ICRA 2006: Orlando, Florida, USA
Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006, May 15-19, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA. IEEE 2006
Nonlinear Control of Robotic Systems
- Omar A. A. Orqueda, Rafael B. Fierro: A Vision-based Nonlinear Decentralized Controller for Unmanned Vehicles. 1-6
- Khoi B. Ngo, Robert E. Mahony: Bounded Torque Control for Robot Manipulators Subject to Joint Velocity Constraints. 7-12
- Javier Moreno: A New Velocity Field Controller for Robot Arms. 13-18
- Javier Moreno: Tracking Control of On-line Time-scaled Trajectories for Robot Manipulators under Constrained Torques. 19-24
- Ryo Kikuuwe, Hideo Fujimoto: Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control for Accurate and Safe Position Control. 25-30
- Justin R. Garretson, William T. Becker, Steven Dubowsky: The Design of a Friction Compensation Control Architecture for a Heavy Lift Precision Manipulator in Contact with the Environment. 31-36
Localization
- Jason M. O'Kane: Global Localization using Odometry. 37-42
- Agostino Martinelli, Davide Scaramuzza, Roland Siegwart: Automatic Self-calibration of a Vision System during Robot Motion. 43-48
- Patrick Beeson, Aniket Murarka, Benjamin Kuipers: Adapting Proposal Distributions for Accurate, Efficient Mobile Robot Localization. 49-55
- Alex Brooks, Alexei Makarenko, Ben Upcroft: Gaussian Process Models for Sensor-centric Robot Localisation. 56-61
- Jan Hoffmann, Michael Spranger, Daniel Göhring, Matthias Jüngel, Hans-Dieter Burkhard: Further Studies on the Use of Negative Information in Mobile Robot Localization. 62-67
- Kanji Tanaka, Eiji Kondo: Incremental RANSAC for Online Relocation in Large Dynamic Environments. 68-75
Humanoid Design
- Yu Ogura, Hiroyuki Aikawa, Kazushi Shimomura, Hideki Kondo, Akitoshi Morishima, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi: Development of a New Humanoid Robot WABIAN-2. 76-81
- Ikuo Mizuuchi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Yuto Nakanishi, Akihiko Miyadera, Taichi Yamamoto, Tuomas Niemelä, Marika Hayashi, Junichi Urata, Yuta Namiki, Tamaki Nishino, Masayuki Inaba: Development of Musculoskeletal Humanoid Kotaro. 82-87
- Sebastian Lohmeier, Thomas Buschmann, Heinz Ulbrich, Friedrich Pfeiffer: Modular Joint Design for Performance Enhanced Humanoid Robot LOLA. 88-93
- Ricardo Beira, Manuel Lopes, Miguel Praça, José Santos-Victor, Alexandre Bernardino, Giorgio Metta, Francesco Becchi, Roque J. Saltarén: Design of the Robot-cub (iCub) Head. 94-100
- Kotaro Fukui, Kazufumi Nishikawa, Shunsuke Ikeo, Masaaki Honda, Atsuo Takanishi: Development of a Human-like Sensory Feedback Mechanism for an Anthropomorphic Talking Robot. 101-106
- Maria-Cruz Villa-Uriol, Alba Perez Gracia, Falko Kuester: Humanoid Synthesis using Clifford Algebra. 107-112
Motion Planning
- Yueshi Shen, Knut Hüper, F. Silva Leite: Smooth Interpolation of Orientation by Rolling and Wrapping for Robot Motion Planning. 113-118
- David L. Page, Andreas Koschan, Mongi A. Abidi, James L. Overholt: Ridge-valley Path Planning for 3D Terrains. 119-124
- Guanfeng Liu, Jeffrey C. Trinkle, Nir Shvalb: Motion Planning for a Class of Planar Closed-chain Manipulators. 133-138
- Stephen R. Lindemann, Steven M. LaValle: Multiresolution Approach for Motion Planning under Differential Constraints. 139-144
Computer Vision Systems
- Kolja Kühnlenz, Mathias Bachmayer, Martin Buss: A Multi-focal High-performance Vision System. 150-155
- Christopher Rasmussen: A Hybrid Vision + Ladar Rural Road Follower. 156-161
- Stephen Nuske, Jonathan M. Roberts, Gordon Wyeth: Extending the Dynamic Range of Robotic Vision. 162-167
- Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Kenji Hara: Robust Motion Capture System against Target Occlusion using Fast Level Set Method. 168-174
- Marc Freese, Surya P. N. Singh, Edwardo F. Fukushima, Shigeo Hirose: Bias-tolerant Terrain following Method for a Field Deployed Manipulator. 175-180
- Noriatsu Furukawa, Akio Namiki, Taku Senoo, Masatoshi Ishikawa: Dynamic Regrasping using a High-speed Multifingered Hand and a High-speed vision System. 181-187
MultiRobot Systems
- Jim Pugh, Alcherio Martinoli: Relative Localization and Communication Module for Small-scale Multi-robot Systems. 188-193
- Teppei Nakano, Shinya Fujie, Tetsunori Kobayashi: MONEA: Message-oriented Networked-robot Architecture. 194-199
- Gal A. Kaminka, Yehuda Elmaliach: Experiments with an Ecological Interface for Monitoring Tightly-coordinated Robot Teams. 200-205
- Berkant Akin, Aydan M. Erkmen, Ismet Erkmen: A Behavior based Layered, Hybrid, Control Architecture for Robot/Sensor Networks. 206-211
- Mathias Broxvall, Marco Gritti, Alessandro Saffiotti, BeomSu Seo, Young-Jo Cho: PEIS Ecology: Integrating Robots into Smart Environments. 212-218
- Jake Toh, Salah Sukkarieh: A Bayesian Formulation for the Prioritized Search of Moving Objects. 219-224
Surgical Robots I
- Henry C. Lin, Keith Mills, Peter Kazanzides, Gregory D. Hager, Panadda Marayong, Allison M. Okamura, Ray Karam: Portability and Applicability of Virtual Fixtures across Medical and Manufacturing Tasks. 225-230
- Ankur Kapoor, Ming Li, Russell H. Taylor: Constrained Control for Surgical Assistant Robots. 231-236
- Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusoglu: Predictive Control Algorithms using Biological Signals for Active Relative Motion Canceling in Robotic Assisted Heart Surgery. 237-244
- Victor F. Muñoz-Martínez, Isabel García-Morales, Carlos Jesús Pérez-del-Pulgar, Jesús M. Gómez de Gabriel, Jesús Fernández-Lozano, Alfonso García-Cerezo, Carlos Vara-Thorbeck, Robert Lopez Toscano: Control Movement Scheme based on Manipulability Concept for a Surgical Robotic Assistant. 245-250
- Benjamin Maurin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Philippe Zanne, Michel de Mathelin, Olivier Piccin: A Robotized Positioning Platform guided by Computed Tomography: Practical Issues and Evaluation. 251-256
- Jumpei Arata, Hiroki Takahashi, Phongsaen Pitakwatchara, Shin'ichi Warisawa, Kozo Konishi, Kazuo Tanoue, Satoshi Ieiri, Shuji Shimizu, Naoki Nakashima, Koji Okamura, Young Soo Kim, Sungmin Kim, Joon-Soo Hahm, Makoto Hashizume, Mamoru Mitsuishi: A Remote Surgery Experiment between Japan-Korea using the Minimally Invasive Surgical System. 257-262
MicroRobotics I
- Afshin Tafazzoli, Chytra Pawashe, Metin Sitti: Force-controlled Microcontact Printing using Microassembled Particle Templates. 263-268
- Yu Sun, Keekyoung Kim, Richard M. Voyles, Bradley J. Nelson: Calibration of Multi-axis MEMS Force Sensors using the Shape from Motion Method. 269-274
- Yasser H. Anis, James K. Mills, William L. Cleghorn: Visual Measurement of MEMS Microassembly Forces using Template Matching. 275-280
- Nikolai Dechev, Lu Ren, William Liu, William L. Cleghorn, James K. Mills: Development of a 6 Degree of Freedom Robotic Micromanipulator for Use in 3D MEMS Microassembly. 281-288
- Aaron M. Hoover, Srinath Avadhanula, Richard E. Groff, Ronald S. Fearing: A Rapidly Prototyped 2-axis Positioning Stage for Microassembly using Large Displacement Compliant Mechanisms. 289-295
- Ranjana Sahai, Srinath Avadhanula, Richard E. Groff, Erik Steltz, Robert J. Wood, Ronald S. Fearing: Towards a 3g Crawling Robot through the Integration of Microrobot Technologies. 296-302
Agile Automation I
- Martin Fürst, Christian Wögerer, Gernot Kronreif, Igor Holländer, Harald Penz: Intelligent High-speed, High-variant Automation of Universal Coin Sorting for Charity Organizations. 303-308
- Suei Jen Chen, Heinz Wörn, Uwe E. Zimmermann, Rainer Bischoff: Gentle Robotic Handling - Adaptation of Gripperorientation to Minimize Undesired Shear Forces. 309-314
- Quan Shi, Ning Xi, Weihua Sheng, Yifan Chen: Development of Dynamic Inspection Methods for Dimensional Measurement of Automotive Body Parts. 315-320
- Seno Panjaitan, Georg Frey: Designing Generic/reusable Functionality based Controllers for Distributed Control using UML. 321-326
- Alois Zoitl, Rene Smodic, Christoph Sünder, Gunnar Grabmair: Enhanced Real-time Execution of Modular Control Software based on IEC 61499. 327-332
- Christof Eberst, Helmut Nöhmayer, Gerald Umgeher, Motoki Takagi: Towards Programming Robots by Gestures, Test-case: Programming Bore Inspection for Small Lotsizes. 333-338
Education I
- Niko Sünderhauf, Thomas Krause, Peter Protzel: Bringing Robotics closer to Students - a Threefold Approach. 339-344
- Jean-François Lalonde, Christopher P. Bartley, Illah R. Nourbakhsh: Mobile Robot Programming in Education. 345-350
- Jean-Michel Aubin, Marius Bulota, Mathieu Gauthier, Jérome Marchand, Patrick-André Savard, Vincent Simard-Bilodeau, Jean-Luc Ratté-Boulianne, François Michaud: ARMUS, an ARM Robotic Processing System for Educational Purposes. 351-356
- Matthew Isaacs, Monica Anderson, Samuel Ashworth, James Blackburn-Lynch, Bridgette Bynum, Janice L. Pearce, Christopher Pemberton: Breaking up is hard to do - Dispersion: from Design to Implementation. 357-362
- Kelly R. Cannon, Monica Anderson, Nate Bird, Katherine A. Panciera, Harini Veeraraghavan, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Maria L. Gini: No Fear: University of Minnesota Robotics Day Camp Introduces Local Youth to Hands-on Technologies. 363-368
- Steven V. Shamlian, Katherine Killfoile, Ryan Kellogg, Felix Duvallet: Fun with Robots: a Student-taught Undergraduate Robotics Course. 369-374
Control of Mechatronic Systems
- Renbin Zhou, William R. Hamel: Control of a Prototype Transmission-based Robot Servoactuator using Real Time Application Interface. 375-380
- Kazuyuki Ito, Yoshitaka Fukumori: Autonomous Control of a Snake-like Robot utilizing Passive Mechanism. 381-386
- Joono Cheong, Seungjin Lee, Jung Kim: Motion Duplication Control for Distributed Dynamic Systems by Natural Damping. 387-392
- Jason Nikitczuk, Abhimanyu Das, Harsh Vyas, Brian Weinberg, Constantinos Mavroidis: Adaptive Torque Control of Electro-rheological Fluid Brakes used in Active Knee Rehabilitation Devices. 393-399
SLAM: Robustness and Consistency
- Shoudong Huang, Gamini Dissanayake: Convergence Analysis for Extended Kalman Filter based SLAM. 412-417
- Diego Rodríguez-Losada, Fernando Matía, Agustín Jiménez, Ramón Galán: Consistency Improvement for SLAM - EKF for Indoor Environments. 418-423
- Ruben Martinez-Cantin, José A. Castellanos: Bounding Uncertainty in EKF-SLAM: the Robocentric Local Approach. 430-435
- Giorgio Grisetti, Gian Diego Tipaldi, Cyrill Stachniss, Wolfram Burgard, Daniele Nardi: Speeding-up Rao-blackwellized SLAM. 442-447
Humanoid Architecture and Framework
- Evan Drumwright, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing: The Task Matrix: an Extensible Framework for Creating Versatile Humanoid Robots. 448-455
- Dong To Nguyen, Doik Kim, Bum-Jae You, Sang-Rok Oh: NBHA - a Distributed Network-based Humanoid Software Architecture. 456-461
- Fabien Gravot, Atsushi Haneda, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba: Cooking for Humanoid Robot, a Task that needs Symbolic and Geometric Reasonings. 462-467
- Yusuke Ota, Toru Kuga, Kan Yoneda: Deformation Compensation for Continuous Force Control of a Wall Climbing Quadruped with Reduced-DOF. 468-474
- Yoon-Kwon Hwang, Kook Jin Choi, Dae Sun Hong: Self-learning Control of Cooperative Motion for a Humanoid Robot. 475-480
- Kouki Hayashi, Yoshitaka Onishi, Kazuko Itoh, Hiroyasu Miwa, Atsuo Takanishi: Development and Evaluation of Face Robot to Express Various Face Shape. 481-486
Mobile Robot Motion Planning
- F. Boyer, Florent Lamiraux: Trajectory Deformation applied to Kinodynamic Motion Planning for a Realistic Car Model. 487-492
- B. Long, Brice Rebsamen, Etienne Burdet, Chee Leong Teo: Development of an Elastic Path Controller. 493-498
- Zack J. Butler: Corridor Planning for Natural Agents. 499-504
- Yongguo Mei, Yung-Hsiang Lu, C. S. George Lee, Y. Charlie Hu: Energy-efficient Mobile Robot Exploration. 505-511
- Tomás Martínez-Marín: On-line Optimal Motion Planning for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots. 512-517
- Dongshin Kim, Jie Sun, Sang Min Oh, James M. Rehg, Aaron F. Bobick: Traversability Classification using Unsupervised on-line Visual Learning for Outdoor Robot Navigation. 518-525
Omnidirectional Vision
- Selim Benhimane, Ezio Malis: A New Approach to Vision-based Robot Control with Omni-directional Cameras. 526-531
- Christopher Mei, Patrick Rives: Calibration between a Central Catadioptric Camera and a Laser Range Finder for Robotic Applications. 532-537
- Gian Luca Mariottini, Domenico Prattichizzo, Giuseppe Oriolo: Image-based Visual Servoing for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots with Central Catadioptric Camera. 538-544
- Carlos López-Franco, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano: Omnidirectional Vision for Visual Landmark Identification using p/sup 2/-Invariants. 545-550
- Carlos Sagüés, A. C. Murillo, José Jesús Guerrero, Toon Goedemé, Tinne Tuytelaars, Luc J. Van Gool: Localization with Omnidirectional Images using the Radial Trifocal Tensor. 551-556
- Marin Kobilarov, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Jeff Hyams, Parag H. Batavia: People Tracking and Following with Mobile Robot using an Omnidirectional Camera and a Laser. 557-562
Robotic Formations
- Ilya Levner, Alex Kovarsky, Hong Zhang: Heuristic Search for Coordinating Robot Agents in Adversarial Domains. 563-569
- Edward Gil Jones, Brett Browning, M. Bernardine Dias, Brenna Argall, Manuela M. Veloso, Anthony Stentz: Dynamically formed Heterogeneous Robot Teams Performing Tightly-coordinated Tasks. 570-575
- Cheng-Heng Fua, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Khiang Wee Lim: Task Allocation for Multi-robot Teams with Self-organizing Agents. 576-581
- Yinan Zhang, Richard T. Vaughan: Ganging up: Team-based Aggression Expands the Population/Performance Envelope in a Multi-robot System. 589-594
- Maurizio Porfiri, D. Gray Roberson, Daniel J. Stilwell: Environmental Tracking and Formation Control of a Platoon of Autonomous Vehicles Subject to Limited Communication. 595-600
Surgical Robots II
- Ulisse Bertocchi, Luca Ascari, Cesare Stefanini, Cecilia Laschi, Paolo Dario: Sensory Feedback Exploitation for Robot-assisted Exploration of the Spinal Cord. 601-606
- Jagadeesan Jayender, Rajnikant V. Patel, S. Nikumb: Robot-assisted Catheter Insertion using Hybrid Impedance Control. 607-612
- Jeffrey A. Stoll, Paul M. Novotny, Robert D. Howe, Pierre E. Dupont: Real-time 3D Ultrasound-based Servoing of a Surgical Instrument. 613-618
- James T. Hing, Ari D. Brooks, Jaydev P. Desai: Reality-based Needle Insertion Simulation for Haptic Feedback in Prostate Brachytherapy. 619-624
- Shinsuke Ikeda, Fumihito Arai, Toshio Fukuda, Makoto Negoro, Keiko Irie, Ikuo Takahashi: Patient-specific Neurovascular Simulator for Evaluating the Performance of Medical Robots and Instruments. 625-630
- Jeffrey Hsu, Shahram Payandeh: Toward Tool Gesture and Motion Recognition on a Novel Minimally Invasive Surgery Robotic System. 631-636
MicroRobotics II
- David J. Cappelleri, Jonathan Fink, Barry Munkundakrisnam, Vijay Kumar, Jeffrey C. Trinkle: Designing Open-loop Plans for Planar Micro-manipulation. 637-642
- Vasso Reppa, Anthony Tzes: Application of Set Membership Identification for Fault Detection of MEMS. 643-648
- P. Vartholomeos, Evangelos Papadopoulos: Analysis, Design and Control of a Planar Micro-robot Driven by two Centripetal-force Actuators. 649-654
- Zhijiang Guo, John E. McInroy, Farhad Jafari: Realization of Micromanipulating Gough-Stewart Platforms with Desired Dynamics. 655-660
- Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab, Philippe Lutz: Design, Development and Experiments of a High Stroke-precision 2DoF (Linear-angular) Microsystem. 669-674
Agile Automation II
- Mikko Sallinen, Tapio Heikkilä, Matti Sirviö: Planning of Sensory Feedback in Industrial Robot Workcells. 675-680
- Ivan M. Delamer, Jose L. Martinez Lastra, Oscar Perez: An Evolutionary Algorithm for Optimization of XML Publish/Subscribe Middleware in Electronics Production. 681-688
- Michael J. Wynblatt, Peter Krueger, Zack K. Edmondson, Holger Grzonka: TOMTAC: Translating Object Motion to Actuator Control. 689-694
- Raymond K. Cheung, Allen W. Lee, Daniel Y. Mo: Flow Diversion Approaches for Shipment Routing in Automatic Shipment Handling Systems. 695-700
- Binayak Roy, H. Harry Asada: Dynamics and Control of a Gravity-assisted Underactuated Robot Arm for Assembly Operations inside an Aircraft Wing-box. 701-706
- Anna Petrovskaya, Oussama Khatib, Sebastian Thrun, Andrew Y. Ng: Bayesian Estimation for Autonomous Object Manipulation based on Tactile Sensors. 707-714
Education II
- Seung Han Kim, Jae Wook Jeon: Educating C Language using LEGO Mindstorms Robotic Invention System 2.0. 715-720
- Stefano Galvan, Debora Botturi, Andrea Castellani, Paolo Fiorini: Innovative Robotics Teaching using LEGO Sets. 721-726
- Aimée Vargas Estrada, Jyh-Ming Lien, Nancy M. Amato: VIZMO++: a Visualization, Authoring, and Educational Tool for Motion Planning. 727-732
- Jingying Chen, Marc Holbein, John S. Zelek: Intro to Haptic Communications for High School Students. 733-738
- Richard Moreau, Osama Olaby, Olivier Dupuis, Minh Tu Pham, Tanneguy Redarce: Paths Analysis for a Safe Forceps Blades Placement on the BirthSIM Simulator. 739-744
- Xu-Zhi Lai, Jin-Hua She, Simon X. Yang, Min Wu: Stability Analysis and Control Law Design for Acrobots. 745-750
Parallel Manipulator Kinematics
- Jean-Pierre Merlet, David Daney: Legs Interference Checking of Parallel Robots over a given Workspace or Trajectory. 757-762
- Wataru Tanaka, Tatsuo Arai, Kenji Inoue, Tomohito Takubo, Choong Sik Park: Calibration Method for Parallel Mechanism using Micro Grid Pattern. 763-768
- Ludovic Savoure, Patrick Maurine, David Corbel, Sébastien Krut: An Improved Method for the Geometrical Calibration of Parallelogram-based Parallel Robots. 769-776
- Mazen Zein, Philippe Wenger, Damien Chablat: Singular Curves and Cusp Points in the Joint Space of 3-RPR Parallel Manipulators. 777-782
- Maria Alberich-Carramiñana, Federico Thomas, Carme Torras: On Redundant Flagged Manipulators. 783-789
Mobile Robot Mapping
- Longin Jan Latecki, Rolf Lakämper: Polygonal Approximation of Laser Range Data based on Perceptual Grouping and EM. 790-796
- Tae-Bum Kwon, Jae-Bok Song: Thinning-based Topological Exploration using Position Probability of Topological Nodes. 797-802
- Zoran Zivkovic, Bram Bakker, Ben J. A. Kröse: Hierarchical Map Building and Planning based on Graph Partitioning. 803-809
- Ananth Ranganathan, Frank Dellaert: A Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter for Topological Mapping. 810-817
- Jose-Luis Blanco, Javier Gonzalez, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal: Consistent Observation Grouping for Generating Metric-topological Maps that improves Robot Localization. 818-823
- Haris Baltzakis, Panos E. Trahanias: Using Multi-hypothesis Mapping to close Loops in Complex Cyclic Environments. 824-829
Biped Control I
- Lingyun Hu, Changjiu Zhou, Zengqi Sun: Biped Gait Optimization using Spline Function based Probability Model. 830-835
- Yoshito Ikemata, Akihito Sano, Hideo Fujimoto: A Physical Principle of Gait Generation and its Stabilization derived from Mechanism of Fixed Point. 836-841
- Bram Vanderborght, Björn Verrelst, Ronald Van Ham, Michaël Van Damme, Pieter Beyl, Dirk Lefeber: Torque and Compliance Control of the Pneumatic Artificial Muscles in the Biped "Lucy". 842-847
- Neil Neville, Martin Buehler, Inna Sharf: A Bipedal Running Robot with one Actuator per Leg. 848-853
- Joel E. Chestnutt, Philipp Michel, Koichi Nishiwaki, James J. Kuffner Jr., Satoshi Kagami: An Intelligent Joystick for Biped Control. 860-865
Path Planning
- Kenneth Robert Alton, Ian M. Mitchell: Optimal Path Planning under Defferent Norms in Continuous State Spaces. 866-872
- Hamid Zarrabi-Zadeh: Path Planning above a Polyhedral Terrain. 873-876
- Qiang Zeng, Chee Leong Teo, Brice Rebsamen, Etienne Burdet: Design of a Collaborative Wheelchair with Path Guidance Assistance. 877-882
- Ren C. Luo, Yen Lin Pan, Chen Jun Wang, Zhong Hong Huang: Path Planning and Control of Functionally graded Materials for Rapid Tooling. 883-888
- Samuel Rodríguez, Xinyu Tang, Jyh-Ming Lien, Nancy M. Amato: An Obstacle-based Rapidly-exploring Random Tree. 895-900
Computer Vision: Stereo
- Akihito Seki, Masatoshi Okutomi: Ego-motion Estimation by Matching dewarped Road Regions using Stereo Images. 901-907
- Marco Jähnisch, Marc Shiffner: Stereoscopic Depth-detection for Handling and Manipulation Tasks in a Scanning Electron Microscope. 908-913
- Andrew N. Stein, Andres Huertas, Larry Matthies: Attenuating Stereo Pixel-locking via Affine Window Adaptation. 914-921
- Atsushi Yamashita, Susumu Kato, Toru Kaneko: Robust Sensing against Bubble Noises in Aquatic Environments with a Stereo Vision System. 928-933
- F. Farshidi, Shahin Sirouspour, Thia Kirubarajan: Optimal Positioning of Multiple Cameras for Object Recognition using Cramer-Rao Lower Bound. 934-939
Robotic Flocks and Swarms
- Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: A Connection between Formation Control and Flocking Behavior in Nonholonomic Multiagent Systems. 940-945
- Joel M. Esposito, Thomas W. Dunbar: Maintaining Wireless Connectivity Constraints for Swarms in the Presence of Obstacles. 946-951
- Krishnanand N. Kaipa, Amruth Puttappa, Guruprasad M. Hegde, Sharschchandra V. Bidargaddi, Debasish Ghose: Glowworm-inspired Robot Swarm for Simultaneous Taxis towards Multiple Radiation Sources. 958-963
- Zhihua Qu, Jing Wang, Richard A. Hull, Jeffrey Martin: Cooperative Control Design and Stability Analysis for Multi-agent Systems with Communication Delays. 970-975
Hand Design and Control
- Takeshi Takaki, Toru Omata: 100g-100N Finger Joint with Load-sensitive Continuously Variable Transmission. 976-981
- Ramiro Cabás, Luis María Cabás, Carlos Balaguer: Optimized Design of the Underactuated Robotic Hand. 982-987
- Gianluca Palli, Claudio Melchiorri: Model and Control of Tendon-sheath Transmission Systems. 988-993
- Kenji Tahara, Zhi Wei Luo, Ryuta Ozawa, Ji-Hun Bae, Suguru Arimoto: Bio-mimetic Study on Pinching Motions of a Dual-finger Model with Synergistic Actuation of Antagonist Muscles. 994-999
- Ryuta Ozawa, Ji-Hun Bae, Suguru Arimoto: Multi-fingered Dynamic Blind Grasping with Tactile Feedback in a Horizontal Plane. 1006-1011
MicroRobotics III
- Kenji Kure, Takefumi Kanda, Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto: Intelligent FMA using Flexible Displacement Sensor with Paste Injection. 1012-1017
- Kenjiro Takemura, Shinichi Yokota, Kazuya Edamura: Driving Performance and Control of a Micro Artificial Muscle Cell using Electro-conjugate Fluid. 1018-1023
- Benjamin Potsaid, John T. Wen, Yves Bellouard: Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (ASOM) for Large Workspace Micro-robotic Applications. 1024-1029
- Anna Eisinberg, Keith Houston, Paolo Dario, Fabio Caparrelli, Bala P. Amavasai, M. Boissenin: Marking Techniques for Vision Recognition of Microgrippers for Micromanipulation. 1030-1035
- Satoshi Konishi, Makoto Nokata, Ok Chan Jeong, Shinya Kusuda, Tsuyoshi Sakakibara, Miyuki Kuwayama, Hidetoshi Tsutsumi: Pneumatic Micro Hand and Miniaturized Parallel Link Robot for Micro Manipulation Robot System. 1036-1041
- Cédric Clévy, Arnaud Hubert, Nicolas Chaillet: Modeling, Identification and Control of a Thermal Glue-based Temporary Fixing System: Application to the Micro-robotic Field. 1042-1047
Manufacturing and Automation
- Yeh-Tung Chen, Haw Ching Yang, Fan-Tien Cheng: Multivariate Simulation Assessment for Virtual Metrology. 1048-1053
- Tung-Ho Lin, Min-Hsiung Hung, Rung-Chuan Lin, Fan-Tien Cheng: A Virtual Metrology Scheme for Predicting CVD Thickness in Semiconductor Manufacturing. 1054-1059
- Jingshan Li, Dennis Blumenfeld, Samuel P. Marin: Quality Robustness Design of Manufacturing Systems with Repair and Rework. 1060-1065
- Qing-Shan Jia, Qianchuan Zhao: A SVM-based Method for Engine Maintenance Strategy Optimization. 1066-1071
- WeiMin Tao, Mingjun Zhang, Ou Ma: Modeling and Vibration Suppression for Industrial Track Robots. 1072-1077
- Jin Sun, Qianchuan Zhao, Peter B. Luh, Mikhail J. Atalla: Estimation of Optimal Elevator Scheduling Performance. 1078-1083
Legged Robots
- Darren P. Krasny, David E. Orin: Evolution of Dynamic Maneuvers in a 3D Galloping Quadruped Robot. 1084-1089
- Masashi Takahashi, Kan Yoneda, Shigeo Hirose: Rough Terrain Locomotion of a Leg-wheel Hybrid Quadruped Robot. 1090-1095
- Mitsuru Higashimori, Manabu Harada, Idaku Ishii, Makoto Kaneko: Torque Pattern Generation towards the Maximum Jump Height. 1096-1101
- Hisashi Osumi, Shogo Kamiya, Hirokazu Kato, Kazunori Umeda, Ryuichi Ueda, Tamio Arai: Time Optimal Control for Quadruped Walking Robots. 1102-1108
- Timothy Bretl, Sanjay Lall: A Fast and Adaptive Test of Static Equilibrium for Legged Robots. 1109-1116
Parallel Manipulator Design/Control
- Li-Jie Zhang, Yue-Wei Niu, Yong-Quan Li, Zhen Huang: Analysis of the Workspace of 2-DOF Spherical 5R Parallel Manipulator. 1123-1128
- Lu Ren, James K. Mills, Dong Sun: Convex Synchronized Control for a 3-DOF Planar Parallel Manipulator. 1129-1134
- Yangmin Li, Qingsong Xu, Yugang Liu: Novel Design and Modeling of a Mobile Parallel Manipulator. 1135-1140
- Grigore Gogu: Fully-isotropic Parallel Manipulators with Five Degrees of Freedom. 1141-1146
- Grigore Gogu: Fully-isotropic Parallel Manipulators with Schonflies Motions and Complex Legs with Rhombus Loops. 1147-1152
- Andreas Müller: Stiffness Control of Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulators. 1153-1158
Representation and SLAM
- Samuel T. Pfister, Joel W. Burdick: Multi-scale point and line range data algorithms for mapping and localization. 1159-1166
- Pedro Núñez, Ricardo Vázquez Martín, José Carlos del Toro Lasanta, Antonio Bandera, Francisco Sandoval Hernández: Feature Extraction from Laser Scan Data based on Curvature Estimation for Mobile Robotics. 1167-1172
- Paul M. Newman, David M. Cole, Kin Leong Ho: Outdoor SLAM using Visual Appearance and Laser Ranging. 1180-1187
- Adriana Tapus, Roland Siegwart: A Cognitive Modeling of Space using Fingerprints of Places for Mobile Robot Navigation. 1188-1193
Biped Control II
- Makoto Shimojo, Takuma Araki, Aiguo Ming, Masatoshi Ishikawa: A ZMP Sensor for a Biped Robot. 1200-1205
- Dalila Djoudi, Christine Chevallereau: Feet can improve the Stability Property of a Control Law for a Walking Robot. 1206-1212
- Kenji Hashimoto, Yusuke Sugahara, Hiroyuki Sunazuka, Chiaki Tanaka, Akihiro Ohta, Masamiki Kawase, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi: Biped Landing Pattern Modification Method with Nonlinear Compliance Control. 1213-1218
- Kenji Hashimoto, Yusuke Sugahara, Chiaki Tanaka, Masamiki Kawase, Hiroyuki Sunazuka, Akihiro Ohta, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi: A Fall Avoidance Foot Mechanism for a Biped Locomotor. 1219-1224
- Yong-Duk Kim, Bum-Joo Lee, Jeong-Ki Yoo, Jong-Hwan Kim, Jee-Hwan Ryu: Compensation for the Landing Impact Force of a Humanoid Robot by Time Domain Passivity Approach. 1225-1230
- Ill-Woo Park, Jung-Yup Kim, Jungho Lee, Jun-Ho Oh: Online Free Walking Trajectory Generation for Biped Humanoid Robot KHR-3(HUBO). 1231-1236
Randomized Motion Planning
- Pekka Isto, Mitul Saha: A Slicing Connection Strategy for Constructing PRMs in High-dimensional Cspaces. 1249-1254
- David Hsu, Gildardo Sánchez-Ante, Ho-Lun Cheng, Jean-Claude Latombe: Multi-level Free-space Dilation for Sampling narrow Passages in PRM Planning. 1255-1260
- Patrycja E. Missiuro, Nicholas Roy: Adapting Probabilistic Roadmaps to Handle Uncertain Maps. 1261-1267
- Marco Morales, Roger A. Pearce, Nancy M. Amato: Metrics for Analyzing the Evolution of C-space Models. 1268-1273
Computer Vision: Human-Centric Systems
- Keiichi Kemmotsu, Tetsuya Tomonaka, Shigetoshi Shiotani, Yoshihiro Koketsu, Masato Iehara: Recognizing Human Behaviors with Vision Sensors in a Network Robot System. 1274-1279
- Ryosuke Mori, Fumiaki Takagi, Fumio Miyazaki: Development of Intelligent Robot System realizing Human Skill - Realization of Ball Lifting Task using a Mobile Robot with Monocular Vision System. 1280-1285
- Thorsten Spexard, Axel Haasch, Jannik Fritsch, Gerhard Sagerer: Human-like Person Tracking with an Anthropomorphic Robot. 1286-1292
- Fabrizio Santini, Michele Rucci: Depth Perception in an Anthropomorphic Robot that replicates Human Eye Movements. 1293-1298
- Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano, David Israel Gonzalez-Aguirre: Human Like Vision using Conformal Geometric Algebra. 1299-1304
- Hyun-Don Kim, JongSuk Choi, Munsang Kim: Speaker Localization among Multi-faces in noisy Environment by Audio-visual Integration. 1305-1310
MultiRobot Cooperation and Coordination
- Andreas Kolling, Stefano Carpin: Multirobot Cooperation for Surveillance of Multiple moving Targets - a New Behavioral Approach. 1311-1316
- Roderich Groß, Francesco Mondada, Marco Dorigo: Transport of an Object by six pre-attached Robots interacting via Physical Links. 1317-1323
- Brian Shucker, Todd D. Murphey, John K. Bennett: A Method of Cooperative Control using Occasional non-local Interactions. 1324-1329
- Freek Stulp, Michael Isik, Michael Beetz: Implicit Coordination in Robotic Teams using Learned Prediction Models. 1330-1335
- Chern Ferng Chung, Tomonari Furukawa, Ali Göktogan: Coordinated Control for Capturing a Highly Maneuverable Evader using Forward Reachable Sets. 1336-1341
- Roozbeh Mottaghi, Richard T. Vaughan: An Integrated Particle Filter and Potential Field Method for Cooperative Robot Target Tracking. 1342-1347
Tactile Measurement and Detection
- Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Akihiko Nagakubo: Conformable and Scalable Tactile Sensor Skin for Curved Surfaces. 1348-1353
- B. B. Edin, Lucia Beccai, Luca Ascari, Stefano Roccella, John-John Cabibihan, Maria Chiara Carrozza: Bio-inspired Approach for the Design and Characterization of a Tactile Sensory System for a Cybernetic Prosthetic Hand. 1354-1358
- Seth Koterba, Yoky Matsuoka: A Triaxial Force Discernment Algorithm for Flexible, High Density, Artificial Skin. 1359-1364
- Paolo Tiezzi, Imin Kao: Characteristics of Contact and Limit Surface for Viscoelastic Fingers. 1365-1370
- Antoine Schlechter, Dominik Henrich: Discontinuuty Detection for Force-based Manipulation. 1378-1383
Micro-Nano Robotics
- Uchechukwu C. Wejinya, Yantao Shen, Ning Xi, Jiangbo Zhang: Microfluidic end Effector for Manufacturing of Nano Devices. 1384-1389
- Fumihito Arai, Toshiaki Endo, Ryuji Yamauchi, Toshio Fukuda: 3D 6DOF Manipulation of Micro-object using Laser Trapped Microtool. 1390-1395
- Lixin Dong, Li Zhang, Dominik J. Bell, Bradley J. Nelson, Detlev Grützmacher: Hybrid Nanorobotic Approaches for Fabricating NEMS from 3D Helical Nanostructures. 1396-1401
- Sergej Fatikow, Thomas Wich, Helge Hülsen, Torsten Sievers, Marco Jähnisch: Microrobot System for Automatic Nanohandling inside a Scanning Electron Microscope. 1402-1407
- Kiyonori Takahashi, Naoko Ogawa, Hiromasa Oku, Koichi Hashimoto: Organized Motion Control of a lot of Microorganisms using Visual Feedback. 1408-1413
- Hwee Choo Liaw, Denny Oetomo, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Gürsel Alici: Robust Motion Tracking Control of Piezoelectric Actuation Systems. 1414-1419
Manufacturing: Scheduling and Layout
- Nikos Tsourveloudis, Lefteris Doitsidis, Stratos Ioannidis: Work-in-process Scheduling by Evolutionary tuned Distributed Fuzzy Controllers. 1420-1425
- Tsung-Che Chiang, Li-Chen Fu: Using Dispatching Rules for Job Shop Scheduling with due Date-based Objectives. 1426-1431
- Jose Ildefonso U. Rubrico, Jun Ota, Toshimitsu Higashi, Hirofumi Tamura: Scheduling Multiple Agents for Picking Products in a Warehouse. 1438-1443
- Yasuhiro Yamada: Dynamic Reconfiguration of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems using Particle Swarm Optimization. 1444-1449
- Marco Ghirardi, Giuseppe Menga, Nicola Sacco: Decentralized Optimization of Distributed Supply-chain. 1450-1455
New Trends in Modular Robotics
- Jun Ueda, Lael Odhner, H. Harry Asada: A Broadcast-probability Approach to the Control of vast DOF Cellular Actuators. 1456-1461
- Michael DeRosa, Seth Copen Goldstein, Peter Lee, Jason Campbell, Padmanabhan Pillai: Scalable Shape Sculpting via Hole Motion: Motion Planning in Lattice-constrained Modular Robots. 1462-1468
- Nils Napp, Samuel Burden, Eric Klavins: The Statistical Dynamics of Programmed Self-assembly. 1469-1476
- Feili Hou, Wei-Min Shen: Mathematical Foundation for Hormone-inspired Control for Self-reconfigurable Robotic Systems. 1477-1482
- Carrick Detweiler, Marsette Vona, Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus: Hierarchical Control for Self-assembling Mobile Trusses with Passive and Active Links. 1483-1490
- Takeshi Matsuda, Satoshi Murata: Stiffness Distribution Control - Locomotion of closed Link Robot with Mechanical Softness. 1491-1498
Robot Kinematics
- Zibin Song, Yahya H. Zweiri, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Kaspar Althoefer: Non-linear Observer for Slip Estimation of Skid-steering Vehicles. 1499-1504
- Frederic Le Menn, Philippe Bidaud, Faïz Ben Amar: Generic Differential Kinematic Modeling of Articulated Multi-monocycle Mobile Robots. 1505-1510
- Tom Creemers, Josep M. Porta, Lluís Ros, Federico Thomas: Fast Multiresolutive Approximations of Planar Linkage Configuration Spaces. 1511-1517
- Yisheng Guan, Kazuhito Yokoi: Reachable Boundary of a Humanoid Robot with Two Feet fixed on the Ground. 1518-1523
- Marco Fontana, Antonio Frisoli, Fabio Salsedo, Massimo Bergamasco: Kinematics of a new 2-DoF Wrist with High Angulation Capability. 1524-1529
- John Ketchell, Pierre M. Larochelle: Collision Detection of Cylindrical Rigid Bodies for Motion Planning. 1530-1535
3D Localization and Mapping
- Jong-Hyuk Kim, Salah Sukkarieh: Robust Multi-loop Airborne SLAM in Unknown Wind Environments. 1536-1541
- Samer M. Abdallah, Daniel C. Asmar, John S. Zelek: Towards Benchmarks for Vision SLAM Algorithms. 1542-1547
- David M. Cole, Paul M. Newman: Using Laser Range Data for 3D SLAM in Outdoor Environments. 1556-1563
- Pantelis Elinas, Robert Sim, James J. Little: /spl sigma/SLAM: Stereo Vision SLAM using the Rao-Blackwellised Particle Filter and a Novel Mixture Proposal Distribution. 1564-1570
- Paul Vernaza, Daniel D. Lee: Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filtering for 6-DOF Estimation of Attitude and Position via GPS and Inertial Sensors. 1571-1578
Biped Motion Control
- Jun Morimoto, Gen Endo, Jun Nakanishi, Sang-Ho Hyon, Gordon Cheng, Darrin C. Bentivegna, Christopher G. Atkeson: Modulation of Simple Sinusoidal Patterns by a Coupled Oscillator Model for Biped Walking. 1579-1584
- Ludovic Righetti, Auke Jan Ijspeert: Programmable Central Pattern Generators: an Application to Biped Locomotion Control. 1585-1590
- Masahiro Doi, Takayuki Matsuno, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Toshio Fukuda: Proposal of Smooth Biped Walking Control by Means of Heel-off Motion. 1591-1596
- Sven Behnke: Online Trajectory Generation for Omnidirectional Biped Walking. 1597-1603
- Mami Nishida, Kazuo Tanaka, Hua O. Wang: Development and Control of a Micro Biped Walking Robot using Shape Memory Alloys. 1604-1609
- Jung Han Yoon, Ohung Kwon, Je Sung Yeon, Jong Hyeon Park: Optimal Trajectory Generation of Serially-linked Parallel Biped Robots. 1610-1615
Motion Planning with Kinematic and Dynamic Constraints
- Hamid Reza Chitsaz, Steven M. LaValle, Devin J. Balkcom, Matthew T. Mason: Minimum Wheel-rotation Paths for Differential-drive Mobile Robots. 1616-1623
- Sourabh Bhattacharya, Seth Hutchinson: Controllability and Properties of Optimal Paths for a Differential Drive Robot with Field-of-view Constraints. 1624-1629
- Elie A. Shammas, Howie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi: Towards Automated Gait Generation for Dynamic Systems with Non-holonomic Constraints. 1630-1636
- Peng Cheng, Emilio Frazzoli, Vijay Kumar: Motion Planning for the Roller Racer with a Sticking/Slipping Switching Model. 1637-1642
- Todd D. Murphey: Motion Planning for Kinematically Overconstrained Vehicles using Feedback Primitives. 1643-1648
- Adriano Fagiolini, Luca Greco, Antonio Bicchi, Benedetto Piccoli, Alessia Marigo: Symbolic Control for Underactuated Differentially Flat Systems. 1649-1654
Sensing: Motion Analysis and Control
- Tao Liu, Yoshio Inoue, Kyoko Shibata, Haruhiko Morioka: Development of Wearable Sensor Combinations for Human Lower Extremity Motion Analysis. 1655-1660
- Lars B. Cremean, Richard M. Murray: Model-based Estimation of Off-highway Road Geometry using Single-axis LADAR and Inertial Sensing. 1661-1666
- Kourosh Parsa, Farhad Aghili: Adaptive Observer for the Calibration of the Force-moment Sensor of a Space Robot. 1667-1673
- Toshio Hori, Yoshifumi Nishida, Shin-ichi Murakami: Optical Torque Sensors for Implementation of Local Impedance Control of the Arm of Humanoid Robot. 1674-1679
- Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Riichiro Tadakuma, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Susumu Tachi: Pervasive Sensor System for Evidence-based Nursing Care Support. 1680-1685
- Steffen Knoop, Stefan Vacek, Rüdiger Dillmann: Sensor Fusion for 3D Human body Tracking with an Articulated 3D Body Model. 1686-1691
Multirobot Coverage and Sweeping
- Cyrill Stachniss, Óscar Martínez Mozos, Wolfram Burgard: Speeding-up Multi-robot Exploration by Considering Semantic Place Information. 1692-1697
- Noa Agmon, Noam Hazon, Gal A. Kaminka: Constructing Spanning Trees for Efficient Multi-robot Coverage. 1698-1703
- Yi Guo, Mohanakrishnan Balakrishnan: Complete Coverage Control for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments. 1704-1709
Graspless Manipulation
- Onno C. Goemans, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, A. Frank van der Stappen: Blades: a New Class of Geometric Primitives for Feeding 3D Parts on Vibratory Tracks. 1730-1736
- Hyungpil Moon, Jonathan E. Luntz: Manipulating a Flat Object against Stationary Barrier using Airflows. 1737-1742
- Yusuke Maeda, Satoshi Makita: A Quantitative Test for the Robustness of Graspless Manipulation. 1743-1748
- Qingguo Li, Shahram Payandeh: An Approach for Object Manipulation using Cooperative Agents. 1749-1754
- Mikhail M. Svinin, Shigeyuki Hosoe: Simple Motion Planning Algorithms for Ball-plate Systems with Limited Contact Area. 1755-1761
- Taku Senoo, Akio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa: Ball Control in High-speed Batting Motion using Hybrid Trajectory Generator. 1762-1767
Micro-Nanoscale Systems
- Huaming Li, Jindong Tan, Mingjun Zhang: Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of a Swimming Microrobot for Controlled Drug Delivery. 1768-1773
- Mingjun Zhang, WeiMin Tao, Piero A. Pianetta: Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Gene Guns for Gene Therapy. 1774-1779
- William Fisher, Mingjun Zhang: An Automated Biological Fluid Dispensing System for Microarray Fabrication using Inkjet Technology. 1786-1793
- Mustapha Hamdi, Gaurav Sharma, Antoine Ferreira, Constantinos Mavroidis: Characterization of Protein based Spring-like Elastic Joints for Biorobotic Applications. 1794-1799
- Kanako Saitoh, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hajime Asama, Taketoshi Mishima, Mitsuaki Sugahara: Design of Classifier to Automate the Evaluation of Protein Crystallization States. 1800-1805
Actuators I
- Norihiro Kamamichi, Masaki Yamakita, Kinji Asaka, Zhi Wei Luo: A Snake-like Swimming Robot using IPMC Actuator/Sensor. 1812-1817
- Johan Gunnar, Erik Wernholt, Geir Hovland, Torgny Brogardh: Nonlinear Grey-box Identification of Linear Actuators Containing Hysteresis. 1818-1823
- Koichi Suzumori, Takayuki Hama, Takefumi Kanda: New Pneumatic Rubber Actuators to Assist Colonoscope Insertion. 1824-1829
- Masaki Yamakita, Akio Sera, Norihiro Kamamichi, Kinji Asaka, Zhi Wei Luo: Integrated Design of IPMC Actuator/Sensor. 1834-1839
Redundant Robots
- Bryan A. Jones, William McMahan, Ian D. Walker: Practical Kinematics for Real-time Implementation of Continuum Robots. 1840-1847
- Suguru Arimoto, Masahiro Sekimoto: Human-like Movements of Robotic Arms with Redundant DOFs: Virtual Spring-damper Hypothesis to Tackle the Bernstein Problem. 1860-1866
- Alessandro De Luca, Giuseppe Oriolo, Paolo Robuffo Giordano: Kinematic Modeling and Redundancy Resolution for Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators. 1867-1873
- Dominik Bertram, James Kuffner, Rüdiger Dillmann, Tamim Asfour: An Integrated Approach to Inverse Kinematics and Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators. 1874-1879
Robot Dynamics
- Tomomichi Sugihara, Yoshihiko Nakamura: Balanced Micro/Macro Contact Model for Forward Dynamics of Rigid Multibody. 1880-1885
- Alessandro Macchelli, Stefano Stramigioli, Claudio Melchiorri: Port-based Modelling of Manipulators with Flexible Links. 1886-1891
- Roy Featherstone: Plucker Basis Vectors. 1892-1897
- Seonghee Jeong, Takayuki Takahashi: Optimal Braking for Impact Force Reduction using the Dynamics of Redundant Manipulators. 1898-1903
- Nilanjan Chakraborty, Jufeng Peng, Srinivas Akella, John Mitchell: Proximity Queries between Convex Objects: an Interior Point Approach for Implicit Surfaces. 1910-1916
Bearing-only SLAM
- Nikolas Trawny, Stergios I. Roumeliotis: A Unified Framework for Nearby and Distant Landmarks in Bearing-only SLAM. 1923-1929
- Teresa A. Vidal-Calleja, Andrew J. Davison, Juan Andrade-Cetto, David W. Murray: Active Control for Single Camera SLAM. 1930-1936
- Kostas E. Bekris, Max Glick, Lydia E. Kavraki: Evaluation of Algorithms for bearing-only SLAM. 1937-1943
- Patric Jensfelt, Danica Kragic, John Folkesson, Mårten Björkman: A Framework for Vision Based bearing only 3D SLAM. 1944-1950
- Xiang Wang, Hong Zhang: Bearing-only Landmark Initialization by using SUF with Undistorted SIFT Features. 1951-1956
Biped Contact and Stability
- Hirohisa Hirukawa, Shizuko Hattori, Kensuke Harada, Shuuji Kajita, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Mitsuharu Morisawa: A Universal Stability Criterion of the Foot Contact of Legged Robots - Adios ZMP. 1976-1983
- Yizhar Or, Elon Rimon: Computing 3-legged Equilibrium Stances in Three-dimensional Gravitational Environments. 1984-1989
- Shinya Aoi, Kazuo Tsuchiya: Feedback Control of a Simple Walking Model Driven by an Oscillator. 1990-1996
Motion Planning for Manipulation
- Daniel Zameroski, Gregory P. Starr, John E. Wood, Ronald Lumia: Swing-free Trajectory Generation for Dual Cooperative Manipulators using Dynamic Programming. 1997-2003
- Zhenwang Yao, Kamal Gupta: Self-motion Graph in Path Planning for Redundant Robots along Specified End-effector Paths. 2004-2009
- Dennis Nieuwenhuisen, A. Frank van der Stappen, Mark H. Overmars: Pushing using Compliance. 2010-2016
- Luis Guilamo, James J. Kuffner Jr., Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami: Manipulability Optimization for Trajectory Generation. 2017-2022
- Jun Ota: Search Methodology with Goal State Optimization Considering Computational Resource Constraints - Application of the Method to the Task of Rearranging Several Movable Objects. 2023-2028
- Halûk Bayram, Aysin Ertüzün, H. Isil Bozma: Reactive Rearrangement of Parts under Sensor Inaccuracy: Particle Filter Approach. 2029-2034
Sensing: Olfactory and Visual
- Sukhan Lee, Jongmoo Choi, Seungsub Oh, Jaehyuk Ryu, Jungrae Park: A Real-time 3D IR Camera based on Hierarchical Orthogonal Coding. 2035-2040
- Gideon Kowadlo, David Rawlinson, R. Andrew Russell, Ray A. Jarvis: Bi-modal Search using Complementary Sensing (Olfaction/Vision) for Odour Source Localisation. 2041-2046
- Adam J. Rutkowski, Mark A. Willis, Roger D. Quinn: Simulated Odor Tracking in a Plane Normal to the Wind Direction. 2047-2052
- Justin Domke, Yiannis Aloimonos: Integration of Visual and Inertial Information for Egomotion: a Stochastic Approach. 2053-2059
- Kazuhiro Shimizu, Shinichi Hirai: CMOS+FPGA Vision System for Visual Feedback of Mechanical Systems. 2060-2065
- Mathias Broxvall, Silvia Coradeschi, Amy Loutfi, Alessandro Saffiotti: An Ecological Approach to Odour Recognition in Intelligent Environments. 2066-2071
Robot Sensor Networks
- Keith J. O'Hara, Victor Bigio, Shaun Whitt, Daniel Walker, Tucker R. Balch: Evaluation of a Large Scale Pervasive Embedded Network for Robot Path Planning. 2072-2077
- Joseph Djugash, Sanjiv Singh, George Kantor, Wei Zhang: Range-only SLAM for Robots Operating Cooperatively with Sensor Networks. 2078-2084
- Mong-ying A. Hsieh, Anthony Cowley, Vijay Kumar, Camillo J. Taylor: Towards the Deployment of a Mobile Robot Network with End-to-end Performance Guarantees. 2085-2090
- Matthew Dunbabin, Peter I. Corke, Iuliu Vasilescu, Daniela Rus: Data Muling over Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 2091-2098
- Michael Huntwork, Amit Goradia, Ning Xi, Clayton Haffner, Chad Klochko, Matt W. Mutka: Pervasive Surveillance using a Cooperative Mobile Sensor Network. 2099-2104
- Brendan Burns, Oliver Brock, Brian Neil Levine: Autonomous Enhancement of Disruption Tolerant Networks. 2105-2110
Grasping: Planning and Control
- Christian Cipriani, Franco Zaccone, Giovanni Stellin, Lucia Beccai, Giovanni Cappiello, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Paolo Dario: Closed-loop Controller for a Bio-inspired Multi-fingered Underactuated Prosthesis. 2111-2116
- Arjang Hourtash: The CX-space: a Unified Paradigm for Grasping using Multifingered Hands. 2117-2123
- Suguru Arimoto, Morio Yoshida, Ji-Hun Bae: Stable "Blind Grasping" of a 3-D Object under Non-holonomic Constraints. 2124-2130
- Ji-Hun Bae, Suguru Arimoto, Ryuta Ozawa, Masahiro Sekimoto, Morio Yoshida: A Unified Control Scheme for a whole Robotic Arm-Fingers System in Grasping and Manipulation. 2131-2136
- Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Masahiro Tomono, Takashi Tsubouchi, Shin'ichi Yuta: A Grasp Planning for Picking up an Unknown Object for a Mobile Manipulator. 2143-2149
Aerial Robotics: Avionics
- Mehran Motamed, Joseph Yan: A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Lift Generation in Flapping MAVs: Simulation Results. 2150-2155
- R. D. Garcia, Kimon P. Valavanis, Michael Kontitsis: A Multiplatform On-board Processing System for Miniature Unmanned Vehicles. 2156-2163
- Tarek Hamel, Robert E. Mahony: Attitude Estimation on SO[3] based on Direct Inertial Measurements. 2170-2175
- Masaki Hamamoto, Yoshiji Ohta, Keita Hara, Toshiaki Hisada: Feasibility Study of an Actuator for Flapping Flight using Fluid-structure Interaction Analysis. 2176-2181
- Nagarajan Kandasamy, Fadi A. Aloul, Tak-John Koo: Sensor Selection and Placement for Failure Diagnosis in Networked Aerial Robots. 2182-2187
Actuators II
- Farhad Aghili: A Mechatronics Testbed for Manipulator Joints. 2188-2194
- Ronald Van Ham, Bram Vanderborght, Michaël Van Damme, Björn Verrelst, Dirk Lefeber: MACCEPA: the Mechanically Adjustable Compliance and Controllable Equilibrium Position Actuator for 'Controlled Passive Walking'. 2195-2200
- Koichi Koganezawa, Toshiki Nakazawa, Tomoya Inaba: Antagonistic Control of Multi-DOF Joint by using the Actuator with Non-linear Elasticity. 2201-2207
- Akio Yamamoto, Hisatomo Yoshioka, Toshiro Higuchi: A 2-DOF Electrostatic Sheet Conveyer using Wire Mesh for Desktop Automation. 2208-2213
- Kyu-Jin Cho, Josiah Rosmarin, H. Harry Asada: Design of Vast DOF Artificial Muscle Actuators with a Cellular Array Structure and its Application to a Five-fingered Robotic Hand. 2214-2219
- Igmo Koo, Kwangmok Jung, Jachoon Koo, Jea-do Nam, Youngkwan Lee, Hyoukryeol Choi: Wearable Tactile Display based on Soft Actuator. 2220-2225
Motion and Force Control
- Chien-Chern Cheah, Yu Zhao, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine: Adaptive Jacobian Motion and Force Tracking Control for Constrained Robots with Uncertainties. 2226-2231
- Rafael Osypiuk, Torsten Kröger, Bernd Finkemeyer, Friedrich M. Wahl: A Two-loop Implicit Force/Position Control Structure, based on a Simple Linear Model: Theory and Experiment. 2232