ICRA 2005: Barcelona, Spain
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2005, April 18-22, 2005, Barcelona, Spain. IEEE 2005
Humanoids I
Bram Vanderborght, Björn Verrelst, Ronald Van Ham, Jimmy Vermeulen, Dirk Lefeber: Dynamic Control of a Bipedal Walking Robot actuated with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles. 1-6
Andrej Olensek, Zlatko Matjacic: Further Steps Toward More Human-like Passive Bipedal Walking Robots. 7-11
Loredana Zollo, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Giancarlo Teti, Cecilia Laschi, Selim Eskiizmirliler, Franck Carenzi, Patrice Bendahan, Philippe Gorce, Marc A. Maier, Yves Burnod, Paolo Dario: A Bio-inspired Neuro-Controller for an Anthropomorphic Head-Arm Robotic System. 12-17
Masafumi Okada, Kenta Osato, Yoshihiko Nakamura: Motion Emergency of Humanoid Robots by an Attractor Design of a Nonlinear Dynamics. 18-23
Vision/Slam I
Niklas Karlsson, Enrico Di Bernardo, James P. Ostrowski, Luis Goncalves, Paolo Pirjanian, Mario E. Munich: The vSLAM Algorithm for Robust Localization and Mapping. 24-29
John Folkesson, Patric Jensfelt, Henrik I. Christensen: Vision SLAM in the Measurement Subspace. 30-35
Luis Goncalves, Enrico Di Bernardo, Dave Benson, Marcus Svedman, James P. Ostrowski, Niklas Karlsson, Paolo Pirjanian: A Visual Front-end for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping. 44-49
Telepresence
Koichiro Hayashi, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Tsuneo Yoshikawa: Tele-existence Vision System with Image Stabilization for Rescue Robots. 50-55
Iwaki Toshima, Shigeaki Aoki: Effect of driving delay with an acoustical tele-presence robot, TeleHead. 56-61
Norman P. Jouppi, Stan Thomas: Telepresence Systems With Automatic Preservation of User Head Height, Local Rotation, and Remote Translation. 62-68
Jianbo Su, Zhiwei Luo: Incremental Motion Compression for Telepresent Walking Subject to Spatial Constraints. 69-74
Multi Robot Communication
Jingtai Liu, Lei Sun, Tao Chen, Xingbo Huang, Chunying Zhao: Competitive Multi-robot Teleoperation. 75-80
Antonio D'Angelo, Enrico Pagello: Making Collective Behaviours to work through Implicit Communication. 81-86
Saumitra M. Das, Y. Charlie Hu, C. S. George Lee, Yung-Hsiang Lu: An Efficient Group Communication Protocol for Mobile Robots. 87-92
Saumitra M. Das, Y. Charlie Hu, C. S. George Lee, Yung-Hsiang Lu: Efficient Unicast Messaging for Mobile Robots. 93-98
Multi Robot Planning
Leng-Feng Lee, Rajankumar Bhatt, Venkat Krovi: Comparison of Alternate Methods for Distributed Motion Planning of Robot Collectives within a Potential Field Framework. 99-104
Myoungkuk Park, Woojin Chung, Munsang Kim: Experimental Research of a Passive Multiple Trailer System for Backward Motion Control. 105-110
Grigoris Lionis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: Motion Planning Algorithms for a Group of Micro-Robots Carrying an Object. 111-116
Robert Fitch, Zack J. Butler, Daniela Rus: Reconfiguration Planning Among Obstacles for Heterogeneous Self-Reconfiguring Robots. 117-124
Object Recognition
Sara Mitri, Simone Frintrop, Kai Pervölz, Hartmut Surmann, Andreas Nüchter: Robust Object Detection at Regions of Interest with an Application in Ball Recognition. 125-130
Gerald Fritz, Christin Seifert, Lucas Paletta: Urban Object Recognition from Informative Local Features. 131-137
Maryam Mahdaviani, Nando de Freitas, Bob Fraser, Firas Hamze: Fast Computational Methods for Visually Guided Robots. 138-143
Philip Blackwell, David J. Austin: Fast Appearance Based Object Recognition: A Hybrid Approach. 144-149
Nanorobots I
Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab, Philippe Lutz: Step Modelling of a High Precision 2DoF (Linear-Angular) Microsystem. 150-156
Khalid El Rifai, Osamah El Rifai, Kamal Youcef-Toumi: Modeling and Control of AFM-based Nano-manipulation Systems. 157-162
Jiangbo Zhang, Guangyong Li, Ning Xi: Modeling and Control of Active End Effector for the AFM Based Nano Robotic Manipulators. 163-168
Heping Chen, Ning Xi, Guangyong Li, Jiangbo Zhang, Mathew Prokos: Planning and Control for Automated Nanorobotic Assembly. 169-174
Underwater Robots I
Jinhyun Kim, Jonghui Han, Wan Kyun Chung, Junku Yuh, Pan-Mook Lee: Accurate and Practical Thruster Modeling for Underwater Vehicles. 175-180
AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas, Michele Milano, Maxwell Grazier G'Sell, Kathleen Fischer, Joel W. Burdick: Synthetic Jet Propulsion for Small Underwater Vehicles. 181-187
Jin-Kyu Choi, Hiroshi Sakai, Toshinari Tanaka: Autonomous Towed Vehicle for Underwater Inspection in a Port Area. 188-193
Bartolomé Garau, Alberto Alvarez, Gabriel Oliver: Path Planning of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Current Fields with Complex Spatial Variability: an A* Approach. 194-198
Surgical Robots I
Shuxin Wang, Jienan Ding, Jintian Yun, Qunzhi Li, Baoping Han: A Robotic System with Force Feedback for Micro-Surgery. 199-204
Florian Gosselin, Catherine Bidard, Julien Brisset: Design of a High Fidelity Haptic Device for Telesurgery. 205-210
Pierre Maillet, Bertin Nahum, Lucien Blondel, Philippe Poignet, Etienne Dombre: BRIGIT, a Robotized Tool Guide for Orthopedic Surgery. 211-216
Ming Li, Russell H. Taylor: Performance of Surgical Robots with Automatically Generated Spatial Virtual Fixtures. 217-222
Actuators I
Kenji Tahara, Zhi Wei Luo, Suguru Arimoto, Hitoshi Kino: Task-space Feedback Control for A Two-link Arm Driven by Six Muscles with Variable Damping and Elastic Properties. 223-228
Mehrdad R. Kermani, Rajnikant V. Patel, Mehrdad Moallem: A High Authority Piezoelectric Stack Actuator for Structurally Flexible Mechanisms. 229-234
Jose Riofrio, Eric J. Barth: Design of a Free Piston Pneumatic Compressor as a Mobile Robot Power Supply. 235-240
Bobby Shields, Michael Goldfarb: Design and Energetic Characterization of a Solenoid Injected Liquid Monopropellant Powered Actuator for Self-Powered Robots. 241-246
Control I
Yizhar Or, Elon Rimon: Computation and Graphical Characterization of Robust Multiple-Contact Postures in 2D Gravitational Environments. 247-252
Motoji Yamamoto, Eiji Honda, Akira Mohri: Safe Automatic Emergency Stop Control of Gantry Crane Including Moving Obstacles in Its Workspace. 253-258
Peter Soetens, Herman Bruyninckx: Realtime Hybrid Task-Based Control for Robots and Machine Tools. 259-264
Manel Velasco, Pau Martí, Manel Frigola: Bandwidth Management for Distributed Control of Highly Articulated Robots. 265-270
Petri Nets I and Scheduling
Fernando Tricas, Fernando García-Vallés, José Manuel Colom, Joaquin Ezpeleta: A Petri Net Structure- Based Deadlock Prevention Solution for Sequential Resource Allocation Systems. 271-277
Jingshan Li, Dennis Blumenfeld: Analysis of Andon Type Transfer Production Lines: A Quantitative Approach. 278-283
Luz E. Pinzon, Mohsen A. Jafari, Ardavan Amini, Hans-Michael Hanisch: Modeling Admissible Behavior Using Event Signals. 284-291
Jingang Yi, Shengwei Ding, Dezhen Song: Steady-State Throughput and Scheduling Analysis of Multi-Cluster Tools for Semiconductor Manufacturing: A Decomposition Approach. 292-298
Humanoids II
Sylvain Calinon, Florent Guenter, Aude Billard: Goal-Directed Imitation in a Humanoid Robot. 299-304
Tomomichi Sugihara, Yoshihiko Nakamura: A Fast Online Gait Planning with Boundary Condition Relaxation for Humanoid Robots. 305-310
Jörg Moldenhauer, Ingo Boesnach, Thomas Beth, Veit Wank, Klaus Bös: Analysis of Human Motion for Humanoid Robots. 311-316
Xiaoping Yun, Conrado Aparicio, Eric R. Bachmann, Robert B. McGhee: Implementation and Experimental Results of a Quaternion-Based Kalman Filter for Human Body Motion Tracking. 317-322
Slam / Estimation
Juan Andrade-Cetto, Teresa A. Vidal-Calleja, Alberto Sanfeliu: Unscented Transformation of Vehicle States in SLAM. 323-328
Udo Frese: A Proof for the Approximate Sparsity of SLAM Information Matrices. 329-335
José E. Guivant, Favio R. Masson: Using Absolute Non-Gaussian Non-White Observations in Gaussian SLAM. 336-341
Emma Brunskill, Nicholas Roy: SLAM using Incremental Probabilistic PCA and Dimensionality Reduction. 342-347
Teleoperation I
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Günter Niemeyer: Modeling Induced Master Motion in Force-Reflecting Teleoperation. 348-353
Dongjun Lee, Mark W. Spong: Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple Cooperative Robots over Delayed Communication Networks: Theory. 360-365
Dongjun Lee, Oscar Martinez-Palafox, Mark W. Spong: Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple Cooperative Robots over Delayed Communication Networks: Application. 366-371
Multi Robot Coordination
Gustavo Montemayor, John T. Wen: Decentralized Collaborative Load Transport by Multiple Robots. 372-377
Yi Li, Kamal K. Gupta, Shahram Payandeh: Motion Planning of Multiple Agents in Virtual Environments using Coordination Graphs. 378-383
Rui Rocha, Jorge Dias, Adriano Carvalho: Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems A study of Vision-based 3-D Mapping using Information Theory. 384-389
Yunyuan Gao, Wei Wei: A New Multi-Robot Self-Determination Cooperation Method Based on Immune Agent Network. 390-395
Planning I
Mikhail M. Svinin, Igor Goncharenko, Zhi Wei Luo, Shigeyuki Hosoe: Reaching Movements in Dynamic Environments: How Do We Move Flexible Objects? 396-403
Houssem Abdellatif, Bodo Heimann: Adapted Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Parallel Manipulators with Full Dynamic Modelling. 411-416
Xanthi Papageorgiou, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: Motion Planning and Trajectory Tracking on 2-D Manifolds embedded in 3-D Workspaces. 417-422
Pose Estimation
Alexis H. Rivera-Ríos, Fai-Lung Shih, Michael M. Marefat: Stereo Camera Pose Determination with Error Reduction and Tolerance Satisfaction for Dimensional Measurements. 423-428
Ola Dahl, Fredrik Nyberg, Jan Holst, Anders Heyden: Linear Design of a Nonlinear Observer for Perspective Systems. 429-435
Omar Tahri, François Chaumette: Complex Objects Pose Estimation based on Image Moment Invariants. 436-441
Zhiguang Zhong, Jianqiang Yi, Dongbin Zhao: Pose Estimation and Structure Recovery from Point Pairs. 442-447
Micro Robots I
Guangyong Li, Ning Xi, Donna H. Wang: Functionalized Nano-Robot End Effector for in situ Sensing and Manipulation of Biological Specimen. 448-453
Benjamin Potsaid, Yves Bellouard, John T. Wen: Design of an Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope for Simultaneous Large Field of View and High Resolution. 460-465
Guangzhong Wu, Jianfeng Li, Renyuan Fei, Xinhua Wang, Dezhong Liu: Analysis and Design of A Novel Micro-Dissection Manipulator Based on Ultrasonic Vibration. 466-471
Tube/Tunnel Inspection
Agostino De Santis, Bruno Siciliano, Luigi Villani: Fuzzy Trajectory Planning and Redundancy Resolution for a Fire Fighting Robot Operating in Tunnels. 472-477
Hongjun Chen, Weihua Sheng, Ning Xi, Jindong Tan: Motion Control of a Micro Biped Robot for Nondestructive Structure Inspection. 478-483
Geoffrey A. Hollinger, Jeri Briscoe: Genetic Optimization and Simulation of a Piezoelectric Pipe-Crawling Inspection Robot. 484-489
Alberto Brunete, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao: Modular Multiconfigurable Architecture for Low Diameter Pipe Inspection Microrobots. 490-495
Surgical Robots II
Ulrich Seibold, Bernhard Kübler, Gerd Hirzinger: Prototype of Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery with 6-Axis Force Sensing Capability. 496-501
Kanako Harada, Kota Tsubouchi, Toshio Chiba, Masakatsu G. Fujie: Micro Manipulators for Intrauterine Fetal Surgery in an Open MRI. 502-507
Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Tobias Ortmaier: Automatic Guidance of a Surgical Instrument with Ultrasound Based Visual Servoing. 508-513
Florent Nageotte, Philippe Zanne, Michel de Mathelin, Christophe Doignon: A Circular Needle Path Planning Method for Suturing in Laparoscopic Surgery. 514-519
Soft Actuators
Daisuke Sasaki, Toshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa: Development of Active Support Splint driven by Pneumatic Soft Actuator (ASSIST). 520-525
Giovanni Tonietti, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi: Design and Control of a Variable Stiffness Actuator for Safe and Fast Physical Human/Robot Interaction. 526-531
Kenjiro Takemura, Shinichi Yokota, Kazuya Edamura: A Micro Artificial Muscle Actuator using Electro-conjugate Fluid. 532-537
Yasuhiro Hayakawa, Shunmugham R. Pandian: Development of a Hybrid Element by using Sponge Core Soft Rubber Actuator. 538-543
Nonlinear Control
Ming-Li Chiang, Yuan-Ming Chan, Li-Chen Fu: Integration of Supervisory and Nonlinear Control for a Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning System. 544-549
Pooya Sekhavat, Nariman Sepehri, Christine Qiong Wu: Overall Stability Analysis of Hydraulic Actuator's Switching Contact Control Using the Concept of Lyapunov Exponents. 550-556
Maolin Jin, Sang-Hoon Kang, Pyung Hun Chang, Eunjeong Lee: Nonlinear Bang-Bang Impact Control: A Seamless Control in All Contact Modes. 557-564
Kiam Tian Seow, Ming Gai, Tong Lee Lim: A Temporal Logic Specification Interface for Automata-Theoretic Finitary Control Synthesis. 565-571
Manufacturing Tools
Prasad N. Atkar, Aaron Greenfield, David C. Conner, Howie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi: Hierarchical Segmentation of Surfaces Embedded in R3 for Auto-Body Painting. 572-577
Quan Shi, Ning Xi, Heping Chen, Yifan Chen: Integrated Process for Measurement of Free-Form Automotive Part Surface Using a Digital Area Sensor. 578-583
Ren C. Luo, Cheng Lung Chang, Jyh Hwa Tzou, Zhong Hong Huang: Automated Desktop Manufacturing: Direct Metallic Rapid Tooling System. 584-589
Binayak Roy, H. Harry Asada: Design of a Reconfigurable Robot Arm for Assembly Operations inside an Aircraft Wing-Box. 590-595
Humanoids Walking
Gen Endo, Jun Nakanishi, Jun Morimoto, Gordon Cheng: Experimental Studies of a Neural Oscillator for Biped Locomotion with QRIO. 596-602
Yu Ogura, Taruo Kataoka, Hiroyuki Aikawa, Kazushi Shimomura, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi: Evaluation of Various Walking Patterns of Biped Humanoid Robot. 603-608
Fumihiko Asano, Sang-Ho Hyon, Zhi Wei Luo: Parametric Excitation Mechanisms for Dynamic Bipedal Walking. 609-615
Shuuji Kajita, Takashi Nagasaki, Kenji Kaneko, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kazuo Tanie: A Running Controller of Humanoid Biped HRP-2LR. 616-622
Kei Okada, Takashi Ogura, Atsushi Haneda, Masayuki Inaba: Autonomous 3D Walking System for a Humanoid Robot based on Visual Step Recognition and 3D Foot Step Planner. 623-628
Joel E. Chestnutt, Manfred Lau, German K. M. Cheung, James Kuffner, Jessica K. Hodgins, Takeo Kanade: Footstep Planning for the Honda ASIMO Humanoid. 629-634
Slam / Consistency

Michael Kaess, Frank Dellaert: A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach to Closing the Loop in SLAM. 643-648
Viet Nguyen, Agostino Martinelli, Roland Siegwart: Handling the Inconsistency of Relative Map Filter. 649-654
Cyrill Stachniss, Giorgio Grisetti, Wolfram Burgard: Recovering Particle Diversity in a Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter for SLAM After Actively Closing Loops. 655-660
Kurt Konolige: SLAM via Variable Reduction from Constraint Maps. 667-672
Teleoperation II
Igor R. Belousov, Sviatoslav Chebukov, Victor V. Sazonov: Web-based Teleoperation of the Robot Interacting with Fast Moving Objects. 673-678
Zhiwei Cen, Amit Goradia, Matt W. Mutka, Ning Xi, Wai-keung Fung, Yun-Hui Liu: Improving the Operation Efficiency of Supermedia Enhanced Internet Based Teleoperation via an Overlay Network. 679-684
Alessandro Casavola, Michela Sorbara: Towards Constrained Teleoperation for Safe Long-Distance Robotic Surgical Operations. 685-690
Bong Keun Kim, Manabu Miyazaki, Kohtaro Ohba, Shigeoki Hirai, Kazuo Tanie: Web Services Based Robot Control Platform for Ubiquitous Functions. 691-696
Hyung-Soon Park, Pyung Hun Chang, Jonghyun Kim: Significance of Causality Analysis for Transparent Teleoperation. 697-702
Ali Shahdi, Shahin Sirouspour: Multiple Model Control for Teleoperation in Unknown Environments. 703-708
Multi Robot Exploration and Coverage
Keith J. O'Hara, Victor Bigio, Eric R. Dodson, Arya Irani, Daniel Walker, Tucker R. Balch: Physical Path Planning Using the GNATs. 709-714
Shuzhi Sam Ge, Cheng-Heng Fua: Complete Multi-Robot Coverage of Unknown Environments with Minimum Repeated Coverage. 715-720
Gale L. Paulsen, Shane Farritor, Terry Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian: All Terrain Exploration with the Cliff-bot System. 721-726

John R. Spletzer, Rafael B. Fierro: Optimal Positioning Strategies for Shape Changes in Robot Teams. 742-747
Grasping I

Efraín Lopez-Damian, Daniel Sidobre, Rachid Alami: A Grasp Planner Based On Inertial Properties. 754-759
Takayoshi Yamada, Toshinori Ooba, Tomoya Yamamoto, Nobuharu Mimura, Yasuyuki Funahashi: Grasp Stability Analysis of Two Objects in Two Dimensions. 760-765
Jordi Cornellà, Raúl Suárez: Fast and Flexible Determination of Force-Closure Independent Regions to Grasp Polygonal Objects. 766-771
Jae-Sook Cheong, A. Frank van der Stappen: Output-Sensitive Computation of All Form-Closure Grasps of a Semi-Algebraic Set. 772-778
Thanathorn Phoka, Peam Pipattanasomporn, Nattee Niparnan, Attawith Sudsang: Regrasp Planning of Four-Fingered Hand for Parallel Grasp of a Polygonal Object. 779-784
Stereo Vision + Heads
Teppei Tsujita, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama: Design and Development of a High Speed Binocular Camera Head. 785-792
Sota Shimizu, Shinsuke Shimojo, Hao Jiang, Joel W. Burdick: Machine Vision System to Induct Binocular Wide-Angle Foveated Information into Both the Human and Computers - Feature Generation Algorithm based on DFT for Binocular Fixation -. 793-799
El Mustapha Mouaddib, Ryusuke Sagawa, Tomio Echigo, Yasushi Yagi: Stereovision with a Single Camera and Multiple Mirrors. 800-805
Shun Nishide, Tomohito Takubo, Kenji Inoue, Tatsuo Arai: Wide-Area Recognition Using Hybrid Motion Stereo. 806-811

Micro Robots II


Hisataka Maruyama, Fumihito Arai, Toshio Fukuda: Laser Manipulation and Fabrication of Functional Microtool Using Photo-crosslinkable Resin. 838-843
Jordi Brufau, Manel Puig-Vidal, Jaime López-Sánchez, Josep Samitier, Walter Driesen, Jean-Marc Breguet, Niklas Snis, Urban Simu, Stefan Johansson, Thomas Velten: MICRON: Small Autonomous Robot for Cell Manipulation Applications. 844-849
Yves Bellouard, Ali A. Said, Mark Dugan, Philippe Bado: High Accuracy Micro-Displacement Sensor With Integrated Optics-based Detection Means. 850-854
Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson, Toshio Fukuda, Fumihito Arai, Masahiro Nakajima: Towards Linear Nano Servomotors with Integrated Position Sensing. 855-860
All-Terrain Robots I
Moshe P. Mann, Zvi Shiller: Dynamic Stability of a Rocker Bogie Vehicle: Longitudinal Motion. 861-866
Pierre Lamon, Roland Siegwart: Wheel Torque Control in Rough Terrain - Modeling and Simulation. 867-872
David Wettergreen, Nathalie Cabrol, James Teza, Paul Tompkins, Chris Urmson, Vandi Verma, Michael D. Wagner, William Whittaker: First Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile. 873-878
Roland Lenain, Benoit Thuilot, Christophe Cariou, Philippe Martinet: Model Predictive Control for Vehicle Guidance in Presence of Sliding: Application to Farm Vehicles Path Tracking. 885-890
Mattia Castelnovi, Ronald C. Arkin, Thomas Collins: Reactive Speed Control System Based on Terrain Roughness Detection. 891-896
Surgical Robots III
Daniel Aarno, Staffan Ekvall, Danica Kragic: Adaptive Virtual Fixtures for Machine-Assisted Teleoperation Tasks. 897-903
Aiko Yoshizawa, Jun Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamkawa, Masakatsu G. Fujie: Robot Surgery based on the Physical Properties of the Brain - Physical Brain Model for Planning and Navigation of a Surgical Robot-. 904-911
Ana Luisa Trejos, Rajnikant V. Patel: Port Placement for Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery Based on Robot Dexterity Optimization. 912-917
Mehdi Ammi, Antoine Ferreira: Realistic Visual and Haptic Rendering for Biological-Cell Injection. 918-923
Yan Bailly, Yacine Amirat: Modeling and Control of a Hybrid Continuum Active Catheter for Aortic Aneurysm Treatment. 924-929
Christopher Plaskos, Philippe Cinquin, Antony J. Hodgson, Stéphane Lavallée: Safety and Accuracy Considerations in Developing a Small Sterilizable Robot for Orthopaedic Surgery. 930-935
Parallel Manipulators I
John E. McInroy, Farhad Jafari, John O'Brien: Tri-Symmetric Orthogonal Gough-Stewart Platforms. 936-941
Jean-Pierre Merlet, David Daney: Dimensional Synthesis of Parallel Robots with a Guaranteed Given Accuracy over a Specific Workspace. 942-947
Andreas Müller: Internal Preload Control of redundantly actuated Parallel Manipulators - Backlash avoiding Control. 948-953
John O'Brien, Farhad Jafari, John T. Wen: Self-Motion in Spatial Parallel Mechanisms with More Than Three Legs. 954-959
Josep M. Porta, Lluís Ros, Federico Thomas: On the Trilaterable Six-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel and Serial Manipulators. 960-967
Lu Ren, James K. Mills, Dong Sun: Controller Design Applied to Planar Parallel Manipulators For Trajectory Tracking Control. 968-973
Special Control Techniques I

John O'Brien, Farhad Jafari, John T. Wen: Self-Motion in Spatial Parallel Mechanisms with More Than Three Legs. 980-986
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Christopher J. Damaren: A Passivity- Based Control Case Study of Flexible- Link Manipulators. 993-998
Alessandro De Luca, Raffaella Mattone: Sensorless Robot Collision Detection and Hybrid Force/Motion Control. 999-1004
Jorge Angeles: The Degree of Freedom of Parallel Robots: A Group-Theoretic Approach. 1005-1012
Manipulation
Tetsuyoh Watanabe, Kensuke Harada, Zhongwei Jiang, Tsuneo Yoshikawa: Object Manipulation under Hybrid Active/Passive Closure. 1013-1020
Konstantinos Varsos, Hyungpil Moon, Jonathan E. Luntz: Generation of Quadratic Force Fields from Potential Flow Fields for Distributed Manipulation. 1021-1027
Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Kousaku Takahashi, Shinichi Hirai: Dynamic Modeling of Linear Object Deformation based on Differential Geometry Coordinates. 1028-1033
Yasuhiro Yamada, Yoshiaki Komura: Reaction Force Inspection System Using Neural Network Classifier. 1034-1039
Eiichi Yoshida, Pierre Blazevic, Vincent Hugel: Pivoting Manipulation of a Large Object: A Study of Application using Humanoid Platform. 1040-1045
Russell Gayle, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha: Constraint-Based Motion Planning of Deformable Robots. 1046-1053
Humanoid Motion Planning
Yisheng Guan, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kazuo Tanie: Feasibility: Can Humanoid Robots Overcome Given Obstacles? 1054-1059
Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue: Real-time and Precise Self Collision Detection System for Humanoid Robots. 1060-1065
Jens-Steffen Gutmann, Masaki Fukuchi, Masahiro Fujita: A Floor and Obstacle Height Map for 3D Navigation of a Humanoid Robot. 1066-1071
Fumio Kanehiro, Takashi Yoshimi, Shuuji Kajita, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kensuke Harada, Kenji Kaneko, Hirohisa Hirukawa, Fumiaki Tomita: Whole Body Locomotion Planning of Humanoid Robots based on a 3D Grid Map. 1072-1078
Nirut Naksuk, C. S. George Lee: Utilization of Movement Prioritization for Whole-Body Humanoid Robot Trajectory Generation. 1079-1084
Slam and Navigation
W. Sardha Wijesoma, Kwang Wee Lee, Javier Ibanez Guzman: Motion Constrained Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Neighbourhood Environments. 1085-1090
Shoudong Huang, Ngai Ming Kwok, Gamini Dissanayake, Quang Phuc Ha, Gu Fang: Multi-Step Look-Ahead Trajectory Planning in SLAM: Possibility and Necessity. 1091-1096
Michael Milford, Gordon Wyeth, David Prasser: Efficient Goal Directed Navigation using RatSLAM. 1097-1102
Albert Diosi, Geoffrey R. Taylor, Lindsay Kleeman: Interactive SLAM using Laser and Advanced Sonar. 1103-1108
Ngai Ming Kwok, Gamini Dissanayake, Quang Phuc Ha: Bearing-only SLAM Using a SPRT Based Gaussian Sum Filter. 1109-1114
Teleoperation III
Rangsarit Vanijjirattikhan, Mo-Yuen Chow, Peter Tamas Szemes, Hideki Hashimoto: Mobile Agent Gain Scheduler Control in Inter-Continental Intelligent Space. 1115-1120
Wentao Yu, Redwan Alqasemi, Rajiv V. Dubey, Norali Pernalete: Telemanipulation Assistance Based on Motion Intention Recognition. 1121-1126
Xiaoguang Wang, Peter Xiaoping Liu, Brahim Chebbi, David Wang, Max Q.-H. Meng: Design of Bilateral Teleoperators for Soft Environments with Adaptive Environmental Impedance Estimation. 1127-1132
Shahin Sirouspour: Robust Control Design for Cooperative Teleoperation. 1133-1138
Daniel Aarno, Staffan Ekvall, Danica Kragic: Adaptive Virtual Fixtures for Machine-Assisted Teleoperation Tasks. 1139-1144
Multi Agent Task Allocation I

Jeff G. Schneider, David Apfelbaum, Drew Bagnell, Reid G. Simmons: Learning Opportunity Costs in Multi-Robot Market Based Planners. 1151-1156
Fei Zhang, Weidong Chen, Yugeng Xi: Improving Collaboration through Fusion of Bid Information for Market-based Multi-robot Exploration. 1157-1162
Rosemary Emery-Montemerlo, Geoffrey J. Gordon, Jeff G. Schneider, Sebastian Thrun: Game Theoretic Control for Robot Teams. 1163-1169
Nidhi Kalra, Dave Ferguson, Anthony Stentz: Hoplites: A Market-Based Framework for Planned Tight Coordination in Multirobot Teams. 1170-1177
Grasping II
Jan Rosell, Xavier Sierra, Leopold Palomo, Raúl Suárez: Finding Grasping Configurations of a Dexterous Hand and an Industrial Robot. 1178-1183
César Fernández Peris, Óscar Reinoso, Maria Asunción Vicente, Rafael Aracil: Kinematic Redundancy in Robot Grasp Synthesis. An Efficient Tree-based Representation. 1184-1189
Qunzhi Li, Shuxin Wang, Jintian Yun, Dan Liu, Baoping Han: Haptic Device with Gripping Force Feedback. 1190-1195
Suguru Arimoto, Ryuta Ozawa, Morio Yoshida: Two-Dimensional Stable Blind Grasping under the Gravity Effect. 1196-1202
Panoramic Stereovision

René Vidal: Multi-Subspace Methods for Motion Segmentation from Affine, Perspective and Central Panoramic Cameras. 1216-1221
Radu Orghidan, El Mustapha Mouaddib, Joaquim Salvi: Omnidirectional Depth Computation from a Single Image. 1222-1227
Kazuaki Kondo, Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida: Non-isotropic Omnidirectional Imaging System for an Autonomous Mobile Robot. 1228-1233
Nicholas D. Jankovic, Michael D. Naish: Developing a Modular Active Spherical Vision System. 1234-1239
Micro Robots III
Bram Lambrecht, Andrew D. Horchler, Roger D. Quinn: A Small, Insect-Inspired Robot that Runs and Jumps. 1240-1245
Naoko Ogawa, Hiromasa Oku, Koichi Hashimoto, Masatoshi Ishikawa: Dynamics Model of Paramecium Galvanotaxis for Microrobotic Application. 1246-1251
Erik Steltz, Robert J. Wood, Srinath Avadhanula, Ronald S. Fearing: Characterization of the Micromechanical Flying Insect by Optical Position Sensing. 1252-1257
Ranjana Sahai, Erik Steltz, Ronald S. Fearing: Carbon Fiber Components with Integrated Wiring for Millirobot Prototyping. 1258-1263
Michael A. Greminger, Bradley J. Nelson: A Deformable Object Tracking Algorithm Robust to Occlusions and Spurious Edges. 1264-1269
All-Terrain Robots II
Wisama Khalil, Guillaume Gallot, Ouarda Ibrahim, Frédéric Boyer: Dynamic Modeling of a 3-D Serial Eel-Like Robot. 1270-1275
Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, Msashi Sasaki, Ato Kitagawa, Takahiro Tanaka: Design of a Higher Jumping Rescue Robot with the Optimized Pneumatic Drive. 1276-1283
Shigeo Hirose, Shingo Yokota, Akinori Torii, Masaru Ogata, Shin'ichi Suganuma, Kensuke Takita, Keisuke Kato: Quadruped Walking Robot Centered Demining System - Development of TITAN-IX and its Operation-. 1284-1290
Takashi Kubota, Hiroo Takahashi, Kojiro Iizuka: Analysis on Weight Arrangement Scheme to Reduce the Weight of Multi-Legged Robot. 1291-1296
Takashi Kubota, Ichiro Nakatani, Keisuke Watanabe, Shingo Shimoda: Study on Mole-Typed Deep Driller Robot for Subsurface Exploration. 1297-1302
Micro-Medical Robots
Jiwoon Kwon, Sukho Park, Byungkyu Kim, Jong-Oh Park: Bio-Material Property Measurement System for Locomotive Mechanism in Gastro-Intestinal Tract. 1303-1308
Arianna Menciassi, Samuele Gorini, Andrea Moglia, G. Pernorio, Cesare Stefanini, Paolo Dario: Clamping Tools of a Capsule for Monitoring the Gastrointestinal Tract Problem Analysis and Preliminary Technological Activity. 1309-1314
Louis Phee, Di Xiao, John Yuen, Chee Fatt Chan, Henry Sun Sien Ho, Choon Hua Thng, Christopher Wai Sam Cheng, Wan Sing Ng: Ultrasound Guided Robotic System for Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate. 1315-1320
Youngin Kim, Geunho Lee, Sukho Park, Byungkyu Kim, Jong-Oh Park, Jin-Ho Cho: Pressure Monitoring System in Gastro-Intestinal Tract. 1321-1326
SMA Actuators
Masashi Nakatani, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Kevin Vlack, Dairoku Sekiguchi, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi: Control Method for a 3D Form Display with Coil-type Shape Memory Alloy. 1332-1337
Ramiro Velazquez, Edwige Pissaloux, Moustapha Hafez, Jérôme Szewczyk: Miniature Shape Memory Alloy Actuator for Tactile Binary Information Display. 1344-1349
Brian Selden, Kyu-Jin Cho, H. Harry Asada: Multi-Segment State Coordination for Reducing Latency Time of Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Systems. 1350-1355
Kyu-Jin Cho, H. Harry Asada: Multi-Axis SMA Actuator Array for Driving Anthropomorphic Robot Hand. 1356-1361
Control II
Shubhi Purwar, Indra Narayan Kar, Amar Nath Jha: Adaptive Control Of Robot Manipulators Using CNN Under Actuator Constraints. 1362-1367
Hui Xie, Liguo Chen, Lining Sun, Weibin Rong: Hybrid Vision-Force Control for Automatic Assembly of Miniaturized Gear System. 1368-1373
Yuxin Su, Dong Sun, Lu Ren, Xiaoyun Wang, James K. Mills: Nonlinear PD Synchronized Control for Parallel Manipulators. 1374-1379
Katsuya Kanaoka, Mitsunori Uemura: Virtual Power Limiter System which Guarantees Stability of Control Systems. 1380-1386
Alin Albu-Schäffer, Christian Ott, Gerd Hirzinger: Constructive Energy Shaping Based Impedance Control for a Class of Underactuated Euler-Lagrange Systems. 1387-1393
Transport

Satoshi Hoshino, Jun Ota, Akiko Shinozaki, Hideki Hashimoto: Optimal Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of AGV Transportation Systems Based on Various Transportation Demands. 1400-1406
D. Brunn, Uwe D. Hanebeck: A Model-Based Framework for Optimal Measurements in Machine Tool Calibration. 1407-1412
Bo Xiong, Peter B. Luh, Shi-Chung Chang: Group Elevator Scheduling with Advanced Traffic Information for Normal Operations and Coordinated Emergency Evacuation. 1419-1424
Humanoids III
Myron A. Diftler, Robert O. Ambrose, S. M. Goza, Kim S. Tyree, Eric Huber: Robonaut Mobile Autonomy: Initial Experiments. 1425-1430
Jung-Yup Kim, Ill-Woo Park, Jungho Lee, Min-Su Kim, Baek-Kyu Cho, Jun-Ho Oh: System Design and Dynamic Walking of Humanoid Robot KHR-2. 1431-1436
Kotaro Fukui, Kazufumi Nishikawa, Toshiharu Kuwae, Hideaki Takanobu, Takemi Mochida, Masaaki Honda, Atsuo Takanishi: Development of a New Human-like Talking Robot for Human Vocal Mimicry. 1437-1442
Localization
Gianluca Ippoliti, Leopoldo Jetto, Alessia La Manna, Sauro Longhi: Improving the Robustness Properties of Robot Localization Procedures with Respect to Environment Features Uncertainties. 1451-1458
Charles Q. Little, Ralph Peters: Simulated Mobile Self-Location Using 3D Range Sensing and an A-Priori Map. 1459-1464
Gianluca Antonelli, Stefano Chiaverini: Experimental Odometry Calibration of the Mobile Robot Khepera II Based on the Least-Squares Technique. 1465-1470
Bernd Gaßmann, Franziska Zacharias, Johann Marius Zöllner, Rüdiger Dillmann: Localization of Walking Robots. 1471-1476
Human Robot Interaction I
Shun'ichi Yamamoto, Jean-Marc Valin, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Jean Rouat, François Michaud, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Enhanced Robot Speech Recognition Based on Microphone Array Source Separation and Missing Feature Theory. 1477-1482
Kazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroshi Tsujino: Towards New Human-Humanoid Communication: Listening During Speaking by Using Ultrasonic Directional Speaker. 1483-1488
Jonathan Fiene, Günter Niemeyer: Toward High-Speed Switching Motor Control for Human-Interactive Robotics. 1489-1494
Hossein Mobahi, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Babak Nadjar Araabi: Concept Oriented Imitation Towards Verbal Human-Robot Interaction. 1495-1500
Multi Agent Task Allocation II
Fang Tang, Lynne E. Parker: ASyMTRe: Automated Synthesis of Multi-Robot Task Solutions through Software Reconfiguration. 1501-1508
Patricio Nebot, Enric Cervera: Agent-based Application Framework for Multiple Mobile Robots Cooperation. 1509-1514
Alessandro Farinelli, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi, Vittorio A. Ziparo: Task Assignment with Dynamic Perception and Constrained Tasks in a Multi-Robot System. 1523-1528
Manipulation Planning I
Luis Miguel Muñoz, Alicia Casals, Josep Amat, Manel Puig-Vidal, Josep Samitier: Improved AFM Scanning Methodology with Adaptation to the Target Shape. 1529-1534
Raoul Zöllner, Michael Pardowitz, Steffen Knoop, Rüdiger Dillmann: Towards Cognitive Robots: Building Hierarchical Task Representations of Manipulations from Human Demonstration. 1535-1540
Jürgen Acker, Dominik Henrich: Manipulation of Deformable Linear Objects: From Geometric Model Towards Program Generation. 1541-1547
Krzysztof Tchon, Janusz Jakubiak: An Extended Jacobian Inverse Kinematics Algorithm for Doubly Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators. 1548-1553
3D Tracking I
Ville Kyrki, Danica Kragic: Integration of Model-based and Model-free Cues for Visual Object Tracking in 3D. 1554-1560
Davide Scaramuzza, Stefano Pagnottelli, Paolo Valigi: Ball Detection and Predictive Ball Following Based on a Stereoscopic Vision System. 1561-1566
Yoshihiro Nakabo, Toshiharu Mukai, Yusuke Hattori, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Noboru Ohnishi: Variable Baseline Stereo Tracking Vision System Using High-Speed Linear Slider. 1567-1572
Robot Design I
Srinath Avadhanula, Ronald S. Fearing: Flexure Design Rules for Carbon Fiber Microrobotic Mechanisms. 1579-1584
Kin Huat Low, W. K. Loh, Jorge Angeles, Heng Wang: Motion Study of an Omni-Directional Rover for Step Climbing. 1585-1590
Woosub Lee, Sungchul Kang, Munsang Kim, Kyungchal Shin: Rough Terrain Negotiable Mobile Platform with Passively Adaptive Double-Tracks and Its Application to Rescue Missions. 1591-1596
Sachin Chitta, Peng Cheng, Emilio Frazzoli, Vijay Kumar: RoboTrikke: A Novel Undulatory Locomotion System. 1597-1602
Underwater Robots II
Iuliu Vasilescu, Paulina Varshavskaya, Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus: Autonomous Modular Optical Underwater Robot (AMOUR) Design, Prototype and Feasibility Study. 1603-1609
Filoktimon Repoulias, Evangelos Papadopoulos: Trajectory Planning and Tracking Control of Underactuated AUVs. 1610-1615
Stephen C. Martin, Louis L. Whitcomb, Roland Arsenault, Matthew Plumlee, Colin Ware: A System for Real-Time Spatio-Temporal 3-D Data Visualization in Underwater Robotic Exploration. 1616-1623
Joseph T. Napoli, Tzyh Jong Tarn, James R. Morrow, Edgar An: Optimal Communication Control for Cooperative Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Networks. 1624-1631
Robot-Assisted Needle Insertion
Yo Kobayashi, Jun Okamoto, Masakatsu G. Fujie: Physical Properties of the Liver and the Development of an Intelligent Manipulator for Needle Insertion. 1632-1639
Ron Alterovitz, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Allison M. Okamura: Planning for Steerable Bevel-tip Needle Insertion Through 2D Soft Tissue with Obstacles. 1640-1645
Matt Heverly, Pierre Dupont, John K. Triedman: Trajectory Optimization for Dynamic Needle Insertion. 1646-1651
Nobuhiko Hata, Ryuji Hashimoto, Junichi Tokuda, Shigeo Morikawa: Needle Guiding Robot for MR-guided Microwave Thermotherapy of Liver Tumor using Motorized Remote-Center-of-Motion Constraint. 1652-1656
Sensors
Yong Yu, Tetsu Arima, Showzow Tsujio: Estimation of Object Inertia Parameters on Robot Pushing Operation. 1657-1662
Surya P. N. Singh, Kenneth J. Waldron: Attitude Estimation for Dynamic Legged Locomotion Using Range and Inertial Sensors. 1663-1668
Shaun Edwards, Adam J. Rutkowski, Roger D. Quinn, Mark A. Willis: Moth-Inspired Plume Tracking Strategies In Three-Dimensions. 1669-1674
Andrea Bonarini, Matteo Matteucci, Marcello Restelli: Automatic Error Detection and Reduction for an Odometric Sensor based on Two Optical Mice. 1675-1680
Industrial Robot Control + Dynamics
Basilio Bona, Aldo Curatella: Identification of Industrial Robot Parameters for Advanced Model-Based Controllers Design. 1681-1686
John M. Daly, Howard M. Schwartz: Non-Linear Adaptive Output Feedback Control of Robot Manipulators. 1687-1693
Farhad Aghili, Mehrzad Namvar: Adaptive Control of Manipulators Using Uncalibrated Joint-Torque Sensing. 1694-1699
Friedrich Lange, Gerd Hirzinger: Stability Preserving Sensor-Based Control for Robots with Positional Interface. 1700-1705
Humanoids IV
Tomohito Takubo, Kenji Inoue, Tatsuo Arai: Pushing an Object Considering the Hand Reflect Forces by Humanoid Robot in Dynamic Walking. 1706-1711
Kensuke Harada, Shuuji Kajita, Hajime Saito, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kenji Kaneko, Hirohisa Hirukawa: A Humanoid Robot Carrying a Heavy Object. 1712-1717
Luis Sentis, Oussama Khatib: Control of Free-Floating Humanoid Robots Through Task Prioritization. 1718-1723
Jonghoon Park, Youngil Youm, Wan Kyun Chung: Control of Ground Interaction at the Zero-Moment Point for Dynamic Control of Humanoid Robots. 1724-1729
Mapping and Learning
Óscar Martínez Mozos, Cyrill Stachniss, Wolfram Burgard: Supervised Learning of Places from Range Data using AdaBoost. 1730-1735
Chaomin Luo, Simon X. Yang, Max Q.-H. Meng: Real-time Map Building and Area Coverage in Unknown Environments. 1736-1741
X. Zhuang: The Strategy Entropy of Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Robot Navigation in Complex Environments. 1742-1747
Sven Fleck, Florian Busch, Peter Biber, Henrik Andreasson, Wolfgang Straßer: Omnidirectional 3D Modeling on a Mobile Robot using Graph Cuts. 1748-1754
Haptic Interfaces
Ken'ichi Koyanagi, Tomoko Morita, Junji Furusho: Basic Algorithm of Controlling Passive Force Display System with Redundant Brakes. 1755-1760
Ki-Uk Kyung, Seung-Woo Son, Gi-Hun Yang, Dong-Soo Kwon: How to Effectively Display Surface Properties Using an Integrated Tactile Display System. 1761-1766
Yucong Lu, Lingqi Zeng, Gary M. Bone: Multisensor System for Safer Human-Robot Interaction. 1767-1772
Simone Marcheschi, Antonio Frisoli, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Massimo Bergamasco: A Method for Modeling and Control Complex Tendon Transmissions in Haptic Interfaces. 1773-1778
Multi Robot Formations
Amit Agarwal, Meng-Hiot Lim, Meng Joo Er: Proportional Partition of Holed Rectilinear Region amongst Multiple URAVs. 1779-1784
Magnus Lindhé, Petter Ögren, Karl Henrik Johansson: Flocking with Obstacle Avoidance: A New Distributed Coordination Algorithm Based on Voronoi Partitions. 1785-1790
Tove Gustavi, Xiaoming Hu: Formation Control for Mobile Robots with Limited Sensor Information. 1791-1796
Stephen Kloder, Seth Hutchinson: Path Planning for Permutation-Invariant Multi-Robot Formations. 1797-1802
Path Planning I
Jan Rosell, Pedro Iñiguez: Path planning using Harmonic Functions and Probabilistic Cell Decomposition. 1803-1808
Shigeru Sarata, Weerakamhaeng Yossawee, Takashi Tsubouchi: Approach Path Generation to Scooping Position for Wheel Loader. 1809-1814
Jen-Hui Chuang, Chien-Chou Lin, Jau Hong Kao, Cheng-Tieng Hsieh: A Potential-Based Path Planning of Articulated Robots with 2-DOF Joints. 1815-1820
Marin Kobilarov, Gaurav S. Sukhatme: Near Time-optimal Constrained Trajectory Planning on Outdoor Terrain. 1821-1828
Tracking I
Zhen Jia, Arjuna P. Balasuriya, Subhash Challa: Sensor Fusion based 3D Target Visual Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles with IMM. 1829-1834

Dana Cobzas, Martin Jägersand: Tracking and Predictive Display for a Remote Operated Robot using Uncalibrated Video. 1847-1852
3D Tracking II
Peter Gemeiner, Markus Vincze: Motion and Structure Estimation from Vision and Inertial Sensor Data with High Speed CMOS Camera. 1853-1858
Sukhan Lee, Jongmoo Choi, Seungmin Baek, Byungchan Jung, Changsik Choi, Hunmo Kim, Jeongtaek Oh, Seungsub Oh, DaeSik Kim, Jaekeun Na: A 3D IR Camera with Variable Structured Light for Home Service Robots. 1859-1864
Janelcy Alferes, Eduardo Zalama Casanova, Jaime Gómez García-Bermejo: Reconstruction of Three Dimensional Models of Environments with a Mobile Robot. 1865-1870
Youngrock Yoon, Akio Kosaka, Jae Byung Park, Avinash C. Kak: A New Approach to the Use of Edge Extremities for Model-based Object Tracking. 1871-1877
Flying: Applications
Khaled Kaaniche, Benjamin Champion, Claude Pégard, Pascal Vasseur: A Vision Algorithm for Dynamic Detection of Moving Vehicles with a UAV. 1878-1883
Luis Merino, Fernando Caballero, J. Ramiro Martinez de Dios, Aníbal Ollero: Cooperative Fire Detection using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 1884-1889
Kaustubh Pathak, Sunil Kumar Agrawal: An Integrated Spatial Path-planning and Controller Design Approach for a Hover-mode Helicopter Model. 1890-1895
Makoto Kumon, Ikuro Mizumoto, Zenta Iwai, Masanobu Nagata: Wind Estimation by Unmanned Air Vehicle with Delta Wing. 1896-1901
Medical Robotics
Yongmin Zhong, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Gürsel Alici, Julian Smith: A New Methodology for Deformable Object Simulation. 1902-1907
Richard A. Andersen, Sam Musallam, Joel W. Burdick, Jorge G. Cham: Cognitive Based Neural Prosthetics. 1908-1913
Juan Camilo Moreno Sastoque, Fernando J. Brunetti, José Luis Pons Rovira, José M. Baydal, Ricard Barberà: Rationale for Multiple Compensation of Muscle Weakness Walking with a Wearable Robotic Orthosis. 1914-1919
Edward A. Branchaud, Jorge G. Cham, Zoran Nenadic, Richard A. Andersen, Joel W. Burdick: A Miniature Robot for Autonomous Single Neuron Recordings. 1920-1926
Contact Force Dynamics and Control
Hiroshi Noborio, Tetsuya Kodama, Kyoichiro Yoshida, Syuhei Kitayama: Experimental Impulse-Momentum-Based Dynamic Simulation for Rigid Bodies with Simultaneous Contacts. 1927-1934
Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai: Quasi-Static Manipulation with Hemispherical Soft Fingertip via Two Rotational Fingers. 1935-1940
Yusuke Maeda: On the Possibility of Excessive Internal Forces on Manipulated Objects in Robotic Contact Tasks. 1941-1946
Aaron Greenfield, Alfred A. Rizzi, Howie Choset: Dynamic Ambiguities in Frictional Rigid-body Systems with Application to Climbing via Bracing. 1947-1952
Control Architecture

Sang Chul Ahn, Jin Hak Kim, Kiwoong Lim, Heedong Ko, Yong-Moo Kwon, Hyoung-Gon Kim: UPnP Approach for Robot Middleware. 1959-1963
Yuan-hsin Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald: A Distributed Real-time Software Framework for Robotic Applications. 1964-1969
Stefano Caselli, Francesco Monica, Monica Reggiani: YARA: A Software Framework Enhancing Service Robot Dependability. 1970-1976
Biped Locomotion I
Yutaka Mikuriya, Hiroyuki Sunazuka, Kenji Hashimoto, Yusuke Sugahara, Masamiki Kawase, Hun-ok Lim, Takuya Hosobata, Atsuo Takanishi: Walking Control Method of Biped Locomotors on Inclined Plane. 1977-1982
Steven H. Collins, Andy Ruina: A Bipedal Walking Robot with Efficient and Human-Like Gait. 1983-1988
Taku Komura, Howard Leung, Shunsuke Kudoh, James Kuffner: A Feedback Controller for Biped Humanoids that Can Counteract Large Perturbations During Gait. 1989-1995
Muhammad E. Abdallah, Ambarish Goswami: A Biomechanically Motivated Two-Phase Strategy for Biped Upright Balance Control. 1996-2001
Dalila Djoudi, Christine Chevallereau, Yannick Aoustin: Optimal Reference Motions for Walking of a Biped Robot. 2002-2007
Kojiro Matsushita, Max Lungarella, Chandana Paul, Hiroshi Yokoi: Locomoting with Less Computation but More Morphology. 2008-2013
Navigation and Planning
Yoav Gabriely, Elon Rimon: CBUG: A Quadratically Competitive Mobile Robot Navigation Algorithm. 2014-2019
Georgios E. Fainekos, Hadas Kress-Gazit, George J. Pappas: Temporal Logic Motion Planning for Mobile Robots. 2020-2025
Denis F. Wolf, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Dieter Fox, Wolfram Burgard: Autonomous Terrain Mapping and Classification Using Hidden Markov Models. 2026-2031
Jennifer Carlson, Robin R. Murphy, Svetlana Chistopher, Jennifer Casper: Conflict Metric as a Measure of Sensing Quality. 2032-2039
Enrique González, Oscar Álvarez, Yul Díaz, Carlos Parra, César Bustacara: BSA: A Complete Coverage Algorithm. 2040-2044
Tracking People
Pramila Rani, Nilanjan Sarkar: Operator Engagement Detection and Robot Behavior Adaptation in Human-Robot Interaction. 2051-2056
Kynan Eng, Matti Mintz, Paul F. M. J. Verschure: Collective Human Behavior in Interactive Spaces. 2057-2062
Taigun Lee, Sung-Kee Park, Mignon Park: A New Facial Features and Face Detection Method for Human-Robot Interaction. 2063-2068
Yukie Nagai: The Role of Motion Information in Learning Human-Robot Joint Attention. 2069-2074
Ludovic Brethes, Frédéric Lerasle, Patrick Danès: Data Fusion for Visual Tracking dedicated to Human-Robot Interaction. 2075-2080
Wojciech Zajdel, Zoran Zivkovic, Ben J. A. Kröse: Keeping Track of Humans: Have I Seen This Person Before? 2081-2086
