous Robotic Table for Domestic Environments. 123-128
Poster Spotlight Session 2 (Modelling and Control, Position Papers)
Thilo Grundmann, Raoul Zoellner: Probabilistic Scene Estimation and Local Dependency Analysis with Particle Filters. 129-134
Iñaki Rañó: Hanging Around and Wandering on Mobile Robots with a Unique Controller. 135-140
Kristian Hengster-Movric, Stjepan Bogdan, Ivica Draganjac: Formation Control Based on Adaptive Bell-shaped Potential Functions. 141-146
Miguel A. Rodríguez, Roberto Iglesias, Felipe Espinosa, Pablo Quintía, Carlos V. Regueiro, Fernando Valdés: Learning Proposal based on Reinforcement for Collaborative Tasks: Robot Convoy Formation. 147-153
Noureddine Ouadah, Viviane Cadenat, Farès Boudjema, Mustapha Hamerlain: Image Based Robust Visual Servoing on Human Face to Improve Human/Robot Interaction. 155-160
Kiattisin Kanjanawanishkul, Marius Hofmeister, Andreas Zell: Smooth Reference Tracking of a Mobile Robot using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. 161-166
Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz, Waldemar Bartyna, Marek Faderewski, Grzegorz Terlikowski: Service-Oriented Multirobot System Architecture. 167-172
Adam Borkowski: Taking Advantage of Building Information Model. 173-178
Lecture Session 3 - 3D Perception
Robert Cupec, Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko, Andreja Kitanov, Ivan Petrovic: Geometrically Constrained RANSAC for Stereo Image Registration in Presence of High Ambiguity in Feature Correspondence. 179-185
David Droeschel, Stefan May, Dirk Holz, Paul-Gerhard Plöger, Sven Behnke: Robust Ego-Motion Estimation with ToF Cameras. 187-192
Agustin Alberto Ortega Jimenez, Ismael Haddad, Juan Andrade-Cetto: Graph-based Segmentation of Range Data with Applications to 3D Urban Mapping. 193-198
Przemyslaw Labecki, Adam Lopatowski, Piotr Skrzypczynski: Terrain Perception for a Walking Robot with a Low-Cost Structured Light Sensor. 199-204
Ulrich Weiss, Peter Biber: Plant Detection and Mapping for Agricultural Robots using a 3D-lidar Sensor. 205-210
Lecture Session 4 - SLAM
Viorela Ila, Josep M. Porta, Juan Andrade-Cetto: Amortized Constant Time State Estimation in SLAM using a Mixed Kalman-Information Filter. 211-216
Cesar Dario Cadena Lerma, Fabio Ramos, José Neira: Efficient Large Scale SLAM Including Data Association using the Combined Filter. 217-222
Dario Lodi Rizzini: A Closed-Form Constraint Networks Solver for Maximum Likelihood Mapping. 223-228
Jochen Sprickerhof, Andreas Nüchter, Kai Lingemann, Joachim Hertzberg: An Explicit Loop Closing Technique for 6D SLAM. 229-234
Alexander Koenig, Jens Kessler, Horst-Michael Gross: Improvements for an Appearance-based SLAM-Approach for Large-scale Environments. 235-240
Lecture Session 5 - Mapping and Exploration
Maurizio Di Rocco, Stefano Panzieri, Attilio Priolo: Formation Control through Environment Pattern Recognition for a Multi-robot Architecture. 241-246
Karsten Rohweder, Philipp Vorst, Andreas Zell: Improved Mapping of RFID Tags by Fusion with Spatial Structure. 247-252
Anssi Kemppainen, Janne Haverinen, Toni Mäkelä, Juha Röning: An Adaptive Model for Spatial Sampling Design. 253-258
Nicola Basilico, Francesco Amigoni: Exploration Strategies based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making for an Autonomous Mobile Robot. 259-264
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, Antonello Scalmato, Antonio Sgorbissa, Renato Zaccaria: On Situation Specification in Context-Aware Robotics Applications. 265-270
Lecture Session 6 - Control, Particle Filters, and Environment Modelling
Ahmed Benzerrouk, Lounis Adouane, Philippe Martinet, Nicolas Andreff: Multi Lyapunov Function Theorem Applied to a Mobile Robot Tracking a Trajectory in Presence of Obstacles. 271-276
Sven Wehner, Maren Bennewitz: Optimizing the Gait of a Humanoid Robot Towards Human-like Walking. 277-282
Tim Laue, Thomas Röfer: Pose Extraction from Sample Sets in Robot Self-Localization - A Comparison and a Novel Approach. 283-288
Yoshiteru Matsushita, Jun Miura: On-Line Road Boundary Modeling with Multiple Sensory Features, Flexible Road Model, and Particle Filter. 289-295
Piotr Skrzypczynski: Perceptually Rich Local Environment Description with Aggregated Features. 297-302



