11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics 2003

ICAR 2003

Paper No

PAPER TITLE

AUTHORS

P002

CPG-based Bio-gate Research of the Quadruped

Zhang Xiuli
Zheng Haojun
Duan Guanghong
Wang Jinsong

P007

Stereo Visual Servoing with Oriented Blobs

Enric Cervera
François Berry
Philippe Martinet

P012

Mobile manipulators with implicit aboard kinematics

Krzysztof Tchon
Janusz Jakubiak
Robert Muszynski

P013

A Handheld System for Remote Driving

Terrence Fong
Charles Thorpe
Betty Glass

P015

A Adaptive Neural Controller for MIMO Robotic Systems

Shiuh-Jer Huang
Kuo-Ching Chiou

P016

Non Linear Lateral Control of Vision Driven Autonomous Vehicles

Miguel Angel Sotelo

P017

Kinematics of the 3-RSR Wrist

Raffaele Di Gregorio

P018

Autonomous Communication Relays for Tactical Robots

Hoa G. Nguyen
Narek Manouk
Michelle Raymond
Joseph Spector

P021

Navigation System for Mobile Robots using RFID tags

T. Tsukiyama

P024

An Operational Space Robotic Observer-Controller for Trajectory Tracking

Ser Yong Lim
Marcelo H Ang Jr
Qinghua Xia

P026

Force Closure of Fixturing/Grasping with Passive Contacts

Cai-Hua Xiong
Michael Yu Wang
You-Lun Xiong

P027

Obstacle detection methods for stereo vision as driving aid

Georges Györy

P028

Improving Probabilistic Roadmap Planners for Robot Motion Planning

Abraham Sanchez
René Zapata

P029

Lane Extraction and Tracking for Robot Navigation in Agricultural
Environments

Juan Avina-Cervantes
Michel Devy
A. Marin-Hernandez

P031

Tracking of an omnidirectional target with a nonholonomic mobile robot

Guillaume Artus
Pascal Morin
Claude Samson

P032

Distributed Overhead Hybrid Pins for Part Orienting: An Exploratory Study

Herbert F. Noriega
Kamal K. Gupta
Shahram Payandeh

P033

Mobile Robot Navigation via Reference Recognition Based on Ultrasonic
Sensing and Monocular Vision

Mário Sarcinelli-Filho
T. F. Bastos-Filho
R. de Castro Freitas

P034

Shape Modeling in Robot Systems Using Extended Application of Form Features

László Horváth

Imre. J. Rudas

P035

Direct kinematics of a class of 3-dof parallel manipulators

Raffaele Di Gregorio

P037

Distributed manipulation systems: a review from multi-agent systems perspective

Qingguo Li
Shahram Payandeh

P038

On Kinematic Geometry for Multi-Agent Contacting System

Shahram Payandeh

P039

A Motion Estimation System for Autonomous Navigation

Julian Kolodko
Ljubo Vlacic

P040

Research on Visualization of Robotic Endoscope Body in Examination

Jiaqi Wu
Dongying Yang
Jinwu Qian

P041

Pattern Classifiers Based on Soft Computing and Their FPGA Integration for
Intelligent Behavior Control of Mobile Robots

O. Azouaoui
A. Chohra

P042

Neural Networks (NN) Using Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Gradient
Back-Propagation (GBP) for an Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance Behavior

A. Chohra
O. Azouaoui

P043

Path-tracking control of a bi-steerable cybernetic car using fuzzy logic

Luis Conde

Urbano Nunes
Abel Mendes
Michel Parent

P044

Teleoperation for Compliant Motion Tasks

Jaeheung Park
Rui Cortesão
Oussama Khatib

P045

Visual servoing and force control fusion for complex insertion tasks

Jorge P. Baeza
Fernando T. Medina
Pablo G. Vázquez

P046

Topological navigation based on intersection graphs of landmark visibility regions

Herbert Peremans
Peter Veelaert

P047

Prediction of delay time for teleoperation systems in augmented wave
variables and Smith predictor

Soheil Ganjefar
Hamidreza Momeni
F. Janabi-Sharifi
M.T. H. Beheshti

P048

Camera-Inertial Sensor modelling and alignment for Visual Navigation

João Alves
Jorge Lobo
Jorge Dias

P049

The CRONE robustness measure

Piotr Ostalczyk
Tomasz Rybicki

P050

Assessing Information Utility in Cooperation-based Robotic Systems

Rui Rocha
Jorge Dias
Adriano Carvalho

P051

Traffic Signs Identification - the ICE-TOPIA system

Carlos Simplício
Jorge Dias

P052

A New Dynamic Energy Stability Margin for Walking Machines

Elena Garcia
Pablo G.-de-Santos

P055

Robust steering algorithms for steer-by-wire vehicles

Naim Bajcinca
Rui Cortesão
Markus Haushield
Tilman Buente

P056

Research on navigation based on multi-sensor fusion and dynamic window for a mobile robot

Guosheng Yang
Xijun Chen
Zengguang Hou
Min Tan

P057

Planning Robot Motion for 3D Digitalization of Indoor Environments

Andreas Nuechter
Hartmut Surmann
Joachim Hertzberg

P058

Topological Robot Navigation using Multisensorial Event Based POMDPs

Elena L.Guillen
Luis M. B. Pascual
Rafael B. Navarro
Marisol E. Hernanz

P059

Conceptual Design of an Excavation-type Demining Robot

Yoshikazu Mori
Kazuhiro Takayama
Tatsuya Nakamura

P060

Motion Operation of a Robot for Restraining the Impact Force

Yoshikazu Mori
Tatsuya Nakamura

P061

Motion Algorithm for a Robot that does not tire a Human

Yoshikazu Mori
Koji Ota
Tatsuya Nakamura

P064

Design of an Autonomous Wheeled Mobile Robot

Li Lei
Hou Zeng-Guang
Tan Min

P066

Kinematics of a dedicated 6DOF Robot for Tele-echography

L. Al Bassit
G. Poisson
P. Vieyres

P067

PERA: Ad-hoc routing protocol for mobile robots

Carlos Aguero
Vicente Matellán
Pedro H. Quirós
José M. Cañas

P068

Strategies for Safety in Human Robot Interaction

Dana Kulic
Elizabeth Croft

P069

Intent-Based Planning and Control for Human Robot Interaction

Dana Kulic
Elizabeth Croft

P070

Linear Programming-Based Qualitative Evaluation for Micro-Assembly Planning

Addouche S.
Perrard C.
Henrioud J.M.

P071

Using Haptics and a "Virtual Mirror" to Exhibit Museum Objects with Reflective Surfaces

Margaret Lazzari
Alexandre Francois
Margaret McLaughlin
Jennifer Jaskowiak
Eun-Young E. Kang
Wei Peng

P072

The Improved algorithm to compute the optical flow in the Wide Angle High Distortion Lens system

Qiang Gao
Jianming Yang
Yoshikazu Suematsu

P078

Minimal Cost Robot Formations

Richard Brimble
Jonny Press

P079

Experimental Issues from Map Building to Trajectory Execution for a Bi-steerable Car

Jorge Hermosillo
Cedric Pradalier
Sepanta Sekhavat
Christian Laugier

P080

A Rotorcraft Micro Air Vehicle for Indoor Applications

Markus Kemper
Michael Merkel
Sergej Fatikow

P081

Robot Modelling on Dynamic Teleoperation Virtual Environments

Jose Maria Navarro
Jose Maria Azorin
Oscar Reinoso
Ramon Pedro Ñeco
Nicolas Garcia

P086

Mobile Robot Positioning with Natural Landmark

Enrique Santiso
Manuel Mazo
Jesus Ureña
J. Antonio Jiménez
J. Jesús García
M. Carmen Serra

P087

Object Localization in Omniscient Spaces

Nak Young Chong
Hiroshi Hongu
Kazuo Tanie

P088

A Robot in a Box

Artur M. Arsenio

P091

Nonlinear Virtual Coupling Based on a Human Dynamics Model

MoonHwan Lee
DooYong Lee

P092

Full Automatic Poultry Deboning System

Hiroyuki Hayakawa
Ryuji Kodama

P093

Fractional Order Dynamics in a Genetic Algorithm

E. J. Solteiro Pires
J. A. T. Machado
P. B. de M. Oliveira

P094

Generalized Cooperative Impedance Control of Dual-arm for Assembly Task

N. Derragui
M. Kadri
B. Bouzouia

P095

Optimisation of non-integer order control parameters for a robotic arm

Duarte Valério
José Sá da Costa

P096

An Architecture and Communication Protocol for Interaction of Industrial Robots and Vision Systems

Michael Gauß
Axel Bürkle
Thomas Längle
Heinz Wörn

P099

Minimally Compliant Trajectory Resolution for Robotic Machining

William S. Owen
E. A. Croft
B. Benhabib

P100

Self-Reconfigurable Sensor Networks in Ageless Aerospace Vehicles

Peter Wang
Philip Valencia
Mikhail Prokopenko
Don Price
Geoff Poulton

P101

A Robustness Analysis of Master-Model Based controller for stabilizing delayed haptic interaction: An LMI Approach

Hichem Arioui
A. Kheddar
Saïd Mammar

P103

Locomotion and Gaits Planning of a 4-Legged Walking Robot Based on Sequential 4-Bar Mechanism Motions

Aria Alasty
Bayandor Sadeghian

P104

Tuning of an Active Suspension System using a Fractional Controller and a Closed-Loop Tuning

Patrick Lanusse
T. Poinot
O. Cois
A. Oustaloup
J.C. Trigeassou

P105

Co-evolution and Experience Exchange in a Group of Robots

Ales Kubik

P107

Physiology and Stability Criterions for Human Robot Interaction

Florin Popescu

P108

Adaptive Control of Parallel Manipulators with Unknown Load

Ventura Assuncao
Walter Schumacher

P109

Robust Control For Wheeled Mobile Robot

M. Belhocine
M. Hamerlain
F. Meraoubi

P110

Biologically Inspired Stochastic Hybrid Control of Multi-Robot Systems

Dejan Milutinovic
Pedro Lima
Michael Athans

P111

Design and Modeling of a Stair Climber Smart Mobile Robot (MSRox)

Mohsen M. Dalvand
Majid M.Moghaddam

P112

Cooperative Fusion For Multi-Obstacles Detection With Use of Stereovision and Laser Scanner

Raphaël Labayrade
Cyril Royere
Dominique Gruyer
Didier Aubert

P113

Analysis of systematic errors in robot load identification

W. Verdonck
J. Swevers

P114

Stereo-Vision Based Real time Obstacle Detection for Urban Environments

Qian Yu
Helder Araújo

P116

A Bayesian Approach for Color Constancy based Visual Servoing

Geert De Cubber
Hichem Sahli

P117

Reconfigurable Architecture Proposal Applied to Mobile Robots

J.Maurício Rosário
Carlos R. Erig Lima

P118

Modelling and Control of Antropomorphic Gripper in Industrial Robot

J. Maurício Rosário
Edna R. Cassemiro

P119

An Intelligent Sensor Head for Information Collection in Debris

Satoshi Tadokoro
Takumi Kishima
Yannick Williame
Stouffs Julien

P121

A Shoulder Joint Motion Support System for Rehabilitation and Daily Activity

Kazuo Kiguchi
Koya Iwami
Keigo Watanabe
Toshio Fukuda

P122

Global Localization for Mobile Robots in Indoor Environment

Xu Zezhong
Xiang Zhiyu
Liu Jilin

P125

A Robust Haptic Interface Controller using  \mu Synthesis

Shahram Nosrati
H.A. Talebi
F. Tohidkhah

P126

A New Control Method of Teleoperators with Time Delay

J. M. Azorin
O. Reinoso
J. M. Sabater

C. Pérez
R. Aracil

P127

A New Global Fuzzy Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance Scheme for Mobile Robots

Vahid Meigoli
S. K. Nikravesh
H. A. Talebi

P129

On the Use of Disparity Maps for Robust Robot Localization under Different Illumination Conditions

J. M. Porta
B. Krose

P130

An Adaptive Predictive Control for Flexible-Link Manipulators

R. Sabzegar
H.A. Talebi

P131

Bayesian Contact Formation Recognition and Geometrical Parameter Estimation for Autonomous Compliant Motion

Gadeyne, Klaas
Lefebvre, Tine
Bruyninckx, Herman
De Schutter, Joris

P132

A software framework for control of multi-sensor, multi-actuator systems

BJ.W. Waarsing
H. Van Brussel

P133

A Multi-Agent Approach to Self-Reflection for Cognitive Robotics

K. Kawamura
D.C. Noelle
K.A. Hambuchen
T.E. Rogers

P134

Classification of one family of 3R positioning Manipulators

Maher BAILI
Philippe WENGER
Damien CHABLAT

P135

High-Resolution Ultrasonic Sensing for Mobile Robots

Dirk Bank

P136

Polyurethane Gel Pulps for Robotic Fingers

Paolo Tiezzi
Fabrizio Lotti
Gabriele Vassura

P137

The Player/Stage Project: Tools for Multi-Robot and Distributed Sensor Systems

Brian P. Gerkey
Richard T. Vaughan
Andrew Howard

P139

The Optimal Design of a Three Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Mechanism

Damien Chablat
Félix Majou
Philippe Wenger

P140

Calibration Method by Simplified Measurement for Parallel Mechanism

Wataru Tanaka
Tatsuo Arai
Kenji Inoue
Yasushi Mae
Choong Sik Park
Yoshihiko Koseki

P141

Shape Adaptation of Planar Hyper-redundant Manipulators to Narrow and Unknown Environment using Proximity Sensors

Hiroyuki Tani
Kenji Inoue
Tatsuo Arai
Yasushi Mae

P143

Stability of Robotics Systems with Force Control and Time Delay

Igor Zeidis
Klaus Zimmermann
Anatoli Schneider

P144

A Roadmap Matching Method for Precise Vehicle Localization using Belief Theory and Kalman Filtering

Maan E. El Najjar
Philippe Bonnifait

P145

A Composite Drive with Separate Control of Force and Position

Bernhard Moehl

P146

Vision-based control with respect to planar and non-planar objects

using a zooming camera

Selim Benhimane
Ezio Malis

P147

Effectiveness and Application of Simplified Geometric Models in Skill-Based Manipulation

Akira Nakamura
Kosei Kitagaki
Takashi Suehiro

P149

A Robust System for Localization and Mapping While Navigating

Antoni Burguera
Yolanda Gonzalez
Gabriel Oliver

P150

Fractional Sliding Mode Control of a DC-DC Buck Converter with Application to DC Motor Drives

A. J. Calderón
B. M. Vinagre
V. Feliú

P151

Incremental Feature-based Pose Tracking for a Mobile Robot

Johannes Bitterling
Sebastian Küpper
Bärbel Mertsching

P153

Interactive Tele-presence in Populated Exhibitions through Web-operated Robots

Panos Trahanias
Wolfram Burgard
Dirk Haehnel
Mark Moors
Dirk Schulz
Haris Baltzakis

P155

Nonlinear Path Control of a Four-Wheel-Steering Vehicle

Plamen Petrov
Michel Parent

P156

Non-linear Autonomous Compliant Motion with a Non-minimal State Kalman Filter

Tine Lefebvre
Herman Bruyninckx
Joris De Schutter

P157

Biologically Inspired Robot Design and Modeling

B. Klaassen
R. Linnemann
D. Spenneberg
F. Kirchner

P158

Variation of the Bending Locations Within a Robot Manipulator

Ian D. Walker
Carlos Carreras

P159

Moving Safely but not Slowly - Reactively Adapting Paths for Better Trajectory Times

K MadhavaKrishna
R Alami
T Simeon

P160

Mobile Robot Control via Pseudolinearisation

Antonios Tsourdos
John T. Economou
Brian A. White

P161

Design and Control of a Leg for the Running Machine PANTER

K. Berns
F. Grimminger
U. Hochholdinger
T. Kerscher
J. Albiez

P162

Traversable regions model for outdoor robots

C. Castejón
B. L. Boada
D. Blanco
L. Moreno

P163

Traversability analysis technics in outdoor environments: a comparative study

C. Castejón
D. Blanco
B. L. Boada
L. Moreno

P164

A Control System Based on Reactive Skills

Maria J. L. Boada
F. Jose Rodriguez
Ramon Barber
Miguel A. Salichs

P165

On the Impedance Parameter Selection for Robot Force Control

F. M. O. Campos
L. F. Baptista
J. M. G. Sá da Costa
J. F. Calado

P166

Towards Mapping Dynamic Environments

Denis F. Wolf
Gaurav S. Sukhatme

P167

Fuzzy Controller for Dynamic Vergence in a Stereo Head

P.Bachiller
F. Monasterio
P. Bustos
J. Vicente

P168

A Motion Planning Strategy to Maintain Visibility of a Moving Target at a Fixed Distance in a Polygon

Rafael Murrieta
Alejandro Sarmiento
Seth A. Hutchinson

P169

MIRO: An Embedded Distributed Architecture for Biologically inspired Mobile Robots

Alfredo Weitzenfeld
Sebastian G-Nolasco
N.Venkatasubramanian

P170

Compact Encoding of Robot-Generated 3D Maps for Efficient Wireless Transmission

Michael Kaess
Ronald C. Arkin
Jarek Rossignac

P172

Robot vision system with gray-scale image and range image

Shinji Murakami
Tsutomu Hasegawa
Yukio Hashiguchi
Toshimitsu Irie
Jun Goto

P173

3-D Object/Human Detection Using Fiber Grating Vision Sensor

Maki K. Habib

P174

Neural adaptive controller for redundant robot manipulators with obstacles avoidance

Boubaker Daachi
Abdelaziz Benallegue
Tarek Madani

P175

A Strategy for Searching an Object with a Mobile Robot

Alejandro Sarmiento
Rafael Murrieta
Seth A. Hutchinson

P177

An Omnidirectional Mobile Microrobot with Nanometer Resolution

Tao Zhu
Dalong Tan
Jiangbo Zhang

P178

Firefighter-Robot Interaction during a Hazardous Materials Incident Exercise

Ángela Brando
Carolina Chang

P179

Advanced Methods for Efficient Internet-based Robot Control

Igor Belousov
Michel Devy
Rachid Alami
Victor Sazonov
Sviatoslav Chebukov

P181

The Robotic Appliance: The Next Generation Personal Assistant?

M. J. Johnson
E. Guglielmelli
G. A. Di Lauro
C. Laschi
A. Pisetta
Paolo Dario

P182

Mobile Robot Localization using Laser Ranging and a Multi–component Landmark

Caetano F. Ferreira
Vítor M. F. Santos

P183

Using the Amplitude of Ultrasonic Echoes to Classify Detected Objects in a Scene

Milagros Martinez
Gines Benet
Francisco Blanes
Pascual Perez
Jose E. Simo

P186

Agent-based Multimodal Interface for Dynamically Autonomous Mobile Robots

Donald Sofge
Magdalena Bugajska
William Adams
Dennis Perzanowski
Alan Schultz

P187

WMR Robust Low-Level Motion Control with Stochastic Active Observers

Rodrigo Maia

Rui Cortesão
Urbano Nunes
Valter Silva
J. Alberto Fonseca

P188

Fine Motion Planning for Shared Wheelchair Control: Requirements and Preliminary Experiments

E. Demeester
M. Nuttin
D. Vanhooydonck
H. Van Brussel

P190

Configuration Space of 3D Mobile Robots: Parallel Processing

Roberto Theron
Vidal Moreno
Belen Curto
Francisco J. Blanco

P191

Learning to navigate using a lazy map

S.H.G. ten Hagen
B.J.A. Kröse

P192

Sensory Fusion for Planetary Surface Robotic Navigation, Rendezvous, and Manipulation Operations

Terry Huntsberger
Yang Cheng
Eric T. Baumgartner
Matthew Robinson
Paul S. Schenker

P193

A Decentralised Architecture for Active Sensor Networks

Alex Makerenko
Eric Nettleton
Ben Grocholsky
Salah Sukkarieh
Hugh Durrant-Whyte

P194

A Robust Architecture for Decentralised Data Fusion

Eric Nettleton
Hugh Durrant-Whyte
Salah Sukkarieh

P195

Development of an Ultrasonic Motor for a Walking Assistance System

Eko Purwanto
Shigeki Toyama

P196

Dexterous Multi-fingered Robotic Manipulation using Novel Fingertip Equipped with Soft Skin and Hard Nail

Kouji MURAKAMI
Tsutomu HASEGAWA

P197

Learning Autonomous Helicopter Control from a Pilot

Gregg Buskey
Jonathan Roberts
Gordon Wyeth

P198

GAG(Gaining Angle of Gaze) Strategy for Ball Tracking and Catching
Task-Implementation of GAG to a Mobile Robot-

Ryosuke Mori
Fumio Miyazaki

P199

Force Feedback Using Vision

Christopher Kennedy
Jaydev P. Desai

P200

Slip Detection and Trajectory Correction for Walking Robots Using Optical Sensors

Igarashi Hiroshi
Kakikura Masayoshi

P201

Non-contact Eye Gaze Estimation System using Robust Feature Extraction and Mapping of Corneal Reflections

Dong Hyun Yoo
Myung Jin Chung

P204

Preliminary-Announcement Function of Mobile Robot's Following Motion by using Omni-directional Display

Takafumi Matsumaru
Kazuya Iwase
Takashi Kusada
Kyouhei Akiyama
Horotoshi Gomi
Tomotaka Ito

P205

Eyeball Expression for Preliminary-Announcement of Mobile Robot's Following Motion

Takafumi Matsumaru
Kyouhei Akiyama
Kazuya Iwase
Takashi Kusada
Horotoshi Gomi
Tomotaka Ito

P206

Artificial Finger with Shape-Fitting Mechanism

Koichi Koganezawa
Junya Umeda
Hisanobu Takahashi

P207

Sensor-based path planning for a mobile manipulator guided by the humans

D.Blanco
B.L.Boada
C.Castejon
C.Balaguer
L.Moreno

P208

Image Processing for Asteroid Exploration Mission MUSES-C

Takashi Kubota
Tatsuaki Hashimoto
Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi

P210

A Genetic Solution for the SLAM Problem

B.L.Boada
D.Blanco
C.Castejón
L.Moreno

P211

A Biomorphic Simulator of Three-dimensional Eye Movements

Y.B.Bang
B.H.Shin
Jamie K.Paik
C.Lee

P213

Heading Estimation for Kalman Filter Based Localization: Analysis and Experiments

Pablo García
Diego Alvarez
Rafael C. González
Juan C. Alvarez

P215

A Robotic End-Effector for Grasping Postal Sacks

H. Kazerooni
Christopher Foley

P216

Adaptive Strategies for Probabilistic Roadmap Construction

Pekka Isto
Juha Tuominen
Martti Mäntylä

P217

Robust Mobile Robot Localization by fusing Laser and Sonar

Zhiyu Xiang
Vitor M.F. Santos
Jilin Liu

P218

Improvement of a Non-linear Adaptive Controller Designed for Strongly Non-linear Plants

Imre J. Rudas
József K. Tar
János F. Bitó
Krzysztof Kozlowski

P219

Control of Underactuated Manipulators Using Fuzzy Based Switching with NN Compensator

Keigo Watanabe
Lanka Udawatta
Kiyotaka Izumi
Kazuo Kiguchi

P220

Connectionist Control Techniques for Humanoid Robots

Dusko Katic
M. Vukobratovic

P222

On Conception of Walking Machines Design

E.S. Briskin

P223

Stiffness Control of Tendon Driven Multi-DOF joint by the Actuator with Non Linear Elastic System (ANLES)

Koichi Koganezawa
Yuuki Shimizu

P224

Tactile Commanding of Mobile Manipulators Using Force/Torque Gestures

Mathias Neumann
Günter Hommel

P225

Perception Control of Robots: Nonlinear Expectation Learning Through RBF Neural Networks

Sherwin A. Guirnaldo
Keigo Watanabe
Kazuo Kiguchi

P226

OSCAR and OCTAVE : Two bio-inspired visually guided aerial micro-robots

Ruffier Franck
Viollet Stéphane
Franceschini Nicolas

P227

Pulse Response Evaluation Method for Force Transducers

Yusaku Fujii

P228

Function Integration for Team Operation of Mobile Robots: Inter-robot Communication and Mutual Localization

Hiroyuki Takai
Takamichi Onishi
Hirotoshi Hara
Gen'ichi Yasuda
Keihachiro Tachibana

P229

A Real-Time Geometrical Obstacle Detection Algorithm for a Monocular Mobile Robot

Taha Kowsari
Majid N. Ahmadabadi
Hamid S. Zadeh

P230

The Biomimetic Design of ‘Soft’ Mechatronic Systems

S. Davis
P. Tresadern
J. Canderle
N.G. Tsagarakis
P. Dodd

P231

Stiffness Study on a 6-DOF Parallel Wire Driven Robot

Sui Chun-ping
Zhao Ming-yang

P232

Powered Condition Number: A Unified Index for Optimal Pose Selection In Manipulator Kinematic Calibration

Mahdi Khaleghian
Majid N. Ahmadabadi

P233

Smooth and Flexible Trajectory Planning of Multiple Wheeled Robot Systems

Yoshio Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Kanai
Yoshihisa Hiyama

P235

Extending Constrain-and-Move Strategy to Move Objects on a Desired Path By a Team of Distributed Robots

Aram Zaerpoor
Majid Nili Ahmadabadi
Mohammad R. Baruni
Z. D. Wang

P236

Kinematic and dynamic model of haptic device for finger exercise

Uros Mali
Marko Munih

P237

Vision based navigation using Kalman approach for SLAM

Stefano Panzieri
Federica Pascucci
Giovanni Ulivi

P238

Design and Development of an Animatronic Face

Christopher Nowakowski
Steven Shooter

P239

Local Positioning System (LPS) for Indoor Environments Using a Camera Array

Ignacio F. Lorenzo
Manuel M. Quintas
José Luis L. Galilea
Pedro M. Sánchez
Santiago García

P240

Experimental Analysis of Smelling Braitenberg Vehicles

Achim Lilienthal
Tom Duckett

P241

Collision Avoidance System for Two Tracked Mobile Robot Transporting a Single Object in Coordination Based on Function Allocation Concept  - Utilization of environmental information by visual sensor -

Hiroki Takeda
Zhi-Dong Wang
Kazuhiro Kosuge

P242

Ultrasonic local mapping algorithms evaluation

Granit Zohar
Cohen Ofir
Edan Yael

P243

Easy-to-use telepresence and home aid robot

Tero Vallius
Juha Röning

P244

Qutie - an interactive mobile robot

Antti Tikanmäki
Jukka Riekki
Juha Röning

P245

The Module Pool: Building Blocks for Networked Robotics

Gerard T. McKee
Duncan I. Baker
Paul S Schenker

P246

Filter/Smoother Localization for Outdoors Applications

Amit Brandes

P248

Biologically inspired behavior: hip strategy applied to humanoid robot

M. Guihard
P. Gorce

P250

A Fast and Robust 3D Feature Extraction Algorithm for Structured

Jan Weingarten
Gabriel Gruener
Roland Siegwart

P251

A Patterns-Oriented Framework for the Development of Automatic and Deliberative skills for mobile robots

D.M. Rivero
A. Khamis
F.J. Rodriguez
M.A. Salichs

P253

Robot Team Control: A Geometric Approach

João Sequeira
M. Isabel Ribeiro

P254

Haptic Environment for Analysis of Smooth Arm Movements

Matija Ponikvar
Jens Hoogen
Marko Munih
Robert Riener
Gunther Schmidt

P255

Speech Production Robot based on Human Articulators and Vocal Organs

Kazufumi Nishikawa
Hideaki Takanobu
Takemi Mochida
Masaaki Honda
Atsuo Takanishi

P256

Fusion of Lidar and Stereo Range for Mobile Robots

Kevin M. Nickels
Andres Castano
Christopher Cianci

P257

Adaptive, non-singular Path Following control of Dynamic Wheeled Robots

Soetanto D. J.
Lapierre L. P.
Pascoal A. M.

P258

Design of a low-power motion tracking system

Kevin M. Nickels
Jeffrey Graham
Chuck Divin
Jason Frederick
Luke Powell
C. Soontornvat

P259

Model-Free Execution Monitoring in Behavior-Based Mobile Robotics

Ola Pettersson
Lars Karlsson
Alessandro Saffiotti

P260

Self-Organizing Maps approach to object localization in sonar imagery

P. Amornrit
Bruno Jouvencel

P261

Multi-Sensor Fusion (GPS, IMU, Odometers) for Precise Land Vehicle Localisation Using RTMAPS

Iyad Abuhadrous
Fawzi Nashashibi
Claude Laurgeau

P262

Intention Recognition for Vehicle Driving by Time-series Pattern Learning

Ikuko Eguchi Yairi
Takehisa Yairi
Seiji Igi

P264

A Neuro-Fuzzy Control of an Injection Molding Robot

Tito G. Amaral
Olga M. Contente
M. M. Crisóstomo
Vítor F. Pires

P266

Exponential Stabilization of Some Equilibria of Automated Vehicles

A. Abichou
L. Beji
R. Slim

P267

Onboard Real-time System for 3D Urban Environment Reconstruction

Iyad Abuhadrous
Fawzi Nashashibi
Claude Laurgeau

P268

Suboptimal output regulation of robotic manipulators  by iterative learning

Pasquale Lucibello
Stefano Panzieri
Federica Pascucci

P269

Art Touch with CREATE haptic interface

A. Dettori
C.A. Avizzano
S. Marcheschi
M. Angerilli
M. Bergamasco
C. Loscos
A. Guerraz

P272

Roaming Stripes: integrating path planning and reactive  navigation in a partially known environment

Antonio Sgorbissa
Renato Zaccaria

P273

Characterisation of an ultrasonic sensor designed to identify reflectors in 3D

José A. Jiménez Calvo
Jesús Ureña
Manuel M. Quintas
Enrique S. Gómez
Alvaro H. Alonso
Francisco J. Meca

P274

Modeling and Control of a Pneumatic Muscle Actuated Joint using On/Off
Solenoid Valves

N.G.Tsagarakis
V.A.Tsachouridis
S.Davis
D.G.Caldwell

P275

Evaluation of a “Soft” Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy of the Upper Limb

Sophia Kousidou
N.G.Tsagarakis
D.G.Caldwell

P276

Development and Control of a Physiotherapy and Training Exercise Facility
for the Upper Limb using Soft Actuators

N.G.Tsagarakis
D.G.Caldwell

P277

Light weight autonomous service robot for disable and elderly people help in their living environments

A. Gimenez

A.Jardon

C. Balaguer

P279

Expected perception in robots: a biologically driven perception-action scheme

Edoardo Datteri
Giancarlo Teti
Cecilia Laschi
Guglielmo Tamburrini
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Paolo Dario

P280

The ADAH system for augmenting the performance and safety of astronauts during Extra Vehicular Activities (EVAs)

Fabrizio Vecchi
Maria C. Carrozza
Stefano Roccella
Luca Barboni
Frederic Didot
Paolo Dario

P282

Learning to Adapt:  A Network and Learning Algorithm for Flexible Robotic Control

E. J. P. Earon
G. M. T. D'Eleurerio

P283

Fault-Tolerant Certainty Grid

Wilfried Elmenreich

P284

C-space evaluation using hierarchical data structures

F. J. Blanco
V. Moreno
B. Curto
R. Therón

P285

Real-Time Object and Face Tracking with Gabor Wavelets

Alexander Mojaev
Andreas Zell

P286

An Integrated System for Command and Control of Cooperative Robotic Systems

Christopher M. Clark
Eric W. Frew
Henry L. Jones
Stephen M. Rock

P290

Spatial Localization Method with Omnidirectional Vision

Cyril Cauchois
Eric Brassart
Laurent Delahoche
Arnaud Clérentin

P291

Spin systems,time optimality and minimal switching decompositions

Jesus C.-Gallardo
Fatima Silva Leite

P292

Force Based Control for Human Robot Interaction

Manel  Frigola
Joan  Poyatos
Alícia  Casals
Josep  Amat

P293

Motion Formulation for Robot Formations Based on Scalar Fields

Andres Garcia
Pedro Lima

P294

Relative Position Sensing by Fusing Monocular Vision and Inertial Rate Sensors

Andreas Huster
Stephen M. Rock

P295

Contour tracking based on force sensing with an industrial PUMA robot

S. P. Fernandes
L.F. Baptista
J.M.G Sá da Costa

P296

Terrain following preview controller for model-scale helicopters

Guilherme Libório
Nuno Paulino
Rita Cunha
Carlos Silvestre
Maria Isabel Ribeiro

P298

Salience detection for vision-based robot navigation

Enric Celaya

P299

Fast Face Detection for Mobile Robots by Integrating Laser Range Data with Vision

Jorge Blanco
Wolfram Burgard
Rafael Sanz
Joaquin L. Fernandez

P300

Value-Based Observation with Robot Teams (VBORT) Using Probabilistic Techniques

Ashley W. Stroupe
Tucker Balch

P301

Performance Evaluation of Incremental Eigenspace Models for Mobile Robot Localization

Roger A. de C. Freitas
José Santos-Victor
Mário Sarcinelli-Filho
Teodiano B.-Filho

P304

Integrating Segments and Edges in Feature-based SLAM

Diego R.-Losada
Fernando Matia

P305

Comparison and fusion of odometry and GPS navigation for an outdoor mobile robot

Alexandra Moutinho
José Raul Azinheira

P306

A hybrid mapping approach with a fuzzy representation for mobile robots

Antonio Abreu
Luís Correia

P307

Self Localization of a Hopping Robot in Unknown Environment

Claudio Cosma
Paolo Fiorini

P308

Spatial Path Tracking of an Autonomous Industrial Vehicle using Fractional Order Controllers

J. I. Suárez
B. M. Vinagre
Y. Q. Chen

P309

Modelling and Behavior of Robots Under High Aerodynamic Loads

Mojtaba Ahmadi
David Orchard
Norm Tang

P310

Compliance control for a robot with elastic joints

Loredana Zollo
Bruno Siciliano
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Paolo Dario
Alessandro De Luca

P311

A Unified Approach to Differential Kinematics of Nonredundant Manipulators

Alexandre Campos
Daniel Martins
Raul Guenther

P312

A Development Approach to Industrial Robots Programming

Gustavo V. Arnold
Pedro R. Henriques
Jaime C. Fonseca

P313

RoboFlag – A Framework for Exploring Control, Planning, and Human Interface Issues Related to Coordinating Multiple Robots in a Realtime Dynamic Environment

Atif I. Chaudhry
Mark Campbell
Raffaello D’Andrea

P314

Wavelet-based Indoor Recognition through Human Interaction

Q.H. Wang
L. Seabra Lopes

P315

Optimizing the design of a fuzzy path planner for car-like autonomous robots

Iluminada Baturone
Francisco J. M.-Velo
Santiago S.-Solano
Anibal Ollero

P316

Uncertainty and error treatment in a dynamic localization system

Arnaud Clerentin
Laurent Delahoche
Eric Brassart
Cyril Drocourt

317

Environment Mapping as a Topological Representation

Alberto Vale
Maria Isabel Ribeiro

P319

On the generation of a trigonometric interpolating curve in R3

Rui C. Rodrigues
F. Silva Leite

P320

MEDICATE Teleassistance System

Valentina Riva
Paolo Fiorini

P321

URSULA: Robotic Demining System

Javier Rizo
Javier Coronado
Alejandro Forero
Camilo Otálora
Michel Devy
Carlos Parra

P322

Localization and Tracking in Robot Networks

G. A. S. Pereira
Vijay Kumar
M. F. M. Campos

P323

Efficient Parametric Synthesis of Optimal Mobile Robot Trajectories

Alonzo Kelly

P324

Patterns of Skill Transfer for Human-Robot Interaction

Maria Ralph
Medhat Moussa

P325

Motion analysis and geo-location for aerial monitoring in the COMETS multi-UAV system

Luis Merino
Aníbal Ollero
Joaquín Ferruz
José R. M.-de-Dios
Begoña C. Arrue

P326

An Intelligent Sensor Architecture for Mobile Robots

Pascual Pérez Blasco
Posadas Yague, J. L.
Benet Gilabert, G.
Blanes Noguera, F.
Simo Ten, J. E.

P327

Posture Control and Distributed Force Sensing for Technical Applications of Walking Robots

Thomas Ihme

P328

A New Framework for Task Oriented Sensor Based Robot Programming and Verification

K. Diethers
T. Firley
T. Kröger
U. Thomas

P329

Experiments in Monte-Carlo Localization using WiFi Signal Strength

Sajid M. Siddiqi
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
Andrew Howard

P330

Control  and Localisation for the ISePorto Robotic Soccer Team

J. M. Almeida
A. Martins
E. P. Silva

P331

Electro-stimulation of the tongue as a passive surgical guiding system

J.O. V.-BuenosAires
Y. Payan
J. Demongeot

P332

Sliding PID Control for Tracking in Finite Time for Robot Arms

V. Parra-Vega
L. Garcia-Valdovinos
A.  Castillo-Tapia

P334

The Museum of Pure Form

M. Bergamasco
Antonio Frisoli
Federico Barbagli

P336

Active Haptic Interface with Purposes of Remote Training

O.A. D.-Ramirez
V. Parra-Vega

P337

Rover Control for Intelligent and Agile Traverse of Challenging Terrain

Paul S. Schenker
T. L. Huntsberger
Paolo Pirjanian
Steven Dubowsky
Karl Iagnemma
Vivek Sujan

P338

Robot Phonotaxis in the Wild: a Biologically Inspired Approach to Outdoor Sound Localization

A.D. Horchler
R.E. Reeve
B.H. Webb
R.D. Quinn

P339

A Real-Time Rover Executive Based on Model-Based Reactie Planning

Mary Bernardine Dias
Solange Lemai
Nicola Muscettola

P341

Stability Analysis of Passive Walking of Biped Emu with Attitude Control of Body

Tetsuya Kinugasa

P343

Manipulation Skills Acquisition through a Haptic Rendered Virtual Environment

Yuxin Chen
Fazel Naghdy

P344

RoboAKUT: A Multi-agent Rescue Team

Bilge Talaysum
H. Levent Akin

P345

Experience in Teleoperation System Design based on Real-Time CORBA

M. Amoretti
S. Bottazzi
M. Reggiani
S. Caselli

P346

Planning control commands to assist in car maneuvers

Igor Paromtchik

P347

A Newton-Euler  Model of a Piezo-Actuated Nonlinear Elastic Link

J. M. Martins
M. A. Botto
J. M. Sa da Costa

P348

Fractional-Order Hybrid Control of Robotic Manipulators

Nuno Miguel
J. A.T. Machado

P351

Shadow Range Finder for Tele-sampling on Planetrary Surface

Yasuharu Kunii
Taeko Goto
Shuntaro Tsuji

P352

Line Following Visual Servoing for Aerial Robots Combined with Complementary Sensors

Geraldo F. Silveira
José R. Azinheira
Patrick Rives
Samuel S. Bueno

P353

Hierachical Spatio-Temporal Morphable Models for Representation of Complex Movements for Imitiation Learning

Winfried Ilg
Goekhan Bakir
Matthias Otto Franz
Martin A. Giese

P357

A Model for Optimal Path Planning for Self-Reconfigurable Robots

Daniel Golovin

P358

An AGV-Routing Algorithm in the Mesh Topology with Random Partial Permutation

Zeng Jianyang
Hsu Wen-Jing
Luan Lan

P360

A Fleet Management System for Cybernetic Transportation

Anjali Awasthi
Samra Benabid
Angel Talamona
Michel Parent

P362

A New Visual Servoing Method With Stereo Camera

Myoungsoo Han
Soon-Geul Lee
Sung-Kee Park
Munsang Kim

P364

Fast Global Localization using Angle Histogram

Bum-Jae You
Jung-Hyun Moon
Sang-Rok Oh
Hagbae Kim

P366

Credibilistic multi-sensor fusion for real time embedded application. Applied to the close obstacle detection and tracking

Dominique Gruyer
Cyril Royere
Raphael Labayrade
Didier Aubert

P367

Multi-robot decision making using coordination graphs

Jelle R. Kok
Matthijs T. J. Spaan
Nikos Vlassis

P369

Interfaces for Human and Robot Interaction

Antal K. Bejczy

P370

Visual Tracking  of Silhouettes for Human-Robot Interaction

Paulo Menezes
Ludovic Brethes
Frédéric Lerasle
Patrick Danès
Jorge Dias

P371

Extending humanoid robot functioning by proficient

M. Armada
T. Akinfiev
R. Caballero
H. Montes
L. Pedraza

P373

End-Effector Velocity Effects on Robotic Manipulator Dynamic Performance: An Analytical Approach

C. H. Kim
Alan Bowling

P374

Dimensional Synthesis of RPC Serial Robots

Alba Perez
J. Michael McCarthy

P375

ZV and ZVD shapers for explicit fractional derivative systems

A. Poty
P. Melchior
B. Orsoni
F. Levron
A. Oustaloup

P376

On the use of robotic devices for neurorehabilitation after stroke

Silvestro Micera
Maria C. Carrozza
Eugenio Guglielmelli
Paolo Dario

P379

Detection of Sudden Changes in the Target Motion for Visual Servoing

Stefan Chroust
Markus Vincze

P380

A Geometric Method for Robot Workspace Computation

Debora Botturi
Paolo Fiorini

P381

Memory Neural Network for Kinematic Inversion of Constrained Redundant Robot Manipulators

Daachi  Boubaker
Tarek Madani
Amar R. Cherif
Abdelaziz Benallegue

P382

Adaptive robust force tracking impedance control of redundant manipulators based on sliding mode control

Reza Ghaemi
Majid N. Ahmadabadi
M. J. Yazdanpanah

P383

Dynamic Behavior of Truss-Type Parallel Mechanism with Actuated Wire Members

Kazuyuki Hanahara
Yukio Tada

P386

Spherical Gas-Sensor Array for Three-Dimensional Plume Tracking

H. Ishida
M. Tsuruno
K. Yoshikawa
T. Moriizumi

P387

Navigation Strategies of a Robot in a Turbulent Odor Plume Using Bilateral Comparison

Etienne Hugues
Olivier Rochel
Dominique Martinez

P388

Gas Distribution in Unventilated Indoor Environments Inspected by a Mobile Robot

Michael Wandel
Achim Lilienthal

Tom Duckett

Udo Weimar
Andreas Zell

P389

Odour Searching with Autonomous Mobile Robots: An Evolutionary-Based Approach

Lino Marques
Urbano Nunes
A. T. De Almeida

P390

Olfactory Coordinated with Mobile Robot Area Coverage

Svetlana Larionova
Nuno Almeida
Lino Marques
A.T. de Almeida

P391

Humanitarian Demining Technologies in Russia

A Livshitz

E.Petrenko

M.Rachkov

P392

Overtaking Maneuver Experiments with Autonomous Vehicles

J.E Naranjo

J. Reviejo

C.Gonzalez

R.Garcia

T. de Pedro

P393

Noncausal Iterative Learning Control for Uncertain LTI Systems

P. Goldsmith

P394

Active Vibration control of a flexible beam using tools of fuzzy logic and neural networks

W.Andrews

A.Jnifene

P395

Motion control of a mobile robot transporting a large size object in cooperation with a human: a nonlinear dynamical systems approach

Estela Bicho

Luis Louro

Nzogi Hipólito

Sérgio Monteiro

Wolfram Erlhagen

P396

Trajectory Generation Design for Underwater Vehicles

Sérgio Fraga

J. Borges Sousa

J. Lobo Pereira

P397

Position and Force Control of a Walking Hexaapod

Manuel Silva

J.Tenreiro Machado