Micro/Nanorobots I

• 
  Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Ryunosuke Yokoya, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Active sensing based dynamical object feature extraction. 1-7
• 
  Didi Xu, Arunkumar Subramanian, Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson: Shaping electrodes for ultrahigh precision dielectrophoretic manipulation of carbon nanotubes. 8-13
• 
  Chauncey F. Graetzel, Vasco Medici, Nicola Rohrseitz, Bradley J. Nelson, Steven N. Fry: The Cyborg Fly: A biorobotic platform to investigate dynamic coupling effects between a fruit fly and a robot. 14-19
• 
  Kaiyu Shou, Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson: NEMS-on-a-tip: Force sensors based on electromechanical coupling of individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes. 20-25
• 
  Aaron M. Hoover, Erik Steltz, Ronald S. Fearing: RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot. 26-33
• 
  Rakesh Murthy, Aditya N. Das, Dan O. Popa: ARRIpede: A stick-slip micro crawler/conveyor robot constructed via 2 1/2D MEMS assembly. 34-40

Force and Tactile Sensing I

• 
  Dinusha Zbyszewski, Arkapravo Bhaumik, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne: Tactile sensing using a novel air cushion sensor: A feasibility study. 41-46
• 
  Seiichi Teshigawara, Masatoshi Ishikawa, Makoto Shimojo: Development of high speed and high sensitivity slip sensor. 47-52
• 
  Hiroyuki Nakamoto, Futoshi Kobayashi, Nobuaki Imamura, Hidenori Shirasawa, Fumio Kojima: Shape classification in rotation manipulation by universal robot hand. 53-58
• 
  Sean Walker, J. Kenneth Salisbury: Difference-based estimation of support friction. 59-64
• 
  Ciro Natale, Salvatore Pirozzi: Minimally invasive torque sensor for tendon-driven robotic hands. 65-70
• 
  Yoshihiro Tanaka, Ryohei Sugimura, Akihito Sano, Hideo Fujimoto: An active tactile sensor using fluid for body tissue. 71-76

Kinematics

• 
  Jingdong Zhao, Yiwei Liu, Hegao Cai, Hong Liu: An improved algorithm of measuring extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit joint damping parameters for the old passive robot system. 77-82
• 
  Ohmi Fuchiwaki, Takashi Kawai, Akihiro Ohta, Daigo Misaki, Hisayuki Aoyama: Development of a positioning & compensation device for a versatile micro robot. 83-88
• 
  Behdad Masih-Tehrani, Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi: Kinematic and Dynamic Dexterity measures for posture prediction. 89-94
• 
  S. Ali A. Moosavian, Arash Kalantari: Experimental slip estimation for exact kinematics modeling and control of a Tracked Mobile Robot. 95-100
• 
  Xiaojing Song, Zibin Song, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Kaspar Althoefer: Optical flow-based slip and velocity estimation technique for unmanned skid-steered vehicles. 101-106
• 
  Said Al-Milli, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne: Maneuverability performance of tracked vehicles on soft terrains. 107-112

Smart Actuators I

• 
  Tomoaki Mashimo, Shigeki Toyama, Hiroshi Matsuda: Development of rotary-linear piezoelectric actuator for MRI compatible manipulator. 113-118
• 
  Takaaki Osada, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Zhi Wei Luo, Kinji Asaka: State space modeling of ionic polymer-metal composite actuators based on electrostress diffusion coupling theory. 119-124
• 
  Masato Ishikawa, Yusuke Kinouchi: Modeling and control of spherical ultrasonic motor based on nonholonomic mechanics. 125-130
• 
  Quang-Tri Truong, Quoc-Viet Nguyen, Hoon Cheol Park, Nam Seo Goo: The dynamic characteristics of LIPCA and its application for mimicking insect flapping motion. 131-136
• 
  Federico Carpi, Azadeh Khanicheh, Constantinos Mavroidis, Danilo De Rossi: Silicone made contractile dielectric elastomer actuators inside 3-Tesla MRI environment. 137-142

Intelligent Vehicles I

• 
  Satoshi Hoshino, Jun Ota: Reactive robot control with hybrid operational models in a seaport container terminal considering system reliability. 143-148
• 
  Matthias Hentschel, Oliver Wulf, Bernardo Wagner: A GPS and laser-based localization for urban and non-urban outdoor environments. 149-154
• 
  Roman Katz, Bertrand Douillard, Juan I. Nieto, Eduardo Mario Nebot: A self-supervised architecture for moving obstacles classification. 155-160
• 
  Roman Katz, Juan I. Nieto, Eduardo Mario Nebot: Probabilistic scheme for laser based motion detection. 161-166
• 
  Wataru Takano, Akihiro Matsushita, Keijiro Iwao, Yoshihiko Nakamura: Recognition of human driving behaviors based on stochastic symbolization of time series signal. 167-172
• 
  Samuel Gidel, Paul Checchin, Christophe Blanc, Thierry Chateau, Laurent Trassoudaine: Pedestrian detection method using a multilayer laserscanner: Application in urban environment. 173-178

Humanoids, Motion Control

• 
  Kalin B. Trifonov, Shuji Hashimoto: Active knee-release mechanism for passive-dynamic walking machines and walking cycle research. 179-184
• 
  Jinsu Liu, Manuela M. Veloso: Online ZMP sampling search for biped walking planning. 185-190
• 
  Behzad Dariush, Michael Gienger, Arjun Arumbakkam, Christian Goerick, Youding Zhu, Kikuo Fujimura: Online and markerless motion retargeting with kinematic constraints. 191-198
• 
  Seonghee Jeong, Takayuki Takahashi: Stable and quick standing-sitting motion of I-PENTAR by whole-body motion with force control. 199-204
• 
  Yuto Nakanishi, Yuta Namiki, Kazuo Hongo, Junichi Urata, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba: Realization of large joint movement while standing by a musculoskeletal humanoid using its spine and legs coordinately. 205-210
• 
  Taizo Yoshikawa, Oussama Khatib: Compliant motion control for a humanoid robot in contact with the environment and humans. 211-218

Navigation I

• 
  Yoichi Morales Saiki, Eijiro Takeuchi, Alexander Carballo, Wataru Tokunaga, Hiroyasu Kuniyoshi, Atsushi Aburadani, Atsushi Hirosawa, Yoshisada Nagasaka, Yusuke Suzuki, Takashi Tsubouchi: 1Km autonomous robot navigation on outdoor pedestrian paths "running the Tsukuba challenge 2007". 219-225
• 
  Vivien Delsart, Thierry Fraichard: Navigating dynamic environments using trajectory deformation. 226-233
• 
  Luis Martinez-Gomez, Thierry Fraichard: An efficient and generic 2D Inevitable Collision State-checker. 234-241
• 
  Steven C. Peters, Karl Iagnemma: Mobile robot path tracking of aggressive maneuvers on sloped terrain. 242-247
• 
  David Filliat: Interactive learning of visual topological navigation. 248-254
• 
  Yuan Yuan, Zhiqiang Cao, Zeng-Guang Hou, Min Tan: Forward Passageway based collision-free target tracking for mobile robot with local sensing. 255-259

Rehabilitation Robotics I

• 
  Daisuke Chugo, Tai Asawa, Takuya Kitamura, Songmin Jia, Kunikatsu Takase: A rehabilitation walker with standing and walking assistance. 260-265
• 
  Masayoshi Wada: Step climbing capability of a 4WD omnidirectional wheelchair. 266-272
• 
  Jian Huang, Pei Di, Toshio Fukuda, Takayuki Matsuno: Motion control of omni-directional type cane robot based on human intention. 273-278
• 
  Panagiotis K. Artemiadis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: Estimating arm motion and force using EMG signals: On the control of exoskeletons. 279-284
• 
  Alexander Hüntemann, Eric Demeester, Marnix Nuttin, Hendrik Van Brussel: Online user modeling with Gaussian Processes for Bayesian plan recognition during power-wheelchair steering. 285-292
• 
  Misato Nihei, Takeshi Ando, Yuzo Kaneshige, Takenobu Inoue, Masakatsu G. Fujie: A new mobility-aid vehicle with a unique turning system. 293-300

Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction

• 
  Momotaz Begum, George K. I. Mann, Ray G. Gosine, Fakhri Karray: Object- and space-based visual attention: An integrated framework for autonomous robots. 301-306
• 
  Kwang Ho An, Myung Jin Chung: 3D head tracking and pose-robust 2D texture map-based face recognition using a simple ellipsoid model. 307-312
• 
  Klaus Petersen, Jorge Solis, Atsuo Takanishi: Development of a real-time instrument tracking system for enabling the musical interaction with the Waseda Flutist Robot. 313-318
• 
  Hyunglae Lee, Hyoungnyoun Kim, Kyung-Hwa Park, Ji-Hyung Park: Robot learning by observation based on Bayesian networks and game pattern graphs for human-robot game interactions. 319-325
• 
  Takenobu Chikaraishi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro: Development of an android system integrated with sensor networks. 326-333
• 
  Tetsunari Inamura, Tomohiro Shibata: Geometric proto-symbol manipulation towards language-based motion pattern synthesis and recognition. 334-339

Aerial Robotics, Control

• 
  Mark Euston, Paul William Coote, Robert E. Mahony, Jonghyuk Kim, Tarek Hamel: A complementary filter for attitude estimation of a fixed-wing UAV. 340-345
• 
  Jean Charles Bazin, Inso Kweon, Cédric Demonceaux, Pascal Vasseur: A robust top-down approach for rotation estimation and vanishing points extraction by catadioptric vision in urban environment. 346-353
• 
  Adnan Martini, François Léonard, Gabriel Abba: Robust nonlinear control and stability analysis of a 7DOF model-scale helicopter under vertical wind gust. 354-359
• 
  Guillaume Ducard, Hans Peter Geering: Stability analysis of a dynamic inversion based pitch rate controller for an unmanned aircraft. 360-366

Learning and Control I

• 
  Sylvain Calinon, Aude Billard: A probabilistic Programming by Demonstration framework handling constraints in joint space and task space. 367-372
• 
  Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Shibata, Shigeyuki Hosoe, Yoji Uno: Learning of object manipulation with stick/slip mode switching. 373-379
• 
  Duy Nguyen-Tuong, Jan Peters: Local Gaussian process regression for real-time model-based robot control. 380-385
• 
  Yasutake Takahashi, Yoshihiro Tamura, Minoru Asada: Mutual development of behavior acquisition and recognition based on value system. 386-392
• 
  Naoki Tomi, Manabu Gouko, Koji Ito: Inaccuracy of internal models in force fields and complementary use of impedance control. 393-398
• 
  Brenna Argall, Brett Browning, Manuela M. Veloso: Learning robot motion control with demonstration and advice-operators. 399-404

Telerobotics

• 
  Angelika Peer, Sandra Hirche, Carolina Weber, Inga Krause, Martin Buss, Sylvain Miossec, Paul Evrard, Olivier Stasse, Ee Sian Neo, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Kazuhito Yokoi: Intercontinental multimodal tele-cooperation using a humanoid robot. 405-411
• 
  Moussa Boukhnifer, Antoine Ferreira: Fault tolerant control of a bilateral teleoperated micromanipulation system. 412-417
• 
  Laurent Barbé, Bernard Bayle, Edouard Laroche, Michel de Mathelin: User adapted control of force feedback teleoperators: Evaluation and robustness analysis. 418-423
• 
  Kenji Kawashima, Kotaro Tadano, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Blake Hannaford: Bilateral teleoperation with time delay using modified wave variables. 424-429
• 
  Gregory Dubus, Olivier David, Yvan Measson, Jean-Pierre Friconneau, Jim Palmer: Making hydraulic manipulators cleaner and safer: From oil to demineralized water hydraulics. 430-437
• 
  Amir Haddadi, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad: Delay-robust transparent bilateral teleoperation control design. 438-444

Micro/Nanorobots II

• 
  Koichi Suzumori, Fumitaka Saito: Micro rubber structure realizing multi-legged passive walking. 445-450
• 
  Thomas Dargent, Sebastien Grondel, Jean-Bernard Paquet, Eric Cattan, Caroline Soyer: Vibrating wing analysis with passive torsion for micro flying robot. 451-457
• 
  Tetsuyou Watanabe, Yutaka Serita: Adhesion state detection by vision and its application to automatic micro manipulation. 458-463
• 
  Sergej Fatikow, Thomas Wich, Florian Krohs, Christian Dahmen: Towards automated handling on the nano-scale. 464-469
• 
  Yangmin Li, Qingsong Xu: Design of a new decoupled XY flexure parallel kinematic manipulator with actuator isolation. 470-475
• 
  Gaurav Sharma, Kaushal Rege, David Budil, Martin L. Yarmush, Constantinos Mavroidis: Design and modeling of a protein based nanoGripper. 476-481

Force and Tactile Sensing II

• 
  Magnus Johnsson, Christian Balkenius: Recognizing texture and hardness by touch. 482-487
• 
  Katsunari Sato, Kazuto Kamiyama, Hideaki Nii, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi: Measurement of force vector field of robotic finger using vision-based haptic sensor. 488-493
• 
  Ryan Wistort, Joshua R. Smith: Electric Field Servoing for robotic manipulation. 494-499
• 
  Ilkka Leppänen, Petri J. Virekoski, Aarne Halme: Sensing terrain parameters and the characteristics of vehicle-terrain interaction using the multimode locomotion system of a robot. 500-505
• 
  Ayumi Asakura, Toshio Fukuda, Fumihito Arai: Design, fabrication and characterization of compact force sensor using AT-cut quartz crystal resonators. 506-511
• 
  Taichi Tajika, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita: Reducing influence of robot's motion on tactile sensor based on partially linear model. 512-517

Dynamics

• 
  Mikhail M. Svinin, Igor Goncharenko, Shigeyuki Hosoe: On the boundary conditions in modeling of human-like reaching movements. 518-525
• 
  Sebastien Andary, Ahmed Chemori, Sébastien Krut: Stable limit cycle generation for underactuated mechanical systems, application: Inertia wheel inverted pendulum. 526-531
• 
  Oscar Gerelli, Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco: Real-time path-tracking control of robotic manipulators with bounded torques and torque-derivatives. 532-537
• 
  Satoru Sakai, Stefano Stramigioli: Passivity based control of hydraulic robot arms using natural Casimir functions: Theory and experiments. 538-544
• 
  Adel Akbarimajd, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi: Is there any analogy between foot stability and dynamic grasp? 545-550
• 
  Mitsunori Uemura, Sadao Kawamura: An energy saving control method of robot motions based on adaptive stiffness optimization - cases of multi-frequency components -. 551-557

Smart Actuators II

• 
  Micky Rakotondrabe, Cédric Clévy, Philippe Lutz: Hysteresis and vibration compensation in a nonlinear unimorph piezocantilever. 558-563
• 
  Paul Cazottes, Fernandes Amancio, Joël Pouget, Moustapha Hafez: Actuation of bistable buckled beams with Macro-Fiber Composites. 564-569
• 
  Yoko Yamanishi, Shinya Sakuma, Kazuhisa Onda, Fumihito Arai: Magnetically modified polymeric microsorter for on-chip particle manipulations. 570-575
• 
  Marco Controzzi, Christian Cipriani, Maria Chiara Carrozza: Mechatronic design of a transradial cybernetic hand. 576-581
• 
  Norihiro Kamamichi, Toshiharu Maeba, Masaki Yamakita, Toshiharu Mukai: Fabrication of bucky gel actuator/sensor devices based on printing method. 582-587
• 
  Takashi Ichihara, Takefumi Kanda, Koichi Suzumori: Design and evaluation of low-profile micro ultrasonic motors using sector shaped piezoelectric vibrators. 588-593

Intelligent Vehicles II

• 
  Haoting Liu, Hanqing Lu: IQ evaluation based adaptive wavelet denoising and enhancement for a VTRAN system. 594-599
• 
  Clement Boussard, Nicolas Hautière, Brigitte d'Andréa-Novel: Vehicle dynamics estimation for camera-based visibility distance estimation. 600-605
• 
  Shigang Li, Yuta Shimomura: Lane marking detection by side Fisheye Camera. 606-611
• 
  Kevin Peterson, Jason Ziglar, Paul E. Rybski: Fast feature detection and stochastic parameter estimationof road shape using multiple LIDAR. 612-619
• 
  Michael J. Procopio, Jane Mulligan, Gregory Z. Grudic: Learning in dynamic environments with Ensemble Selection for autonomous outdoor robot navigation. 620-627
• 
  Raia Hadsell, Ayse Erkan, Pierre Sermanet, Marco Scoffier, Urs Muller, Yann LeCun: Deep belief net learning in a long-range vision system for autonomous off-road driving. 628-633

Humanoids, Kinematics, Dynamics

• 
  Michel Franken, Gijs van Oort, Stefano Stramigioli: Analysis and simulation of fully ankle actuated planar bipedal robots. 634-639
• 
  Bachar Almasri, Fathi Ben Ouezdou: Human-like motion based on a geometrical inverse kinematics and energetic optimization. 640-646
• 
  Atsushi Konno, Tomoya Myojin, Teppei Tsujita, Masaru Uchiyama: Optimization of impact motions for humanoid robots. 647-652
• 
  David E. Orin, Ambarish Goswami: Centroidal Momentum Matrix of a humanoid robot: Structure and properties. 653-659
• 
  Fumio Kanehiro, Wael Suleiman, Florent Lamiraux, Eiichi Yoshida, Jean-Paul Laumond: Integrating dynamics into motion planning for humanoid robots. 660-667
• 
  Hitoshi Arisumi, Sylvain Miossec, Jean-Rémy Chardonnet, Kazuhito Yokoi: Dynamic lifting by whole body motion of humanoid robots. 668-675

Navigation II

• 
  Christophe Giovannangeli, Philippe Gaussier: Autonomous vision-based navigation: Goal-oriented action planning by transient states prediction, cognitive map building, and sensory-motor learning. 676-683
• 
  Jinhan Lee, Charles Pippin, Tucker R. Balch: Cost based planning with RRT in outdoor environments. 684-689
• 
  Joseph W. Durham, Francesco Bullo: Smooth Nearness-Diagram Navigation. 690-695
• 
  Jungho Kim, Yunsu Bok, In-So Kweon: Robust vision-based autonomous navigation against environment changes. 696-701
• 
  Aniket Murarka, Mohan Sridharan, Benjamin Kuipers: Detecting obstacles and drop-offs using stereo and motion cues for safe local motion. 702-708
• 
  Ling Xu, Anthony Stentz: Blended local planning for generating safe and feasible paths. 709-716

Rehabilitation Robotics II

• 
  Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Takashi Maeno: Underactuated five-finger prosthetic hand inspired by grasping force distribution of humans. 717-722
• 
  Takeshi Ando, Jun Okamoto, Masakatsu G. Fujie: Intelligent corset to support rollover of cancer bone metastasis patients - Mechanism to restrict the trunk ROM. 723-728
• 
  Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Martin Gube, Darwin G. Caldwell: 2D motion coordination enhancement for 'Ataxia' impaired users using a haptic device. 729-734
• 
  Cinzia Amici, Alberto Borboni, Rodolfo Faglia, Davide Fausti, Pier Luigi Magnani: A parallel compliant meso-manipulator for finger rehabilitation treatments: Kinematic and dynamic analysis. 735-740
• 
  Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Mikami, Kosuke Watanabe, Zeinab Firouzimehr, Yoshiyuki Sankai: Wearable handling support system for paralyzed patient. 741-746
• 
  Aaron M. Dollar, Hugh M. Herr: Design of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton to assist running. 747-754

Social Human-Robot Interaction, Gesture, Posture

• 
  Kazuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Nagasawa, Masafumi Hashimoto: Remarks on markerless human motion capture from voxel reconstruction with simple human model. 755-760
• 
  Jörg Rett, Luís Santos, Jorge Dias: Laban Movement Analysis for multi-ocular systems. 761-766
• 
  Michihiro Shimada, Kazunori Yamauchi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Shoji Itakura: Studying the influence of the chameleon effect on humans using an android. 767-772
• 
  Jochen Hirth, Karsten Berns: Motives as intrinsic activation for human-robot interaction. 773-778
• 
  Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Jongwoo Lim, Joel Wormer, Ravi Kiran Sarvadevabhatla, Carlos Rocha, Kikuo Fujimura, Yoshiaki Sakagami: The memory game: Creating a human-robot interactive scenario for ASIMO. 779-786
• 
  Hai Nguyen, Advait Jain, Cressel D. Anderson, Charles C. Kemp: A clickable world: Behavior selection through pointing and context for mobile manipulation. 787-793

Aerial Robotics I

• 
  Kwangjin Yang, Salah Sukkarieh: 3D smooth path planning for a UAV in cluttered natural environments. 794-800
• 
  Bruno Hérissé, François-Xavier Russotto, Tarek Hamel, Robert E. Mahony: Hovering flight and vertical landing control of a VTOL Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using optical flow. 801-806
• 
  Stefan Hrabar: 3D path planning and stereo-based obstacle avoidance for rotorcraft UAVs. 807-814
• 
  Emre Koyuncu, Gökhan Inalhan: A probabilistic B-spline motion planning algorithm for unmanned helicopters flying in dense 3D environments. 815-821
• 
  Kei Watanabe, Yasushi Iwatani, Kenichiro Nonaka, Koichi Hashimoto: A visual-servo-based assistant system for unmanned helicopter control. 822-827

Learning and Control II

• 
  Hsien-I Lin, C. S. George Lee: Self-organizing skill synthesis. 828-833
• 
  Jens Kober, Betty J. Mohler, Jan Peters: Learning perceptual coupling for motor primitives. 834-839
• 
  Hongliang Guo, Yan Meng: Dynamic correlation matrix based multi-Q learning for a multi-robot system. 840-845
• 
  Tomoya Suzuki, Sho Yano, Kenji Suzuki: Motivation oriented action selection for understanding dynamics of objects. 846-851
• 
  Komei Sugiura, Naoto Iwahashi: Motion recognition and generation by combining reference-point-dependent probabilistic models. 852-857
• 
  Georg Martius, Katja Fiedler, J. Michael Herrmann: Structure from behavior in autonomous agents. 858-862

Cellular and Modular Robots I

• 
  Masoud Asadpour, Alexander Spröwitz, Aude Billard, Pierre Dillenbourg, Auke Jan Ijspeert: Graph signature for self-reconfiguration planning. 863-869
• 
  David Johan Christensen, David Brandt, Kasper Støy, Ulrik Pagh Schultz: A unified simulator for Self-Reconfigurable Robots. 870-876
• 
  Yosuke Suzuki, Norio Inou, Michihiko Koseki, Hitoshi Kimura: Reconfigurable group robots adaptively transforming a mechanical structure - Extended criteria for load-adaptive transformations -. 877-882
• 
  Andreas Lyder, Ricardo Franco Mendoza Garcia, Kasper Støy: Mechanical design of odin, an extendable heterogeneous deformable modular robot. 883-888
• 
  Ariadna Yerpes, José Baca, Juan A. Escalera, Manuel Ferre, Rafael Aracil: Modular robot based on 3 rotational DoF modules. 889-894
• 
  Dimitris M. Chatzigeorgiou, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: R-cell: A module for a self-reconfigurable robotic system. 895-900

Micro-Manipulation

• 
  Gilgueng Hwang, Primoz Podrzaj, Hideki Hashimoto: In-situ robust nanorobotic resistance spot welding of InGaAs/GaAs helical nanobelts without pretreatment. 901-906
• 
  Yu Xie, Dong Sun, Chong Liu, Shuk Han Cheng: An adaptive impedance force control approach for robotic cell microinjection. 907-912
• 
  Emir Vela, Cécile Pacoret, Sylvain Bouchigny, Stephane Régnier, Klaus Rink, Arvid Bergander: Non-contact mesoscale manipulation using laser induced convection flows. 913-918
• 
  Veikko Sariola, Quan Zhou, Ralf Laass, Heikki N. Koivo: Experimental study on droplet based hybrid microhandling using high speed camera. 919-924
• 
  Uchechukwu C. Wejinya, Ning Xi, King Wai Chiu Lai, Jiangbo Zhang, Yantao Shen: Design and generation of DEP force for assembly of CNT-based nano devices. 925-930
• 
  Mickael Paris, Yassine Haddab, Philippe Lutz, Patrick Rougeot: Practical characterisation of the friction force for the positioning and orientation of micro-components. 931-936

Force Control

• 
  Maciej Staniak, Tomasz Winiarski, Cezary Zielinski: Parallel visual-force control. 937-942
• 
  Mamoru Minami, Weiwei Xu: Shape-grinding by direct position / force control with on-line constraint estimation. 943-948
• 
  Hisashi Osumi, Takahiro Tomiyama: Development of force control device with high power and high resolution. 949-954
• 
  Nicola Pedrocchi, Antonio Visioli, Giacomo Ziliani, Giovanni Legnani: On the elasticity in the dynamic decoupling of hybrid force/velocity control in the contour tracking task. 955-960
• 
  Samuel Okodi, Xin Jiang, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama: Human demonstration data for fast task teaching. 961-966
• 
  Jae Yeon Choi, Youngjin Choi, Byung-Ju Yi: Force sensor-less interaction force control in the de-burring task using dual-arm manipulation. 967-973

Calibration and Identification

• 
  Amir Haddadi, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad: Online contact impedance identification for robotic systems. 974-980
• 
  Amir Haddadi, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad: A new method for online parameter estimation of Hunt-Crossley environment dynamic models. 981-986
• 
  Jwu-Sheng Hu, Yung-Jung Chang, Yu-Lun Hsu: Calibration and on-line data selection of multiple optical flow sensors for mobile robot localization. 987-992
• 
  Nicolas Andreff, Isolde Dressler: Closed-form calibration of the Gantry-Tau parallel robot. 993-998
• 
  Arthur J. McClung, John B. Morrell: Estimation of contact forces in an inverted pendulum robot. 999-1004
• 
  Sandip D. Kulkarni, Mark A. Minor, Eric R. Pardyjak, John M. Hollerbach: Combined wind speed and angle control in a virtual environment using a static observer. 1005-1010

Slam I

• 
  Joaquim Salvi, Yvan R. Petillot, Elisabet Batlle: Visual SLAM for 3D large-scale seabed acquisition employing underwater vehicles. 1011-1016
• 
  Jose-Luis Blanco, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal, Javier Gonzalez: Efficient probabilistic Range-Only SLAM. 1017-1022
• 
  Rene Iser, Friedrich M. Wahl: Building local metrical and global topological maps using efficient scan matching approaches. 1023-1030
• 
  Adrien Angeli, Stéphane Doncieux, Jean-Arcady Meyer, David Filliat: Incremental vision-based topological SLAM. 1031-1036
• 
  Ali Akbar Aghamohammadi, Amir Hossein Tamjidi, Hamid D. Taghirad: A solution for SLAM through augmenting vision and range information. 1037-1042
• 
  John Mullane, Ba-Ngu Vo, Martin David Adams, Wijerupage Sardha Wijesoma: A random set formulation for Bayesian SLAM. 1043-1049

Intelligent Vehicles III (Motion Planning & Navigation)

• 
  Dalhyung Kim, Woojin Chung: Motion planningfor car-parking using the slice projection technique. 1050-1055
• 
  Chiara Fulgenzi, Christopher Tay, Anne Spalanzani, Christian Laugier: Probabilistic navigation in dynamic environment using Rapidly-exploring Random Trees and Gaussian processes. 1056-1062
• 
  Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev: Motion planning in urban environments: Part I. 1063-1069
• 
  Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev: Motion planning in urban environments: Part II. 1070-1076
• 
  Yifeng Huang, Kamal Gupta: RRT-SLAM for motion planning with motion and map uncertainty for robot exploration. 1077-1082
• 
  Pieter Abbeel, Dmitri Dolgov, Andrew Y. Ng, Sebastian Thrun: Apprenticeship learning for motion planning with application to parking lot navigation. 1083-1090

Humanoids and Legged Robots

• 
  David Tlalolini, Christine Chevallereau, Yannick Aoustin: Optimal reference walking with rotation of the stance feet in single support for a 3D biped. 1091-1096
• 
  Takashi Takuma, Shinji Hayashi, Koh Hosoda: 3D bipedal robot with tunable leg compliance mechanism for multi-modal locomotion. 1097-1102
• 
  Pierre-Brice Wieber: Viability and predictive control for safe locomotion. 1103-1108
• 
  Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Kou Yamamoto: Dynamics simulation of humanoid robots with position-controlled joints and closed kinematic chains. 1109-1114
• 
  Shinya Aoi, Yoshimasa Egi, Akira Ichikawa, Kazuo Tsuchiya: Experimental verification of gait transition from quadrupedal to bipedal locomotion of an oscillator-driven biped robot. 1115-1120
• 
  Holger Diedam, Dimitar Dimitrov, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Katja D. Mombaur, Moritz Diehl: Online walking gait generation with adaptive foot positioning through Linear Model Predictive control. 1121-1126

Localization and Navigation I

• 
  Srujan Linga, Binayak Roy, H. Harry Asada, Daniela Rus: An optical external localization system and applications to indoor tracking. 1127-1132
• 
  Jung-Suk Lee, Wan Kyun Chung: Robust particle filter localization by sampling from non-corrupted window with incomplete map. 1133-1139
• 
  Hyoung-Ki Lee, Kiwan Choi, Jiyoung Park, Yeon-Ho Kim, Seokwon Bang: Improvement of dead reckoning accuracy of a mobile robot by slip detection and compensation using multiple model approach. 1140-1147
• 
  Ryunosuke Takano, Toshimitsu Higashi, Hirofumi Tamura, Mingang Cheng, Jun Ota: Mixed-load transportation scheduling in a floor warehouse environment. 1148-1153
• 
  Drazen Brscic, Hideki Hashimoto: Model based robot localization using onboard and distributed laser range finders. 1154-1159
• 
  Kai M. Wurm, Cyrill Stachniss, Wolfram Burgard: Coordinated multi-robot exploration using a segmentation of the environment. 1160-1165

Medical Robots and Systems, Control

• 
  Panadda Marayong, Gregory D. Hager, Allison M. Okamura: Control methods for guidance virtual fixtures in compliant human-machine interfaces. 1166-1172
• 
  Michel Dominici, Philippe Poignet, Etienne Dombre: Compensation of physiological motion using linear predictive force control. 1173-1178
• 
  Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel: Hand-eye self-calibration of an ultrasound image-based robotic system. 1179-1185
• 
  David P. Noonan, George P. Mylonas, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zhong Yang: Gaze contingent articulated robot control for robot assisted minimally invasive surgery. 1186-1191
• 
  Sungon Lee, Takeshi Ozaki, Yoshihiko Nakamura: In vivo microscope image stabilization through 3-D motion compensation using a contact-type sensor. 1192-1197
• 
  Xiaona Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng: Computational aspects in actuation and guidance mechanism for wireless active capsule endoscope. 1198-1203

Social, Physical Human-Robot Interaction

• 
  Tomoko Yonezawa, Hirotake Yamazoe, Akira Utsumi, Shinji Abe: GazeRoboard: Gaze-communicative guide system in daily life on stuffed-toy robot with interactive display board. 1204-1209
• 
  Choubeila Maaoui, Alain Pruski, Faiza Abdat: Emotion recognition for human-machine communication. 1210-1215
• 
  Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso: Learning equivalent action choices from demonstration. 1216-1221
• 
  Yasuhisa Hirata, Shinji Komatsuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge: Fall prevention control of passive intelligent walker based on human model. 1222-1228
• 
  Matt Berlin, Cynthia Breazeal, Crystal Chao: Spatial scaffolding cues for interactive robot learning. 1229-1235

Aerial Robotics II

• 
  Christian Bermes, Stefan Leutenegger, Samir Bouabdallah, Dario Schafroth, Roland Siegwart: New design of the steering mechanism for a mini coaxial helicopter. 1236-1241
• 
  James F. Roberts, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano: Energy management for indoor hovering robots. 1242-1247
• 
  Clark N. Taylor, Evan D. Andersen: An automatic system for creating geo-referenced mosaics from MAV video. 1248-1253
• 
  Panagiotis Theodorakopoulos, Simon Lacroix: A strategy for tracking a ground target with a UAV. 1254-1259
• 
  Veaceslav Arabagi, Metin Sitti: Simulation and analysis of a passive pitch reversal flapping wing mechanism for an aerial robotic platform. 1260-1265
• 
  Franck Ruffier, Nicolas H. Franceschini: Aerial robot piloted in steep relief by optic flow sensors. 1266-1273

Autonomous Agents

• 
  Petter Ögren: Improved predictability of reactive robot control using Control Lyapunov Functions. 1274-1279
• 
  Ettore Ferranti, Niki Trigoni, Mark Levene: HybridExploration: A distributed approach to terrain exploration using mobile and fixed sensor nodes. 1280-1286
• 
  Willi Richert, Oliver Niehörster, Markus Koch: Layered understanding for sporadic imitation in a multi-robot scenario. 1287-1292
• 
  Joanne H. Walker, Myra S. Wilson: A performance sensitive hormone-inspired system for task distribution amongst evolving robots. 1293-1298
• 
  Georgios Lidoris, Dirk Wollherr, Martin Buss: Bayesian state estimation and behavior selection for autonomous robotic exploration in dynamic environments. 1299-1306
• 
  David Churchill, Andrew Vardy: Homing in scale space. 1307-1312

Cellular and Modular Robots II

• 
  Ho Seok Ahn, Young Min Baek, In-Kyu Sa, Woo-Sung Kang, Jin Hee Na, Jin Young Choi: Design of reconfigurable heterogeneous modular architecture for service robots. 1313-1318
• 
  Kazuya Suzuki, Tsunamichi Tsukidate, Takeshi Nakada, Masahiro Shimizu, Akio Ishiguro: Self-assembly through the local interaction between "embodied" nonlinear oscillators with simple motile function. 1319-1324
• 
  Shuhei Miyashita, Flurin Casanova, Max Lungarella, Rolf Pfeifer: Peltier-based freeze-thaw connector for waterborne self-assembly systems. 1325-1330
• 
  Feili Hou, Nadeesha Ranasinghe, Behnam Salemi, Wei-Min Shen: Wheeled locomotion for payload carrying with modular robot. 1331-1337
• 
  Daniel J. Dewey, Michael P. Ashley-Rollman, Michael DeRosa, Seth Copen Goldstein, Todd C. Mowry, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Padmanabhan Pillai, Jason Campbell: Generalizing metamodules to simplify planning in modular robotic systems. 1338-1345
• 
  Seung-kook Yun, Daniela Rus: Optimal distributed planning for self assembly of modular manipulators. 1346-1352

Localization with RFID, Sonars

• 
  Philipp Vorst, Sebastian Schneegans, Bin Yang, Andreas Zell: Self-Localization with RFID snapshots in densely tagged environments. 1353-1358
• 
  Hong-shik Kim, Jongsuk Choi, Minyoung Park: Indoor localization system using multi-modulation of ultrasonic sensors and digital compass. 1359-1364
• 
  Phillip McKerrow: Acoustic flow. 1365-1370
• 
  Yukihiko Ono, Ryosuke Takahashi, Takayuki Takahashi, Jeong Song-Hoe, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro: Self-localization with ultrasonic sensor array. 1371-1378
• 
  Travis Deyle, Charles C. Kemp, Matthew S. Reynolds: Probabilistic UHF RFID tag pose estimation with multiple antennas and a multipath RF propagation model. 1379-1384
• 
  Kenri Kodaka, Haruhiko Niwa, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Masaumi Otake, Yuki Kanemori, Shigeki Sugano: Pose estimation of a mobile robot on a lattice of RFID tags. 1385-1390

Distributed Robot Systems

• 
  Ryusuke Fujisawa, Hikaru Imamura, Takashi Hashimoto, Fumitoshi Matsuno: Communication using pheromone field for multiple robots. 1391-1396
• 
  Michael Rubenstein, Wei-Min Shen: A scalable and distributed approach for self-assembly and self-healing of a differentiated shape. 1397-1402
• 
  Geunho Lee, Nak Young Chong: Self-configurable mobile robot swarms with hole repair capability. 1403-1408
• 
  Gianluca Antonelli, Filippo Arrichiello, Stefano Chiaverini: Flocking for multi-robot systems via the Null-Space-based Behavioral control. 1409-1414
• 
  Heiko Hamann, Heinz Wörn, Karl Crailsheim, Thomas Schmickl: Spatial macroscopic models of a bio-inspired robotic swarm algorithm. 1415-1420
• 
  Chris A. C. Parker, Hong Zhang: Consensus-based task sequencing in decentralized multiple-robot systems using local communication. 1421-1426

Medical Robots and Systems I

• 
  Kenji Kawashima, Kotaro Tadano, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Blake Hannaford: Model-based passivity control for bilateral teleoperation of a surgical robot with time delay. 1427-1432
• 
  Yo Kobayashi, Akinori Onishi, Takeharu Hoshi, Kazuya Kawamura, Masakatsu G. Fujie: Modeling of conditions where a puncture occurs during needle insertion considering probability distribution. 1433-1440
• 
  More Avraam, Mihaita Horodinca, Pierre Letier, André Preumont: Portable smart wrist rehabilitation device driven by rotational MR-fluid brake actuator for telemedecine applications. 1441-1446
• 
  Laurence Nouaille, Natalie Smith-Guerin, Gérard Poisson: Modeling and geometrical validation of a tele-echography robot. 1447-1452
• 
  Ahmed Ayadi, Bernard Bayle, Pierre Graebling, Jacques Gangloff: An image-guided robot for needle insertion in small animal. Accurate needle positioning using visual servoing. 1453-1458
• 
  Hawkeye H. I. King, Thomas Low, Kevin Hufford, Timothy J. Broderick: Acceleration compensation for vehicle based telesurgery on earth or in space. 1459-1464

Mechanism Design

• 
  Yoshinao Sodeyama, Tamaki Nishino, Yuta Namiki, Yuto Nakanishi, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba: The designs and motions of a shoulder structure with a spherical thorax, scapulas and collarbones for humanoid "Kojiro". 1465-1470
• 
  Brett Hemes, Duc Fehr, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos: Motion primitives for a tumbling robot. 1471-1476
• 
  Atsushi Yamada, Masamitsu Watari, Hiromi Mochiyama, Hideo Fujimoto: A robotic catapult based on the closed elastica with a high stiffness endpoint and its application to swimming tasks. 1477-1482
• 
  P. Garrec, J. P. Friconneau, Yvan Measson, Yann Perrot: ABLE, an innovative transparent exoskeleton for the upper-limb. 1483-1488
• 
  Masataka Suzuki, Shinya Kitai, Shigeo Hirose: Advanced child unit of "Anchor Climber" using modified internally-balanced magnet. 1489-1494
• 
  Delphine Keller, Yann Perrot, Laurent Gargiulo, J. P. Friconneau, V. Bruno, R. Le, B. Soler, M. Itchah, D. Ponsort, P. Chambaud, J. Bonnemason, S. Lamy, Yvan Measson: Demonstration of an ITER relevant remote handling equipment for Tokamak close inspection. 1495-1500

Legged Robots I

• 
  Michele Faragalli, Inna Sharf, Michael Trentini: Velocity control of a hybrid quadruped bounding robot. 1501-1506
• 
  Heeseon Hwang, Youngil Youm: Dynamic crawl gait algorithm for quadruped robots. 1507-1512
• 
  Gregory D. Wile, Kathryn A. Daltorio, Eric D. Diller, Luther R. Palmer, Stanislav N. Gorb, Roy E. Ritzmann, Roger D. Quinn: Screenbot: Walking inverted using distributed inward gripping. 1513-1518
• 
  Rolf A. Luders, Dimi Apostolopoulos, David Wettergreen: Control strategies for a multi-legged hopping robot. 1519-1524
• 
  Martin Görner, Thomas Wimböck, Andreas Baumann, Matthias Fuchs, Thomas Bahls, Markus Grebenstein, Christoph Borst, Jörg Butterfaß, Gerd Hirzinger: The DLR-Crawler: A testbed for actively compliant hexapod walking based on the fingers of DLR-Hand II. 1525-1531
• 
  Gen Endo, Shigeo Hirose: Study on Roller-Walker - Adaptation of characteristics of the propulsion by a leg trajectory -. 1532-1537

Humanoids I

• 
  Takeshi Mizumoto, Ryu Takeda, Kazuyoshi Yoshii, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: A robot listens to music and counts its beats aloud by separating music from counting voice. 1538-1543
• 
  Kensuke Harada, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Kanako Miura, Shinichiro Nakaoka, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kenji Kaneko, Shuuji Kajita: Kinodynamic gait planning for full-body humanoid robots. 1544-1550
• 
  Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba: Task guided attention control and visual verification in tea serving by the daily assistive humanoid HRP2JSK. 1551-1557
• 
  Shunichi Nozawa, Toshiaki Maki, Mitsuharu Kojima, Shigeru Kanzaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba: Wheelchair support by a humanoid through integrating environment recognition, whole-body control and human-interface behind the user. 1558-1563
• 
  Mitsuharu Kojima, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba: Manipulation and recognition of objects incorporating joints by a humanoid robot for daily assistive tasks. 1564-1569
• 
  Teppei Tsujita, Atsushi Konno, Shunsuke Komizunai, Yuki Nomura, Takuya Owa, Tomoya Myojin, Yasar Ayaz, Masaru Uchiyama: Analysis of nailing task motion for a humanoid robot. 1570-1575

Slam II

• 
  Alexander Koenig, Jens Kessler, Horst-Michael Gross: A graph matching technique for an appearance-based, visual SLAM-approach using Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters. 1576-1581
• 
  Khoshnam Shojaei, Alireza Mohammad Shahri: Iterated Unscented SLAM algorithm for navigation of an autonomous mobile robot. 1582-1587
• 
  Fu-Sheng Huang, Kai-Tai Song: Vision SLAM using omni-directional visual scan matching. 1588-1593
• 
  Shu Yun Chung, Han-Pang Huang: Simultaneous topological map prediction and moving object trajectory prediction in unknown environments. 1594-1599
• 
  Luis Pedraza, Diego Rodríguez-Losada, Pablo San Segundo, Fernando Matía: Building maps of large environments using splines and geometric analysis. 1600-1605
• 
  Cyrille Berger, Simon Lacroix: Using planar facets for stereovision SLAM. 1606-1611

Search and Rescue Robots I

• 
  Michele Guarnieri, Takao Inoh, Paulo Debenest, Kensuke Takita, Edwardo F. Fukushima, Shigeo Hirose: HELIOS IX tracked vehicle for urban search and rescue operations: Mechanical design and first tests. 1612-1617
• 
  Kouki Watanabe, Masami Iwase, Shoshiro Hatakeyama, Takehiko Maruyama: Control strategy for a snake-like robot based on constraint force and verification by experiment. 1618-1623
• 
  Hiroaki Fukushima, Motoyasu Tanaka, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Fumitoshi Matsuno: Path-tracking control of a snake-like robot using screw drive mechanism. 1624-1629
• 
  Hayato Omori, Takeshi Hayakawa, Taro Nakamura: Locomotion and turning patterns of a peristaltic crawling earthworm robot composed of flexible units. 1630-1635
• 
  Alexander S. Boxerbaum, Julio Oro, Gilbert L. Peterson, Roger D. Quinn: The latest generation Whegs^TM robot features a passive-compliant body joint. 1636-1641
• 
  Tetsuya Kinugasa, Yuta Otani, Takafumi Haji, Koji Yoshida, Koichi Osuka, Hisanori Amano: A proposal of flexible mono-tread mobile track - a new mobile mechanism using one track and spine-like structure - . 1642-1647

Nonholonomic Motion Planning

• 
  Andrea Cherubini, François Chaumette, Giuseppe Oriolo: A position-based visual servoing scheme for following paths with nonholonomic mobile robots. 1648-1654
• 
  Romain Pepy, Michel Kieffer, Eric Walter: Reliable robust path planner. 1655-1660
• 
  Ioan Alexandru Sucan, Jonathan F. Kruse, Mark Yim, Lydia E. Kavraki: Kinodynamic motion planning with hardware demonstrations. 1661-1666
• 
  Konstantinos I. Tsianos, Lydia E. Kavraki: Replanning: A powerful planning strategy for hard kinodynamic problems. 1667-1672
• 
  Paolo Salaris, Felipe A. W. Belo, Daniele Fontanelli, Luca Greco, Antonio Bicchi: Optimal paths in a constrained image plane for purely image-based parking. 1673-1680
• 
  Yoshiaki Kuwata, Gaston A. Fiore, Justin Teo, Emilio Frazzoli, Jonathan P. How: Motion planning for urban driving using RRT. 1681-1686

Audition I

• 
  Yu Takahashi, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Kiyohiro Shikano: Real-time implementation of blind spatial subtraction array for hands-free robot spoken dialogue system. 1687-1692
• 
  Jounghoon Beh, Taekjin Lee, Inho Lee, Hyunsoo Kim, Sungjoo Ahn, Hanseok Ko: Combining acoustic echo cancellation and adaptive beamforming for achieving robust speech interface in mobile robot. 1693-1698
• 
  Martin Heckmann, Claudius Gläser, Miguel Vaz, Tobias Rodemann, Frank Joublin, Christian Goerick: Listen to the parrot: Demonstrating the quality of online pitch and formant extraction via feature-based resynthesis. 1699-1704
• 
  Hyun-Don Kim, Jinsung Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Target speech detection and separation for humanoid robots in sparse dialogue with noisy home environments. 1705-1711
• 
  Hisashi Kanda, Tetsuya Ogata, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Segmenting acoustic signal with articulatory movement using Recurrent Neural Network for phoneme acquisition. 1712-1717
• 
  Ryu Takeda, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Barge-in-able robot audition based on ICA and missing feature theory under semi-blind situation. 1718-1723

Field Robots I

• 
  Se-gon Roh, Do Wan Kim, Jung-Sub Lee, Hyungpil Moon, Hyouk Ryeol Choi: Modularized in-pipe robot capable of selective navigation Inside of pipelines. 1724-1729
• 
  Kiyoshi Tsukahara, Yorihiko Tanaka, Yingxin He, Ryosuke Hori, Kunihiro Mano, Akihiro Hibino, Yoshikazu Taru, Kyouichi Tatsuno: An experimental robot system for power distribution line maintenance robots - System architecture and bolt insertion experiment -. 1730-1736
• 
  Paulo Debenest, Michele Guarnieri, Kensuke Takita, Edwardo F. Fukushima, Shigeo Hirose, Kiyoshi Tamura, Akihiro Kimura, Hiroshi Kubokawa, Narumi Iwama, Fuminori Shiga: Sensor-Arm - robotic manipulator for preventive maintenance and inspection of high-voltage transmission lines. 1737-1744
• 
  Per Henrik Borgstrom, Amarjeet Singh, Brett L. Jordan, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Maxim A. Batalin, William J. Kaiser: Energy based path planning for a novel cabled robotic system. 1745-1751
• 
  Christopher R. Baker, John M. Dolan: Traffic interaction in the urban challenge: Putting boss on its best behavior. 1752-1758
• 
  Christophe Cariou, Roland Lenain, Benoit Thuilot, Philippe Martinet: Adaptive control of four-wheel-steering off-road mobile robots: Application to path tracking and heading control in presence of sliding. 1759-1764

Grasping I

• 
  Kai Huebner, Danica Kragic: Selection of robot pre-grasps using box-based shape approximation. 1765-1770
• 
  Ricardo Prado, Raúl Suárez: Synthesis of grasps with four contact points including at least three force-closure grasps of three contact points. 1771-1776
• 
  Mostafa Vahedi, A. Frank van der Stappen: Caging convex polygons with three fingers. 1777-1783
• 
  Amani Ben Sghaier, Lotfi Ben Romdhane, Fathi Ben Ouezdou: A biomechanical analysis of the healthy and the pathological index finger during pinch function. 1784-1789
• 
  Chia-Hung Dylan Tsai, Imin Kao, Naoki Sakamoto, Mitsuru Higashimori, Makoto Kaneko: Applying viscoelastic contact modeling to grasping task: An experimental case study. 1790-1795
• 
  Yan-Bin Jia, Jiang Tian: Deformations of general parametric shells: Computation and robot experiment. 1796-1803

Intelligent Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems

• 
  Jun-ichi Meguro, Taishi Murata, Jun-ichi Takiguchi, Yoshiharu Amano, Takumi Hashizume: GPS accuracy improvement by satellite selection using omnidirectional infrared camera. 1804-1810
• 
  Teck Chew Ng, Martin David Adams, Javier Ibanez Guzman: A relative information metric for vehicle following systems. 1811-1816
• 
  Jonathan Courbon, Youcef Mezouar, Laurent Lequievre, Laurent Eck: Navigation of urban vehicle: An efficient visual memory management for large scale environments. 1817-1822
• 
  Luciano Spinello, Rudolph Triebel, Roland Siegwart: Multimodal detection and tracking of pedestrians in urban environments with explicit ground plane extraction. 1823-1829
• 
  Young-Woo Seo, Chris Urmson: A perception mechanism for supporting autonomous intersection handling in urban driving. 1830-1835
• 
  Pedro Santana, Paulo Santos, Luís Correia, José Barata: Cross-country obstacle detection: Space-variant resolution and outliers removal. 1836-1841

Control Architectures, Programming

• 
  David Erickson, Blake Beckman, Tie Peng: Promoting interoperability: The libdrdc data standards library. 1842-1847
• 
  Eric Beaudry, Dominic Létourneau, Froduald Kabanza, François Michaud: Reactive planning as a motivational source in a behavior-based architecture. 1848-1853
• 
  Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald: Evaluating a reactive semantics for robotics. 1854-1859
• 
  Loic Matthey, Ludovic Righetti, Auke Jan Ijspeert: Experimental study of limit cycle and chaotic controllers for the locomotion of centipede robots. 1860-1865
• 
  Stathis Kasderidis: An executive system for cognitive agents. 1866-1871
• 
  Daniele Calisi, Andrea Censi, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi: OpenRDK: A modular framework for robotic software development. 1872-1877

Distributed Robot and Multiple Robot Systems

• 
  Stefano Carpin: Merging maps via Hough transform. 1878-1883
• 
  Rui Rocha, João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias: Multi-robot complete exploration using hill climbing and topological recovery. 1884-1889
• 
  Gorkem Erinc, Gianluigi Pillonetto, Stefano Carpin: Online estimation of variance parameters: Experimental results with applications to localization. 1890-1895
• 
  Daniele Caltabiano, Davide Brugali, Roberto Sannino, Davide Ghezzi, Luca Spelgatti: A real-time communication protocol for interconnecting robotic smart devices. 1896-1901
• 
  Yi Li, Kamal K. Gupta: Real-time motion planning of multiple formations in virtual environments: Flexible virtual structures and continuum model. 1902-1907
• 
  Md. Jayedur Rashid, Mathias Broxvall, Alessandro Saffiotti: Digital representation of everyday objects in a robot ecology via proxies. 1908-1914

Medical Robots and Systems II

• 
  Zoltán Nagy, Raymond Oung, Jake J. Abbott, Bradley J. Nelson: Experimental investigation of magnetic self-assembly for swallowable modular robots. 1915-1920
• 
  Gorkem Dogangil, Olgaç Ergeneman, Jake J. Abbott, Salvador Pane, Heike Hall, Simon Muntwyler, Bradley J. Nelson: Toward targeted retinal drug delivery with wireless magnetic microrobots. 1921-1926
• 
  Namkon Lee, Norihiro Kamamichi, Hongyi Li, Katsuhisa Furuta: Control system design and experimental verification of Capsubot. 1927-1932
• 
  Nathanaël Jarrassé, J. Robertson, P. Garrec, Jamie Paik, Viviane Pasqui, Yann Perrot, Agnès Roby-Brami, D. Wang, Guillaume Morel: Design and acceptability assessment of a new reversible orthosis. 1933-1939
• 
  Erik D. Engeberg, Sanford G. Meek: Adaptive object slip prevention for prosthetic hands through proportional-derivative shear force feedback. 1940-1945
• 
  Yili Fu, Peng Wang, Shuguo Wang: Development of a multi-DOF exoskeleton based machine for injured fingers. 1946-1951

Parallel Robots I

• 
  Sébastien Briot, Ilian A. Bonev: Singularity analysis of zero-torsion parallel mechanisms. 1952-1957
• 
  Mohammad M. Aref, Hamid D. Taghirad: Geometrical workspace analysis of a cable-driven redundant parallel manipulator: KNTU CDRPM. 1958-1963
• 
  Yuanqing Wu, Zexiang Li, Han Ding, Yunjiang Lou: Quotient kinematics machines: Concept, analysis and synthesis. 1964-1969
• 
  David Corbel, Olivier Company, François Pierrot: Optimal design of a 6-dof parallel measurement mechanism integrated in a 3-dof parallel machine-tool. 1970-1976
• 
  Yawei Yang, John F. O'Brien: A sequential method for the singularity free workspace design of a planar 3-arm parallel robot. 1977-1982

Wheeled Robots

• 
  Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco, Oscar Gerelli: An alternative model for the evaluation of tyre shear forces under steady-state conditions. 1983-1989
• 
  Young Kuk Song, Chang Min Lee, Igmo Koo, Duc Trong Tran, Hyungpil Moon, Hyouk Ryeol Choi: Development of wall climbing robotic system for inspection purpose. 1990-1995
• 
  Shunsuke Amagai, Taichi Tsuji, Jabes Samuel, Hisashi Osumi: Control of omni-directional mobile platform with four driving wheels using torque redundancy. 1996-2002
• 
  Jared D. Terry, Mark A. Minor: Traction estimation and control for Mobile Robots using the wheel slip velocity. 2003-2009
• 
  Kojiro Iizuka, Yasuharu Kunii, Takashi Kubota: Study on wheeled forms of lunar robots for traversing soft terrain. 2010-2015

Humanoids II

• 
  Erdem Erdemir, Carl B. Frankel, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Stephen M. Gordon, Sean Thornton, Baris Ulutas: Towards a cognitive robot that uses internal rehearsal to learn affordance relations. 2016-2021
• 
  David B. Grimes, Rajesh P. N. Rao: Learning nonparametric policies by imitation. 2022-2028
• 
  Yuka Ariki, Jun Morimoto, Sang-Ho Hyon: Behavior recognition with ground reaction force estimation and its application to imitation learning. 2029-2034
• 
  Gi Hyun Lim, Il Hong Suh: Weighted Action-coupled Semantic Network (wASN) for robot intelligence. 2035-2040
• 
  Mai Hikita, Sawa Fuke, Masaki Ogino, Minoru Asada: Cross-modal body representation based on visual attention by saliency. 2041-2046
• 
  Junichi Urata, Toshinori Hirose, Yuta Namiki, Yuto Nakanishi, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba: Thermal control of electrical motors for high-power humanoid robots. 2047-2052

Slam III

• 
  Brian Patrick Williams, Mark Cummins, José Neira, Paul M. Newman, Ian D. Reid, Juan D. Tardós: An image-to-map loop closing method for monocular SLAM. 2053-2059
• 
  Martin P. Parsley, Simon J. Julier: The Common State Filter for SLAM. 2060-2065
• 
  Martin P. Parsley, Simon J. Julier: Avoiding negative depth in inverse depth bearing-only SLAM. 2066-2071
• 
  Weizhen Zhou, Jaime Valls Miró, Gamini Dissanayake: Information-driven 6D SLAM based on ranging vision. 2072-2077
• 
  Christof Schröter, Horst-Michael Gross: A sensor-independent approach to RBPF SLAM - Map Match SLAM applied to visual mapping. 2078-2083
• 
  Chanki Kim, Wan Kyun Chung: Delayed resampling in a Rao-Blackwellized particle filtering SLAM for consistent loop closures. 2084-2090

Search and Rescue Robots II

• 
  Kensuke Kurose, Satoshi Saga, Shogo Okamoto, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro: Designing of online simulation environment for development control algorithms for robots operating in rough terrains. 2091-2096
• 
  Naoki Midorikawa, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Saga, Satoshi Tadokoro: Development of on-line simulation system for multi camera based wide field of view display. 2097-2102
• 
  Yashodhan Nevatia, Todor Stoyanov, Ravi Rathnam, Max Pfingsthorn, Stefan Markov, Rares Ambrus, Andreas Birk: Augmented autonomy: Improving human-robot team performance in Urban search and rescue. 2103-2108
• 
  Thumatty R. Vishnu Arun Kumar, Robert C. Richardson: Tether monitoring techniques for environment monitoring, tether following and localization of autonomous mobile robots. 2109-2114
• 
  Zhe Zhang, Goldie Nejat: Robot-assisted intelligent 3D mapping of unknown cluttered search and rescue environments. 2115-2120
• 
  Prasanna Velagapudi, Paul Scerri, Katia P. Sycara, Huadong Wang, Michael Lewis, Jijun Wang: Scaling effects in multi-robot control. 2121-2126

Path Planning for Manipulators

• 
  Niko Vahrenkamp, Christian Scheurer, Tamim Asfour, James J. Kuffner, Rüdiger Dillmann: Adaptive motion planning for humanoid robots. 2127-2132
• 
  Hong Liu, Ding Ding, Weiwei Wan, Hongbin Zha: Predictive model for path planning by using k-near dynamic bridge builder and Inner Parzen Window. 2133-2138
• 
  Xanthi Papageorgiou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: Motion tasks for robot manipulators subject to joint velocity constraints. 2139-2144
• 
  Leonard Jaillet, Juan Cortés, Thierry Siméon: Transition-based RRT for path planning in continuous cost spaces. 2145-2150
• 
  Matthew A. Baumann, Donna C. Dupuis, Simon Léonard, Elizabeth A. Croft, James J. Little: Occlusion-free path planning with a probabilistic roadmap. 2151-2156
• 
  Luigi Freda, Giuseppe Oriolo, Francesco Vecchioli: Sensor-based Exploration for general robotic systems. 2157-2164

Audition II

• 
  Hirofumi Nakajima, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Yuji Hasegawa, Hiroshi Tsujino: High performance sound source separation adaptable to environmental changes for robot audition. 2165-2171
• 
  Jani Even, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Kiyohiro Shikano: An improved permutation solver for blind signal separation based front-ends in robot audition. 2172-2177
• 
  Yoko Sasaki, Satoshi Kagami, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Tadashi Enomoto: A predefined command recognition system using a ceiling microphone array in noisy housing environments. 2178-2184
• 
  Tobias Rodemann, Gökhan Ince, Frank Joublin, Christian Goerick: Using binaural and spectral cues for azimuth and elevation localization. 2185-2190
• 
  Jindong Liu, Harry R. Erwin, Stefan Wermter: Mobile robot broadband sound localisation using a biologically inspired spiking neural network. 2191-2196
• 
  Hyun-Don Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Design and evaluation of two-channel-based sound source localization over entire azimuth range for moving talkers. 2197-2203

Field Robots II

• 
  Christian Weiss, Hashem Tamimi, Andreas Zell: A combination of vision- and vibration-based terrain classification. 2204-2209
• 
  Marco Trincavelli, Matteo Reggente, Silvia Coradeschi, Amy Loutfi, Hiroshi Ishida, Achim J. Lilienthal: Towards environmental monitoring with mobile robots. 2210-2215
• 
  Felix Duvallet, Ashley Desmond Tews: WiFi position estimation in industrial environments using Gaussian processes. 2216-2221
• 
  Johan Larsson, Mathias Broxvall, Alessandro Saffiotti: Laser based intersection detection for reactive navigation in an underground mine. 2222-2227
•