ICRA 2008: Pasadena, California, USA

Keynotes

• Andrew Blake:
  Probabilistic inference in machine vision systems.
  
• Naomi Ehrich Leonard:
  Flocks and fleets: Collective motion and sensing networks in nature and robotics.
  
• Mitsuo Kawato:
  Brain-controlled robots.
  

Mobile Robot Localization

• Jörg Stückler, Sven Behnke:
  Orthogonal wall correction for visual motion estimation. 1-6
  
• Alastair Harrison, Paul Newman:
  High quality 3D laser ranging under general vehicle motion. 7-12
  
• Jonathan Courbon, Youcef Mezouar, Laurent Eck, Philippe Martinet:
  Efficient hierarchical localization method in an omnidirectional images memory. 13-18
  
• Andrea Censi:
  An ICP variant using a point-to-line metric. 19-25
  
• Matthew Dunbabin, Brenton Lang, Brett Wood:
  Vision-based docking using an autonomous surface vehicle. 26-32
  
• Juergen Graefenstein, Mohamed Essayed Bouzouraa:
  Robust method for outdoor localization of a mobile robot using received signal strength in low power wireless networks. 33-38
  

Vision-Based Tracking and Navigation

• Andrew Edie Johnson, Steve B. Goldberg, Yang Cheng, Larry H. Matthies:
  Robust and Efficient Stereo Feature Tracking for Visual Odometry. 39-46
  
• Richard Roberts, Hai Nguyen, Niyant Krishnamurthi, Tucker R. Balch:
  Memory-based learning for visual odometry. 47-52
  
• Mendes Mendes, Manuel M. Crisóstomo, A. Paulo Coimbra:
  Robot navigation using a sparse distributed memory. 53-58
  
• Zu Whan Kim, Raja Sengupta:
  Target detection and position likelihood using an aerial image sensor. 59-64
  
• Dustin Deneault, Dale Schinstock, Christopher Lewis:
  Tracking ground targets with measurements obtained from a single monocular camera mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle. 65-72
  
• Richard J. Rikoski, Daniel C. Brown:
  Holographic navigation. 73-80
  

Features for Visual Servoing

• Christophe Collewet, Éric Marchand, François Chaumette:
  Visual servoing set free from image processing. 81-86
  
• Yun-Hui Liu, Hesheng Wang, Zhongli Wang:
  Adaptive visual servoing using common image features with unknown geometry. 87-92
  
• Paolo Robuffo Giordano, Alessandro De Luca, Giuseppe Oriolo:
  3D structure identification from image moments. 93-100
  
• Yasushi Iwatani, Kei Watanabe, Koichi Hashimoto:
  Visual tracking with occlusion handling for visual servo control. 101-106
  
• Redwan Dahmouche, Omar Ait-Aider, Nicolas Andreff, Youcef Mezouar:
  High-speed pose and velocity measurement from vision. 107-112
  
• Rafik Mebarki, Alexandre Krupa, François Chaumette:
  Image moments-based ultrasound visual servoing. 113-119
  

Algorithmic Methods in Distributed Robotics

• Adriano Fagiolini, Marco Pellinacci, Gianni Valenti, Gianluca Dini, Antonio Bicchi:
  Consensus-based distributed intrusion detection for multi-robot systems. 120-127
  
• Nathan Michael, Michael M. Zavlanos, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas:
  Distributed multi-robot task assignment and formation control. 128-133
  
• Brian Stephen Smith, Magnus Egerstedt, Ayanna M. Howard:
  Automatic deployment and formation control of decentralized multi-agent networks. 134-139
  
• Andrew Kwok, Sonia Martínez:
  Deployment algorithms for a power-constrained mobile sensor network. 140-145
  
• Timothy H. Chung, Joel W. Burdick:
  Multi-agent probabilistic search in a sequential decision-theoretic framework. 146-151
  
• Fumin Zhang, Salman Haq:
  Boundary following by robot formations without GPS. 152-157
  

UAV Control

• Takashi Kubota, Masatsugu Otsuki, Tatsuaki Hashimoto:
  Touchdown dynamics for sample collection in Hayabusa mission. 158-163
  
• Hala Rifai, Nicolas Marchand, Guylaine Poulin:
  Bounded control of a flapping wing micro drone in three dimensions. 164-169
  
• Jack Elston, Eric W. Frew:
  Hierarchical distributed control for search and tracking by heterogeneous aerial robot networks. 170-175
  
• Shangming Wei, Milos Zefran, Raymond A. DeCarlo:
  Optimal control of robotic systems with logical constraints: Application to UAV path planning. 176-181
  
• Andrew Miller, Mubarak Shah, Don Harper:
  Landing a UAV on a runway using image registration. 182-187
  
• Filoktimon Repoulias, Evangelos Papadopoulos:
  Robotic airship trajectory tracking control using a backstepping methodology. 188-193
  

Transparency for Teleoperation

• Yongqiang Ye, Peter X. Liu:
  Improving force feedback fidelity in wave-variable-based teleoperation. 194-199
  
• Emanuel Slawiñski, Vicente A. Mut:
  Transparency in Time for Teleoperation Systems. 200-205
  
• Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Blake Hannaford:
  Experimental comparison of internet haptic collaboration with time-delay compensation techniques. 206-211
  
• Costas S. Tzafestas, Spyros Velanas, George Fakiridis:
  Adaptive impedance control in haptic teleoperation to improve transparency under time-delay. 212-219
  
• Shogo Okamoto, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Saga, Satoshi Tadokoro:
  Identification of cutaneous detection thresholds against time-delay stimuli for tactile displays. 220-225
  

Biological Principles in Robotics

• Bokman Lim, Jan Babic, Frank C. Park:
  Optimal jumps for biarticular legged robots. 226-231
  
• Atsushi Yamada, Masamitsu Watari, Hiromi Mochiyama, Hideo Fujimoto:
  An asymmetric robotic catapult based on the closed elastica for jumping robot. 232-237
  
• Taro Nakamura, Tomohide Iwanaga:
  Locomotion strategy for a peristaltic crawling robot in a 2-dimensional space. 238-243
  
• Steven Floyd, Serhat Adilak, Steven Ramirez, Raphael Rogman, Metin Sitti:
  Performance of different foot designs for a water running robot. 244-250
  
• William A. Lewinger, Roger D. Quinn:
  BILL-LEGS: Low computation emergent gait system for small mobile robots. 251-256
  
• Richard Primerano, David Wilkie, William Regli:
  Toward a multi-disciplinary model for bio-robotic systems. 257-263
  

Grasping in Unstructured Environments

• Taro Takahashi, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Takeo Kishida, Yasunori Kawanami, Satoru Shimizu, Masatsugu Iribe, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Masahiro Fujita:
  Adaptive grasping by multi fingered hand with tactile sensor based on robust force and position control. 264-271
  
• Dov Katz, Oliver Brock:
  Manipulating articulated objects with interactive perception. 272-277
  
• Thomas Wimböck, Christian Ott, Gerd Hirzinger:
  Analysis and experimental evaluation of the Intrinsically Passive Controller (IPC) for multifingered hands. 278-284
  
• Andreas J. Schmid, Nicolas Gorges, Dirk Goger, Heinz Wörn:
  Opening a door with a humanoid robot using multi-sensory tactile feedback. 285-291
  
• Gary M. Bone, Andrew Lambert, Mark Edwards:
  Automated modeling and robotic grasping of unknown three-dimensional objects. 292-298
  
• Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Masanao Koeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto:
  Shape recognition and grasping by robotic hands with soft fingers and omnidirectional camera. 299-304
  

Exotic Sensors

• Hisataka Maruyama, Fumihito Arai, Toshio Fukuda:
  Fabrication of functional gel-microbead for local environment measurement in microchip. 305-310
  
• Wei Dong, Kwang Yong Lim, Young Koon Goh, Kim Doang Nguyen, I-Ming Chen, Song Huat Yeo, Henry Been-Lirn Duh:
  A low-cost motion tracker and its error analysis. 311-316
  
• Shinichi Yokota, Mamoru Suzuki, Kenjiro Takemura, Kazuya Edamura, Hideo Kumagai, Tsunehiko Imamura:
  Concept of a liquid rate gyroscope using an electro-conjugate fluid. 317-322
  
• Frédéric Rivard, Jonathan Bisson, François Michaud, Dominic Létourneau:
  Ultrasonic relative positioning for multi-robot systems. 323-328
  
• Kok-Meng Lee, Shaohui Foong:
  Lateral optical sensor with slip detection of natural objects on moving conveyor. 329-334
  
• Tianguang Zhang, Haiyan Wu, Alexander Borst, Kolja Kühnlenz, Martin Buss:
  An FPGA implementation of insect-inspired motion detector for high-speed vision systems. 335-340
  

Dynamic Walking

• Dai Owaki, Koichi Osuka, Akio Ishiguro:
  On the embodiment that enables passive dynamic bipedal running. 341-346
  
• Sanford Meek, Jongwon Kim, Michael Anderson:
  Stability of a trotting quadruped robot with passive, underactuated legs. 347-351
  
• Simon Curran, David E. Orin:
  Evolution of a jump in an articulated leg with series-elastic actuation. 352-358
  
• Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Benjamin Kuipers:
  Trajectory generation for dynamic bipedal walking through qualitative model based manifold learning. 359-366
  
• Juergen Rummel, Fumiya Iida, James Andrew Smith, André Seyfarth:
  Enlarging regions of stable running with segmented legs. 367-372
  
• Mirko Kovac, Martin Fuchs, André Guignard, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano:
  A miniature 7g jumping robot. 373-378
  

Automation

• Matthew P. Bell, Devin J. Balkcom:
  Knot tying with single piece fixtures. 379-384
  
• Onno C. Goemans, A. Frank van der Stappen:
  On the design of traps for feeding 3D parts on vibratory tracks. 385-392
  
• Marius Kloetzer, Calin Belta:
  Distributed implementations of global temporal logic motion specifications. 393-398
  
• Mitsuru Higashimori, Keisuke Utsumi, Makoto Kaneko:
  Dexterous hyper plate inspired by pizza manipulation. 399-406
  
• Wenhui H. Wang, Yu Sun, Ming Zhang, Robin Anderson, Lowell Langille, Warren Chan:
  A microrobotic adherent cell injection system for investigating intracellular behavior of quantum dots. 407-412
  

Micro/Nano Robotic Applications

• Tomoyuki Uchida, Hiroyuki Oura, Seiichi Ikeda, Fumihito Arai, Makoto Negoro, Toshio Fukuda:
  Fabrication of biodegradable scaffolds by use of self-assembled magnetic sugar particles as a casting template. 413-418
  
• Steven Floyd, Chytra Pawashe, Metin Sitti:
  An untethered magnetically actuated micro-robot capable of motion on arbitrary surfaces. 419-424
  
• Ruoting Yang, Tzyh Jong Tarn, Mingjun Zhang:
  Event-based two degree-of-freedom control for micro-/nanoscale systems based on differential flatness. 425-430
  
• Lianqing Liu, Ning Xi, Yilun Luo, Yuechao Wang, Jiangbo Zhang, Guangyong Li:
  Detection and real-time correction of faulty visual feedback in atomic force microscopy based nanorobotic manipulation. 431-436
  
• Sergej Fatikow, Daniel Jasper, Christoph Edeler, Christian Dahmen:
  CameraMan: A multirobot system for nanohandling in a scanning electron microscope. 437-442
  
• Mustapha Hamdi, Antoine Ferreira:
  Design and computational analysis of a linear nanotube servomotor using DNA actuation. 443-448
  

Localization

• Yoichi Morales Saiki, Eijiro Takeuchi, Takashi Tsubouchi:
  Vehicle localization in outdoor woodland environments with sensor fault detection. 449-454
  
• Miguel Torres-Torriti, Andres Guesalaga:
  Scan-to-map matching using the Hausdorff distance for robust mobile robot localization. 455-460
  
• Jose-Luis Blanco, Javier Gonzalez, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal:
  An optimal filtering algorithm for non-parametric observation models in robot localization. 461-466
  
• Patrick Pfaff, Christian Plagemann, Wolfram Burgard:
  Gaussian mixture models for probabilistic localization. 467-472
  
• Guoquan Huang, Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I. Roumeliotis:
  Analysis and improvement of the consistency of extended Kalman filter based SLAM. 473-479
  
• Yoann Dieudonné, Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida, Franck Petit:
  On the solvability of the localization problem in robot networks. 480-485
  

Vision-Based Estimation and Control

• Giulio Reina, Genya Ishigami, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida:
  Vision-based estimation of slip angle for mobile robots and planetary rovers. 486-491
  
• Trung Ngo Thanh, Hajime Nagahara, Ryusuke Sagawa, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Masahiko Yachida, Yasushi Yagi:
  Robust and real-time egomotion estimation using a compound omnidirectional sensor. 492-497
  
• Kevin Nickels:
  Hybrid image-plane/stereo (HIPS) for orientation control of manipulators. 498-503
  
• Fabio Morbidi, Gian Luca Mariottini, Domenico Prattichizzo:
  Vision-based range estimation via Immersion and Invariance for robot formation control. 504-509
  
• Guillaume Allibert, Estelle Courtial, Youssoufi Toure:
  Visual predictive control for manipulators with catadioptric camera. 510-515
  
• Daniel Pizarro, Marta Marrón, Daniel Peón, Manuel Mazo Quintas, Juan Carlos García García, Miguel Ángel Sotelo Vázquez, Enrique Santiso:
  Robot and obstacles localization and tracking with an external camera ring. 516-521
  

Vision-Based Localization

• Andrzej Pronobis, Óscar Martínez Mozos, Barbara Caputo:
  SVM-based discriminative accumulation scheme for place recognition. 522-529
  
• Muhammad Muneeb Ullah, Andrzej Pronobis, Barbara Caputo, Jie Luo, Patric Jensfelt, Henrik I. Christensen:
  Towards robust place recognition for robot localization. 530-537
  
• Arnau Ramisa, Adriana Tapus, Ramon López de Mántaras, Ricardo Toledo:
  Mobile robot localization using panoramic vision and combinations of feature region detectors. 538-543
  
• Stephen Nuske, Jonathan M. Roberts, Gordon Wyeth:
  Visual localisation in outdoor industrial building environments. 544-550
  
• Keith Yu Kit Leung, Christopher Michael Clark, Jan Paul Huissoon:
  Localization in urban environments by matching ground level video images with an aerial image. 551-556
  
• Chang Cheng, David L. Page, Mongi A. Abidi:
  Object-based place recognition and loop closing with jigsaw puzzle image segmentation algorithm. 557-562
  

Mobile Sensor Networks

• Cristian Secchi, Cesare Fantuzzi:
  Formation control over delayed communication networks. 563-568
  
• Zhiwei Cen, Matt W. Mutka:
  Relocation of hopping sensors. 569-574
  
• Christian Ott, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Employing wave variables for coordinated control of robots with distributed control architecture. 575-582
  
• Joseph Djugash, Sanjiv Singh, Ben Grocholsky:
  Decentralized mapping of robot-aided sensor networks. 583-589
  
• Florian Zeiger, Nikolaus Kraemer, Klaus Schilling:
  Commanding mobile robots via wireless ad-hoc networks - A comparison of four ad-hoc routing protocol implementations. 590-595
  
• Fernando Caballero, Luis Merino, Ivan Maza, Aníbal Ollero:
  A particle filtering method for wireless sensor network localization with an aerial robot beacon. 596-601
  

Space and Underwater Robotics

• Mircea Badescu, Sergiu Stroescu, Stewart Sherrit, Jack Aldrich, Xiaoqi Bao, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Zensheu Chang, Wilson Hernandez, Alaa Ibrahim:
  Rotary hammer ultrasonic/sonic drill system. 602-607
  
• Masahiro Ono, Peggy Boning, Tatsuro Nohara, Steven Dubowsky:
  Experimental validation of a fuel-efficient robotic maneuver control algorithm for very large flexible space structures. 608-613
  
• Daniel M. Gaines, Tara A. Estlin, Caroline Chouinard:
  Spatial coverage planning for a planetary rover. 614-620
  
• Michael J. Stealey, Amarjeet Singh, Maxim A. Batalin, Brett L. Jordan, William J. Kaiser:
  NIMS-AQ: A novel system for autonomous sensing of aquatic environments. 621-628
  
• Victor L. Chen, Maxim A. Batalin, William J. Kaiser, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:
  Towards spatial and semantic mapping in aquatic environments. 629-636
  
• Franz Hover:
  Stability of double-integrator plants controlled using real-time SLAM maps. 637-642
  

Teleoperation

• José Maria Azorín, Rafael Aracil, Carlos Pérez, Nicolás M. García, Jose M. Sabater Navarro:
  Transparent bilateral control for time-delayed teleoperation by state convergence. 643-648
  
• Jagadeesan Jayender, Mahdi Azizian, Rajni V. Patel:
  Bilateral telemanipulation of a flexible catheter in a constrained environment. 649-654
  
• Emmanuel B. Vander Poorten, Takahiro Kanno, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji:
  Robust variable-scale bilateral control for micro teleoperation. 655-662
  
• Amir Haddadi, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad:
  A new robust stability analysis and design tool for bilateral teleoperation control systems. 663-670
  
• Jordi Artigas, Carsten Preusche, Gerd Hirzinger, Gianni Borghesan, Claudio Melchiorri:
  Bilateral energy transfer in delayed teleoperation on the time domain. 671-676
  
• Ilia Polushin, Peter Xiaoping Liu, Chung-Horng Lung:
  Stability of bilateral teleoperators with projection-based force reflection algorithms. 677-682
  

Biologically Inspired Robotic Fish

• Anirban Mazumdar, Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado, Kamal Youcef-Toumi:
  Maneuverability of a robotic tuna with compliant body. 683-688
  
• Ernest Mbemmo, Zheng Chen, Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo Tan:
  Modeling of biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymer-metal composite actuator. 689-694
  
• Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Zhiqiang Cao, Shuo Wang, Douglas C. Creighton, Nong Gu, Saeid Nahavandi:
  Kinematic modeling of a bio-inspired robotic fish. 695-699
  
• James L. Tangorra, George V. Lauder, Peter G. Madden, Rajat Mittal, Meliha Bozkurttas, Ian W. Hunter:
  A biorobotic flapping fin for propulsion and maneuvering. 700-705
  
• Kyu-Jin Cho, Elliot Wright Hawkes, Chris Quinn, Robert J. Wood:
  Design, fabrication and analysis of a body-caudal fin propulsion system for a microrobotic fish. 706-711
  
• Stephan Shatara, Xiaobo Tan, Ernest Mbemmo, Nathan Gingery, Stephan Henneberger:
  Experimental investigation on underwater acoustic ranging for small robotic fish. 712-717
  

Assistive Hands

• Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Mikami, Kosuke Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Sankai:
  Five-fingered assistive hand with mechanical compliance of human finger. 718-724
  
• Claudio Castellini, P. Patrick van der Smagt, Giulio Sandini, Gerd Hirzinger:
  Surface EMG for force control of mechanical hands. 725-730
  
• Ranathunga Arachchilage Ruwan Chandra Gopura, Kazuo Kiguchi:
  EMG-based control of an exoskeleton robot for human forearm and wrist motion assist. 731-736
  
• Ravi Balasubramanian, Yoky Matsuoka:
  Biological stiffness control strategies for the Anatomically Correct Testbed (ACT) hand. 737-742
  
• Jun-Uk Chu, Dong-Hyun Jung, Yun-Jung Lee:
  Design and control of a multifunction myoelectric hand with new adaptive grasping and self-locking mechanisms. 743-748
  
• Clément Gosselin, Frederic Pelletier, Thierry Laliberté:
  An anthropomorphic underactuated robotic hand with 15 dofs and a single actuator. 749-754
  

Novel Actuators

• Ewoud Frank van West, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi:
  Transportation of hard disk media using electrostatic levitation and tilt control. 755-760
  
• Thomas W. Secord, Jun Ueda, H. Harry Asada:
  Dynamic analysis of a high-bandwidth, large-strain, PZT cellular muscle actuator with layered strain amplification. 761-766
  
• Sewoong Kim:
  Modeling and fault analysis of BLDC motor based servo actuators for manipulators. 767-772
  
• Josiah Rosmarin, H. Harry Asada:
  Synergistic design of a humanoid hand with hybrid DC motor - SMA array actuators embedded in the palm. 773-778
  
• Michael Karpelson, Gu-Yeon Wei, Robert J. Wood:
  A review of actuation and power electronics options for flapping-wing robotic insects. 779-786
  
• U-Xuan Tan, Ferdinan Widjaja, Win Tun Latt, Kalyana Chakravarthy Veluvolu, Cheng Yap Shee, Cameron N. Riviere, Wei Tech Ang:
  Adaptive rate-dependent feedforward controller for hysteretic piezoelectric actuator. 787-792
  

Quadrapedal Locomotion

• Panagiotis Chatzakos, Evangelos Papadopoulos:
  The influence of DC electric drives on sizing quadruped robots. 793-798
  
• Sam D. Herbert, Andrew Drenner, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos:
  Loper: A quadruped-hybrid stair climbing robot. 799-804
  
• Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos:
  Use of a novel multipart controller for the parametric study of a trotting quadruped robot. 805-810
  
• J. Zico Kolter, Mike P. Rodgers, Andrew Y. Ng:
  A control architecture for quadruped locomotion over rough terrain. 811-818
  
• Ludovic Righetti, Auke Jan Ijspeert:
  Pattern generators with sensory feedback for the control of quadruped locomotion. 819-824
  
• Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos:
  Speed and height control for a special class of running quadruped robots. 825-830
  

Calibration, Accuracy, Identification

• Yu Sun, John M. Hollerbach:
  Observability index selection for robot calibration. 831-836
  
• Antonio Frisoli, Massimiliano Solazzi, Massimo Bergamasco:
  A new method for the estimation of position accuracy in parallel manipulators with joint clearances by screw theory. 837-844
  
• Hongbin Liu, David P. Noonan, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne:
  Rolling mechanical imaging: A novel approach for soft tissue modelling and identification during minimally invasive surgery. 845-850
  
• Diederik Verscheure, Jan Swevers, Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter:
  On-line identification of contact dynamics in the presence of geometric uncertainties. 851-856
  
• Ping Yuan, Feng Ding, Peter X. Liu:
  HLS parameter estimation for multi-input multi-output systems. 857-861
  
• Edvard Naerum, Jordi Cornellà, Ole Jakob Elle:
  Wavelet networks for estimation of coupled friction in robotic manipulators. 862-867
  

Micro/Nano Robots

• Akihiko Ichikawa, Seiya Takahashi, Kazutsugu Matsukawa, Tamio Tanikawa, Kohtaro Ohba:
  Injection and cutting methods of animal cells using a microfluidic chip. 868-873
  
• Zoltan Nagy, Olgaç Ergeneman, Jake J. Abbott, Marco Hutter, Ann M. Hirt, Bradley J. Nelson:
  Modeling assembled-MEMS microrobots for wireless magnetic control. 874-879
  
• Jinseok Kim, Jungyul Park, Junghoon Lee, Euisung Yoon, Jong-Oh Park, Sukho Park:
  Biohybrid microsystems actuated by cardiomyocytes: Microcantilever, microrobot, and micropump. 880-885
  
• Aaron M. Hoover, Ronald S. Fearing:
  Fast scale prototyping for folded millirobots. 886-892
  
• Ohmi Fuchiwaki, Akira Ito, Daigo Misaki, Hisayuki Aoyama:
  Multi-axial micromanipulation organized by versatile micro robots and micro tweezers. 893-898
  
• Yoko Yamanishi, Shinya Sakuma, Fumihito Arai:
  On-chip cell manipulation by magnetically modified soft microactuators. 899-904
  

Position Estimation and Navigation

• Haruhiko Niwa, Kenri Kodaka, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Masaumi Otake, S. Kawaguchi, K. Fujii, Yuki Kanemori, Shigeki Sugano:
  GPS-based indoor positioning system with multi-channel pseudolite. 905-910
  
• Eric A. Antonelo, Benjamin Schrauwen, Dirk Stroobandt:
  Mobile robot control in the road sign problem using Reservoir Computing networks. 911-916
  
• Chi-Yi Tsai, Xavier Dutoit, Kai-Tai Song, Hendrik Van Brussel, Marnix Nuttin:
  Visual state estimation using self-tuning Kalman filter and echo state network. 917-922
  
• Bernd-Helge Schäfer, Andreas Hach, Martin Proetzsch, Karsten Berns:
  3D obstacle detection and avoidance in vegetated off-road terrain. 923-928
  
• Christian Plagemann, Felix Endres, Juergen Michael Hess, Cyrill Stachniss, Wolfram Burgard:
  Monocular range sensing: A non-parametric learning approach. 929-934
  

Visual Attention

• Per-Erik Forssén, David Meger, Kevin Lai, Scott Helmer, James J. Little, David G. Lowe:
  Informed visual search: Combining attention and object recognition. 935-942
  
• Yuanlong Yu, George K. I. Mann, Ray G. Gosine:
  An object-based visual attention model for robots. 943-948
  
• Kai Welke, Tamim Asfour, Rüdiger Dillmann:
  Object separation using active methods and multi-view representations. 949-955
  
• Loren Fiore, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Andrew Drenner, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos:
  Optimal camera placement with adaptation to dynamic scenes. 956-961
  
• Jonas Ruesch, Manuel Lopes, Alexandre Bernardino, Jonas Hörnstein, José Santos-Victor, Rolf Pfeifer:
  Multimodal saliency-based bottom-up attention a framework for the humanoid robot iCub. 962-967
  
• David R. Thompson, Trey Smith, David Wettergreen:
  Information-optimal selective data return for autonomous rover traverse science and survey. 968-973
  

Visual Object Detection and Recognition

• Atsushi Yamashita, Akira Fujii, Toru Kaneko:
  Three dimensional measurement of objects in liquid and estimation of refractive index of liquid by using images of water surface with a stereo vision system. 974-979
  
• Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Kenji Hara, Seiichi Uchida, Ken'ichi Morooka, Tsutomu Hasegawa:
  Fast 3D reconstruction of human shape and motion tracking by parallel fast level set method. 980-986
  
• Ajay J. Joshi, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos:
  Learning of moving cast shadows for dynamic environments. 987-992
  
• Randy C. Hoover, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Rodney G. Roberts:
  Pose detection of 3-D objects using S²-correlated images and discrete spherical harmonic transforms. 993-998
  
• Branislav Micusík, Horst Wildenauer, Markus Vincze:
  Towards detection of orthogonal planes in monocular images of indoor environments. 999-1004
  
• Gert Kootstra, Jelmer Ypma, Bart de Boer:
  Active exploration and keypoint clustering for object recognition. 1005-1010
  

Sensor Networks and Robots

• Yiliang Xu, Dezhen Song, Jingang Yi, A. Frank van der Stappen:
  An approximation algorithm for the least overlapping p-Frame problem with non-partial coverage for networked robotic cameras. 1011-1016
  
• Kwang Yong Lim, F. Young Koon Goh, Wei Dong, Kim Doang Nguyen, I-Ming Chen, Song Huat Yeo, Henry Been-Lirn Duh, Chung Gon Kim:
  A wearable, self-calibrating, wireless sensor network for body motion processing. 1017-1022
  
• Zhenwang Yao, Kamal Gupta:
  Backbone-based roadmaps for robot navigation in sensor networks. 1023-1029
  
• Samer Hanoun, Douglas C. Creighton, Saeid Nahavandi:
  Decentralized mobility models for data collection in wireless sensor networks. 1030-1035
  
• Travis Deyle, Matthew S. Reynolds:
  Surface based wireless power transmission and bidirectional communication for autonomous robot swarms. 1036-1041
  
• Mac Schwager, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, Daniela Rus:
  Consensus learning for distributed coverage control. 1042-1048
  

Underwater Robots

• Conor McGann, Frederic Py, Kanna Rajan, Hans Thomas, Richard Henthorn, Rob McEwen:
  A deliberative architecture for AUV control. 1049-1054
  
• Gabriele Ferri, Michael V. Jakuba, Dana R. Yoerger:
  A novel method for hydrothermal vents prospecting using an autonomous underwater robot. 1055-1060
  
• Gregg Podnar, John M. Dolan, Alberto Elfes, S. B. Stancliff, E. Lin, J. C. Hosier, T. J. Ames, J. Moisan, T. A. Moisan, J. Higinbotham, E. A. Kulczycki:
  Operation of robotic science boats using the telesupervised adaptive ocean sensor fleet system. 1061-1068
  
• Oyvind Hegrenaes, Einar Berglund, Oddvar Hallingstad:
  Model-aided inertial navigation for underwater vehicles. 1069-1076
  
• Michael Krieg, Kamran Mohseni:
  Incorporation of novel underwater thrusters into vehicle control systems. 1077-1082
  
• Weizhong Zhang, Tamer Inanc, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, Jerrold E. Marsden:
  Optimal trajectory generation for a glider in time-varying 2D ocean flows B-spline model. 1083-1088
  

Simulation and Training Environments

• Mihoko Otake, Toshihisa Takagi, Hajime Asama:
  Open brain simulator estimating internal state of human through external observation towards human biomechatronics. 1089-1093
  
• Nobuki Oshima, Jorge Solis, Hiroyuki Ishii, Noriyuki Matsuoka, Kazuyuki Hatake, Atsuo Takanishi:
  Integration of an evaluation function into the suture/ligature training system WKS-2R. 1094-1099
  
• Richard Moreau, Minh Tu Pham, Tanneguy Redarce, Olivier Dupuis:
  Simulation of forceps extraction on a childbirth simulator. 1100-1105
  
• Elliot R. Johnson, Todd D. Murphey:
  Discrete and continuous mechanics for tree representations of mechanical systems. 1106-1111
  
• Steve Burion, François Conti, Anna Petrovskaya, Charles Baur, Oussama Khatib:
  Identifying physical properties of deformable objects by using particle filters. 1112-1117
  
• Sandip D. Kulkarni, Mark A. Minor, Mark W. Deaver, Eric R. Pardyjak, John M. Hollerbach:
  Steady headwind display with conditional angular rate-switching control. 1118-1124
  

Biologically Inspired Robots

• Daniel Santos, Barrett Heyneman, Sangbae Kim, Noe Esparza, Mark R. Cutkosky:
  Gecko-inspired climbing behaviors on vertical and overhanging surfaces. 1125-1131
  
• Takis Zourntos, Nebu John Mathai, Sebastian Magierowski, Deepa Kundur:
  A bio-inspired analog scheme for navigational control of lightweight autonomous agents. 1132-1137
  
• Thomas Lochmatter, Xavier Raemy, Loïc Matthey, Saurabh Indra, Alcherio Martinoli:
  A comparison of casting and spiraling algorithms for odor source localization in laminar flow. 1138-1143
  
• Takuya Umedachi, Taichi Kitamura, Akio Ishiguro:
  A fully decentralized control of an amoeboid robot by exploiting the law of conservation of protoplasmic mass. 1144-1149
  
• James C. McKenna, David J. Anhalt, Frederick M. Bronson, H. Ben Brown, Michael Schwerin, Elie A. Shammas, Howie Choset:
  Toroidal skin drive for snake robot locomotion. 1150-1155
  
• Motoyasu Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno:
  Control of 3-dimensional snake robots by using redundancy. 1156-1161
  

Grasp and Manipulation Planning

• Kensuke Harada, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro:
  Fast grasp planning for hand/arm systems based on convex model. 1162-1168
  
• Belkacem Bounab, Daniel Sidobre, Abdelouhab Zaatri:
  Central axis approach for computing n-finger force-closure grasps. 1169-1174
  
• Thanathorn Phoka, Pawin Vongmasa, Chaichana Nilwatchararang, Peam Pipattanasomporn, Attawith Sudsang:
  Planning optimal independent contact regions for two-fingered force-closure grasp of a polygon. 1175-1180
  
• Peam Pipattanasomporn, Pawin Vongmasa, Attawith Sudsang:
  Caging rigid polytopes via finger dispersion control. 1181-1186
  
• Dmitry Berenson, James Kuffner, Howie Choset:
  An optimization approach to planning for mobile manipulation. 1187-1192
  
• Mikhail M. Svinin, Shigeyuki Hosoe:
  Planning of smooth motions for a ball-plate system with limited contact area. 1193-1200
  

Multibody Dynamics

• Ryohei Takahashi, Hiroto Ise, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama, Daisuke Sato:
  Hybrid simulation of a dual-arm space robot colliding with a floating object. 1201-1206
  
• Roberto Lampariello, Satoko Abiko, Gerd Hirzinger:
  Dynamics modeling of structure-varying kinematic chains for free-flying robots. 1207-1212
  
• Yizhar Or, Elon Rimon:
  On the hybrid dynamics of planar mechanisms supported by frictional contacts. I: necessary conditions for stability. 1213-1218
  
• Yizhar Or, Elon Rimon:
  On the hybrid dynamics of planar mechanisms supported by frictional contacts. II: stability of two-contact rigid body postures. 1219-1224
  
• Farhad Aghili:
  Dynamics and control of constrained mechanical systems in terms of reduced quasi-velocities. 1225-1232
  
• Masahiro Sekimoto, Suguru Arimoto, Sadao Kawamura, Ji-Hun Bae:
  Skilled-motion plannings of multi-body systems based upon Riemannian distance. 1233-1238
  

Biped Locomotion

• Cristian C. Phipps, Mark A. Minor:
  Quasi-static rolling control of the rolling disk biped robot. 1239-1245
  
• Fumihiko Asano, Zhi Wei Luo:
  Asymptotic stability of dynamic bipedal gait with constraint on impact posture. 1246-1251
  
• Ting-Ying Wu, T.-J. Yeh:
  Optimal design and implementation of an energy-efficient, semi-active biped. 1252-1257
  
• Katie Byl, Russ Tedrake:
  Approximate optimal control of the compass gait on rough terrain. 1258-1263
  
• Tomomichi Sugihara:
  Simulated regulator to synthesize ZMP manipulation and foot location for autonomous control of biped robots. 1264-1269
  
• Yannick Aoustin, Franck Plestan, Vincent Lebastard:
  Experimental comparison of several posture estimation solutions for biped robot Rabbit. 1270-1275
  

Kinematic and Force Calibration

• Yu Sun, John M. Hollerbach:
  Active robot calibration algorithm. 1276-1281
  
• Isolde Dressler, Anders Robertsson, Rolf Johansson:
  Automatic kinematic calibration of a modular Gantry-Tau parallel robot from a kinematics point of view. 1282-1287
  
• Mustafa Shabbir Kurbanhusen, Guilin Yang, Song Huat Yeo, Wei Lin:
  Kinematic calibration of a 7-DOF self-calibrated modular cable-driven robotic arm. 1288-1293
  
• Stephane Marie, Patrick Maurine:
  Elasto-geometrical modelling of closed-loop industrial robots used for machining applications. 1294-1300
  
• Giuseppe Cavallo, Domenico Campolo, Giuseppe Fogliani, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  A novel method for in-situ calibration of a 2-dof force platform for tremor detection in small-sized animal models. 1301-1305
  
• Myung Hwangbo, Takeo Kanade:
  Factorization-based calibration method for MEMS inertial measurement unit. 1306-1311
  

Physical Human-Robot Interaction

• Julio Zamora-Esquivel, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano:
  Geometric techniques for visually guided grasping. 1312-1317
  
• Domenico Campolo, Dino Accoto, Fabrizio Taffoni, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  On the kinematics of human wrist during pointing tasks with application to motor rehabilitation. 1318-1323
  
• Andre Schiele:
  An explicit model to predict and interpret constraint force creation in pHRI with exoskeletons. 1324-1330
  
• Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Gerd Hirzinger:
  The role of the robot mass and velocity in physical human-robot interaction - Part I: Non-constrained blunt impacts. 1331-1338
  
• Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Mirko Frommberger, Gerd Hirzinger:
  The role of the robot mass and velocity in physical human-robot interaction - Part II: Constrained blunt impacts. 1339-1345
  
• Yasuhisa Hirata, Yosuke Ojima, Kazuhiro Kosuge:
  Variable motion characteristics control of an object by multiple passive mobile robots in cooperation with a human. 1346-1351
  

Planning Algorithms

• Michaël Soulignac, Patrick Taillibert, Michel Rueher:
  Adapting the wavefront expansion in presence of strong currents. 1352-1358
  
• Michael S. Branicky, Ross A. Knepper, James J. Kuffner:
  Path and trajectory diversity: Theory and algorithms. 1359-1364
  
• Brennan Sellner, Reid G. Simmons:
  Duration prediction for proactive replanning. 1365-1371
  
• Joaquín Lopez Fernández, Rafael Sanz, Enrique Paz Domonte, Carlos Alonso:
  Using hierarchical binary Petri nets to build robust mobile robot applications: RoboGraph. 1372-1377
  
• Nilanjan Chakraborty, Srinivas Akella, John T. Wen:
  Minimum time point assignment for coverage by two constrained robots. 1378-1383
  
• Peng Cheng, Vijay Kumar:
  An almost communication-less approach to task allocation for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 1384-1389
  

Visual Calibration

• Ryusuke Sagawa, Yasushi Yagi:
  Accurate calibration of intrinsic camera parameters by observing parallel light pairs. 1390-1397
  
• Klaus H. Strobl, Gerd Hirzinger:
  More accurate camera and hand-eye calibrations with unknown grid pattern dimensions. 1398-1405
  
• Bruno Joao Nogueira Guerreiro, Carlos Jorge Ferreira Silvestre, Paulo Jorge Ramalho Oliveira, José Fernandes Vasconcelos:
  Nonlinear and geometric optimization methods for LADAR calibration. 1406-1411
  
• Tsuyoshi Yokoya, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Ryo Kurazume:
  Calibration of distributed vision network in unified coordinate system by mobile robots. 1412-1417
  
• Jorge Rivera-Rovelo, Silena Herold-García, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano:
  Geometric hand-eye calibration for an endoscopic neurosurgery system. 1418-1423
  
• Chenyu Wu, Branislav Jaramaz:
  An easy calibration for oblique-viewing endoscopes. 1424-1429
  

Range-Only and Bearing-Only SLAM

• Geoffrey Hollinger, Joseph Djugash, Sanjiv Singh:
  Tracking a moving target in cluttered environments with ranging radios. 1430-1435
  
• Jose-Luis Blanco, Javier Gonzalez, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal:
  A pure probabilistic approach to range-only SLAM. 1436-1441
  
• Stephen Tully, Hyungpil Moon, George Kantor, Howie Choset:
  Iterated filters for bearing-only SLAM. 1442-1448
  
• Takehisa Yairi, Hirofumi Kanazaki:
  Bearing-only mapping by sequential triangulation and multi-dimensional scaling. 1449-1454
  
• Huijing Zhao, Masaki Chiba, Ryosuke Shibasaki, Xiaowei Shao, Jinshi Cui, Hongbin Zha:
  SLAM in a dynamic large outdoor environment using a laser scanner. 1455-1462
  
• Matthew Walter, Franz Hover, John J. Leonard:
  SLAM for ship hull inspection using exactly sparse extended information filters. 1463-1470
  

Swarm Approaches to Cooperative Manipulation

• Jonathan Fink, M. Ani Hsieh, Vijay Kumar:
  Multi-robot manipulation via caging in environments with obstacles. 1471-1476
  
• Seung-kook Yun, Daniela Rus:
  Self assembly of modular manipulators with active and passive modules. 1477-1482
  
• Todd D. Murphey, Matanya Horowitz:
  Adaptive cooperative manipulation with intermittent contact. 1483-1488
  
• Joel M. Esposito:
  Distributed grasp synthesis for swarm manipulation with applications to autonomous tugboats. 1489-1494
  
• Bradley E. Bishop:
  Swarm-based object manipulation using redundant manipulator analogs. 1495-1500
  
• Joel M. Esposito, Matthew Feemster, Erik Smith:
  Cooperative manipulation on the water using a swarm of autonomous tugboats. 1501-1506
  

Connectivity Constrained Multi-Robot Systems

• Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Karl Henrik Johansson:
  Decentralized connectivity maintenance in mobile networks with bounded inputs. 1507-1512
  
• Onur Tekdas, Volkan Isler:
  Robotic routers. 1513-1518
  
• Magnus Lindhé, Karl Henrik Johansson:
  Communication-aware trajectory tracking. 1519-1524
  
• Ethan Stump, Ali Jadbabaie, Vijay Kumar:
  Connectivity management in mobile robot teams. 1525-1530
  
• Alejandro R. Mosteo, Luis Montano, Michail G. Lagoudakis:
  Multi-robot routing under limited communication range. 1531-1536
  
• Flavio Cabrera-Mora, Jizhong Xiao:
  Preprocessing technique to signal strength data of wireless sensor network for real-time distance estimation. 1537-1542
  

Control of Parallel Manipulators

• Kiyoshi Nagai, Zhengyong Liu:
  A systematic approach to stiffness analysis of parallel mechanisms. 1543-1548
  
• Sébastien Briot, Vigen Arakelian:
  On the dynamic properties and optimum control of parallel manipulators in the presence of singularity. 1549-1555
  
• Flavien Paccot, Philippe Lemoine, Nicolas Andreff, Damien Chablat, Philippe Martinet:
  A vision-based computed torque control for parallel kinematic machines. 1556-1561
  
• Anatoly Pashkevich, Damien Chablat, Philippe Wenger:
  Stiffness analysis of 3-d.o.f. overconstrained translational parallel manipulators. 1562-1567
  
• Christoph Budde, Michael Rose, Jochen Maass, Annika Raatz:
  Automatic detection of assembly mode for a triglide-robot. 1568-1575
  

Bio-Insipred and Biomedical Robotics

• Daniel Watman, Tomonari Furukawa:
  A system for motion control and analysis of high-speed passively twisting flapping wings. 1576-1581
  
• Ruben Coen Cagli, Paolo Napoletano, Paolo Coraggio, Giuseppe Boccignone, Agostino De Santis:
  Sensorimotor coupling via dynamic bayesian networks. 1582-1587
  
• Yoshito Ikemata, Kiyoshi Yasuhara, Akihito Sano, Hideo Fujimoto:
  A study of the leg-swing motion of passive walking. 1588-1593
  
• Michael T. Wolf, Jorge G. Cham, Edward A. Branchaud, Joel W. Burdick:
  A miniature robot for isolating and tracking neurons in extracellular cortical recordings. 1594-1601
  
• Michael P. Reyes, Ronald S. Fearing:
  Macromodel for the mechanics of gecko hair adhesion. 1602-1607
  
• Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Ryunosuke Yokoya, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno:
  Object dynamics prediction and motion generation based on reliable predictability. 1608-1614
  

Grasping and Tactile Sensing

• Morio Yoshida, Suguru Arimoto, Zhi Wei Luo:
  Three-dimensional object manipulation by two robot fingers with soft tips and minimum D.O.F. 1615-1621
  
• Maximo A. Roa, Raúl Suárez:
  Independent contact regions for frictional grasps on 3D objects. 1622-1627
  
• Kai Huebner, Steffen Ruthotto, Danica Kragic:
  Minimum volume bounding box decomposition for shape approximation in robot grasping. 1628-1633
  
• Carlos Rosales, Josep M. Porta, Raúl Suárez, Lluís Ros:
  Finding all valid hand configurations for a given precision grasp. 1634-1640
  
• Kazuya Matsuo, Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Ryo Kurazume:
  A decision method for the placement of tactile sensors for manipulation task recognition. 1641-1646
  
• Seung-kook Yun:
  Compliant manipulation for peg-in-hole: Is passive compliance a key to learn contact motion? 1647-1652
  

Design and Control of Mobile Robots

• Dong Xu, Dongbin Zhao, Jianqiang Yi, Xiang-min Tan, Zonghai Chen:
  Trajectory tracking control of omnidirecitonal wheeled mobile manipulators: Robust neural network based sliding mode approach. 1653-1658
  
• Eui-Jung Jung, Ho Yul Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim, Shinichi Yuta:
  Navigation of an omni-directional mobile robot with active caster wheels. 1659-1665
  
• Martin Udengaard, Karl Iagnemma:
  Design of an omnidirectional mobile robot for rough terrain. 1666-1671
  
• Ahmed Khamies El-Shenawy, Achim Wagner, Essameddin Badreddin:
  Practical construction and position control of a modular actuated holonomic wheeled mobile robot. 1672-1677
  
• Xiang Li, Andreas Zell:
  Nonlinear predictive control of an omnidirectional robot dribbling a rolling ball. 1678-1683
  
• Martin Saska, Martin Hess, Klaus Schilling:
  Efficient airport snow shoveling by applying autonomous multi-vehicle formations. 1684-1690
  

Human Detection and Tracking

• Wael Abd-Almageed, Larry S. Davis:
  Human detection using iterative feature selection and logistic principal component analysis. 1691-1697
  
• Junqiu Wang, Yasushi Makihara, Yasushi Yagi:
  Human tracking and segmentation supported by silhouette-based gait recognition. 1698-1703
  
• David Martínez Mercado, Danica Kragic:
  Modeling and recognition of actions through motor primitives. 1704-1709
  
• Kai Oliver Arras, Slawomir Grzonka, Matthias Luber, Wolfram Burgard:
  Efficient people tracking in laser range data using a multi-hypothesis leg-tracker with adaptive occlusion probabilities. 1710-1715
  
• Fadi Dornaika, Bogdan Raducanu:
  Detecting and tracking of 3D face pose for human-robot interaction. 1716-1721
  
• Dongheui Lee, Dana Kulic, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Missing motion data recovery using factorial hidden Markov models. 1722-1728
  

Compilant Joints for Safe Robots

• Oussama Khatib, Peter Thaulad, Taizo Yoshikawa, Jaeheung Park:
  Torque-position transformer for task control of position controlled robots. 1729-1734
  
• Masafumi Okada, Shintaro Kino:
  Torque transmission mechanism with nonlinear passive stiffness using mechanical singularity. 1735-1740
  
• Sebastian Wolf, Gerd Hirzinger:
  A new variable stiffness design: Matching requirements of the next robot generation. 1741-1746
  
• Dongjun Shin, Irene Sardellitti, Oussama Khatib:
  A hybrid actuation approach for human-friendly robot design. 1747-1752
  
• Gianluca Palli, Claudio Melchiorri, Alessandro De Luca:
  On the feedback linearization of robots with variable joint stiffness. 1753-1759
  
• Junho Choi, Sunchul Park, Woosub Lee, Sung-Chul Kang:
  Design of a robot joint with variable stiffness. 1760-1765
  

Video Session 1

• Johann Borenstein, Adam Borrell:
  The OmniTread OT-4 serpentine robot. 1766-1767
  
• Wenhui Wang, Xinyu Liu, Yu Sun:
  High-throughput fully automated microrobotic zebrafish embryo injection. 1768-1769
  
• Dominic R. Frutiger, Bradley Kratochvil, Karl Vollmers, Bradley J. Nelson:
  Magmites - wireless resonant magnetic microrobots. 1770-1771
  
• Gordon Cheng, Sang-Ho Hyon, Ales Ude, Jun Morimoto, Joshua G. Hale, Joseph Hart, Jun Nakanishi, Darrin C. Bentivegna, Jessica K. Hodgins, Christopher G. Atkeson, Michael Mistry, Stefan Schaal, Mitsuo Kawato:
  CB: Exploring neuroscience with a humanoid research platform. 1772-1773
  
• John R. Rebula, Fabian Canas, Jerry E. Pratt, Ambarish Goswami:
  Learning Capture Points for Bipedal Push Recovery. 1774
  
• Gregory D. Wile, Kathryn A. Daltorio, Luther R. Palmer, Timothy C. Witushynsky, Lori Southard, Mohd Rasyid Ahmad, Anas A. Malek, Stanislav N. Gorb, Alexander S. Boxerbaum, Roy E. Ritzmann, Roger D. Quinn:
  Making orthogonal transitions with climbing mini-whegs^TM. 1775-1776
  
• Aaron M. Hoover, Ronald S. Fearing:
  Fast scale prototyping for folded millirobots. 1777-1778
  
• Katsuya Kanaoka, Go Shirogauchi, Haruji Nakamura:
  Power pedal as a man-machine synergy effector - Bipedal walking with human skill and robot power - . 1779-1780
  
• Luke M. Wachter, John Murphy, Laura E. Ray:
  Potential function control for multiple high-speed nonholonomic robots. 1781-1782
  
• Alexander S. Boxerbaum, Julio Oro, Roger D. Quinn:
  Introducing DAGSI Whegs^TM: The latest generation of Whegs^TM robots, featuring a passive-compliant body joint. 1783-1784
  
• W. Bradley Knox, Juhyun Lee, Peter Stone:
  Person recognition on a Segway Robot: A video of UT Austin Villa Robocup@Home 2007 finals demonstration. 1785-1786
  

Planning with Uncertainty

• Stewart Worrall, Eduardo Mario Nebot:
  A probabilistic method for detecting impending vehicle interactions. 1787-1791
  
• Yoav Gabriely, Elon Rimon:
  C-space characterization of contact preserving paths with application to tactile-sensor based mobile robot navigation. 1792-1797
  
• Andrea Censi, Daniele Calisi, Alessandro De Luca, Giuseppe Oriolo:
  A Bayesian framework for optimal motion planning with uncertainty. 1798-1805
  
• Juan Pablo Gonzalez, Anthony Stentz:
  Replanning with uncertainty in position: Sensor updates vs. prior map updates. 1806-1813
  
• Ruijie He, Sam Prentice, Nicholas Roy:
  Planning in information space for a quadrotor helicopter in a GPS-denied environment. 1814-1820
  
• Lawrence H. Erickson, Joseph Knuth, Jason M. O'Kane, Steven M. LaValle:
  Probabilistic localization with a blind robot. 1821-1827
  

Visual Place Recognition

• Mark Joseph Cummins, Paul M. Newman:
  Accelerated appearance-only SLAM. 1828-1833
  
• Isaac Miller, Mark Campbell:
  Particle filtering for map-aided localization in sparse GPS environments. 1834-1841
  
• Adrien Angeli, Stéphane Doncieux, Jean-Arcady Meyer, David Filliat:
  Real-time visual loop-closure detection. 1842-1847
  
• Christian Siagian, Laurent Itti:
  Storing and recalling information for vision localization. 1848-1855
  
• Christoffer Valgren, Achim J. Lilienthal:
  Incremental spectral clustering and seasons: Appearance-based localization in outdoor environments. 1856-1861
  
• Roozbeh Mottaghi, Michael Kaess, Ananth Ranganathan, Richard Roberts, Frank Dellaert:
  Place recognition-based fixed-lag smoothing for environments with unreliable GPS. 1862-1867
  

Slam

• Shoudong Huang, Zhan Wang, Gamini Dissanayake:
  Exact state and covariance sub-matrix recovery for submap based sparse EIF SLAM algorithm. 1868-1873
  
• Takuya Kaminade, Tomohito Takubo, Yasushi Mae, Tatsuo Arai:
  The generation of environmental map based on a NDT grid mapping -Proposal of convergence calculation corresponding to high resolution grid-. 1874-1879
  
• Giorgio Grisetti, Dario Lodi Rizzini, Cyrill Stachniss, Edwin Olson, Wolfram Burgard:
  Online constraint network optimization for efficient maximum likelihood map learning. 1880-1885
  
• Jan Oberländer, Klaus Uhl, Johann Marius Zöllner, Rüdiger Dillmann:
  A region-based SLAM algorithm capturing metric, topological, and semantic properties. 1886-1891
  
• Damith Chandana Herath, Sarath Kodagoda, Gamini Dissanayake:
  New framework for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Multi map SLAM. 1892-1897
  
• Cindy Leung, Shoudong Huang, Gamini Dissanayake:
  Active SLAM in structured environments. 1898-1903
  

Decentralized Control of Multi-Robot Systems with Collision Avoidance

• Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Luiz Chaimowicz:
  No robot left behind: Coordination to overcome local minima in swarm navigation. 1904-1909
  
• H. Türker Sahin, Erkan Zergeroglu:
  Mobile dynamically reformable formations for efficient flocking behavior in complex environments. 1910-1915
  
• Roberto Olmi, Cristian Secchi, Cesare Fantuzzi:
  Coordination of multiple AGVs in an industrial application. 1916-1921
  
• Mauricio Zuluaga, Richard T. Vaughan:
  Modeling multi-robot interaction using generalized occupancy grids, with application to reducing spatial interference. 1922-1927
  
• Jur P. van den Berg, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha:
  Reciprocal Velocity Obstacles for real-time multi-agent navigation. 1928-1935
  
• Nora Ayanian, Vijay Kumar:
  Decentralized feedback controllers for multi-agent teams in environments with obstacles. 1936-1941
  

Multi-Robot Systems with Kinematic or Dynamic Constraints

• Jae Bum Jung, Robert Christ:
  Pareto optimal multi-robot coordination with acceleration constraints. 1942-1947
  
• K. Luciano C. Pimenta, Nathan Michael, Renato C. Mesquita, Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Vijay Kumar:
  Control of swarms based on Hydrodynamic models. 1948-1953
  
• Wenjie Dong, Jay A. Farrell:
  Consensus of multiple uncertain mechanical systems and its application in cooperative control of mobile robots. 1954-1959
  
• Chih-Lyang Hwang, Li-Jui Chang:
  Network-based intelligent space approach for car-like mobile robots by fuzzy decentralized variable structure control. 1960-1965
  
• Jawhar Ghommam, Maarouf Saad, Faical Mnif:
  Formation path following control of unicycle-type mobile robots. 1966-1972
  
• Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos:
  Inverse agreement algorithms with application to swarm dispersion for multiple nonholonomic agents. 1973-1978
  

Inverse Kinematics and Redundancy

• Chao Qin, Miguel Á. Carreira-Perpiñán:
  Trajectory inverse kinematics by conditional density modes. 1979-1986
  
• Zhao Jing, Li Qian:
  An analytical algorithm with minimum joint velocity jump for redundant robots in the presence of locked-joint failures. 1987-1992
  
• Gianluca Antonelli:
  Stability analysis for prioritized closed-loop inverse kinematic algorithms for redundant robotic systems. 1993-1998
  
• Christian Ott, Andreas Kugi, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Resolving the problem of non-integrability of nullspace velocities for compliance control of redundant manipulators by using semi-definite Lyapunov functions. 1999-2004
  
• Alexandre N. Pechev:
  Inverse Kinematics without matrix inversion. 2005-2012
  
• Masanori Hayakawa, Keiko Hara, Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama:
  Singularity avoidance by inputting angular velocity to a redundant axis during cooperative control of a teleoperated dual-arm robot. 2013-2018
  

Rehabilitation Robotics I

• Meng Chen, Bufu Huang, Yangsheng Xu:
  Intelligent shoes for abnormal gait detection. 2019-2024
  
• Alexander W. Boehler, Kevin W. Hollander, Thomas Sugar, Dosun Shin:
  Design, implementation and test results of a robust control method for a powered ankle foot orthosis (AFO). 2025-2030
  
• Loredana Zollo, Dino Accoto, Francesco Torchiani, Domenico Formica, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  Design of a planar robotic machine for neuro-rehabilitation. 2031-2036
  
• Pieter Beyl, Michaël Van Damme, Ronald Van Ham, Rino Versluys, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber:
  An exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation: Prototype design and control principle. 2037-2042
  
• Kevin C. Olds, Sara Sibenaller, Rory A. Cooper, Dan Ding, Cameron N. Riviere:
  Target prediction for icon clicking by athetoid persons. 2043-2048
  
• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Philippe Poignet, David Guiraud, Hassan El Makssoud:
  Nonlinear identification of skeletal muscle dynamics with sigma-point kalman filter for model-based FES. 2049-2054
  

Haptic Displays and Interfaces

• Craig R. Carignan, Jonathan Tang:
  A haptic control interface for a motorized exercise machine. 2055-2060
  
• Xing-Dong Yang, Walter F. Bischof, Pierre Boulanger:
  Perception of haptic force magnitude during hand movements. 2061-2066
  
• Shohei Fujino, Daisuke Sato, Koyu Abe, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama:
  Displaying feeling of cutting by a micro-scissors type haptic device. 2067-2072
  
• Brian Dellon, Yoky Matsuoka:
  Path guidance control for a safer large scale dissipative haptic display. 2073-2078
  
• Barthelemy Cagneau, Guillaume Morel, Delphine Bellot, Nabil Zemiti, Ginluca A. d'Agostino:
  A passive force amplifier. 2079-2084
  
• Ulrich Unterhinninghofen, Thomas Schauss, Martin Buss:
  Control of a mobile haptic interface. 2085-2090
  

Mobile Robot Calibration

• Teddy N. Yap Jr., Christian R. Shelton:
  Simultaneous learning of motion and sensor model parameters for mobile robots. 2091-2097
  
• Andrea Censi, Luca Marchionni, Giuseppe Oriolo:
  Simultaneous maximum-likelihood calibration of odometry and sensor parameters. 2098-2103
  
• Daniel Stronger, Peter Stone:
  Maximum likelihood estimation of sensor and action model functions on a mobile robot. 2104-2109
  
• James Doebbler, Jeremy J. Davis, John L. Junkins, John Valasek:
  Odometry and calibration methods for multi-castor vehicles. 2110-2115
  
• Youngmok Yun, Byungjae Park, Wan Kyun Chung:
  Odometry calibration using home positioning function for mobile robot. 2116-2121
  
• Maxime Gautier, Alexandre Janot, Pierre-Olivier Vandanjon:
  DIDIM: A new method for the dynamic identification of robots from only torque data. 2122-2127
  

Human-Robot Coordination and Interaction

• Trevor Jones, Shaun Lawson, Daniel Mills:
  Interaction with a zoomorphic robot that exhibits canid mechanisms of behaviour. 2128-2133
  
• Nathanaël Jarrassé, Jamie Paik, Viviane Pasqui, Guillaume Morel:
  How can human motion prediction increase transparency? 2134-2139
  
• Nobutsuna Endo, Shimpei Momoki, Massimiliano Zecca, Minoru Saito, Yu Mizoguchi, Kazuko Itoh, Atsuo Takanishi:
  Development of whole-body emotion expression humanoid robot. 2140-2145
  
• Tobias Kaupp, Alexei Makarenko:
  Measuring human-robot team effectiveness to determine an appropriate autonomy level. 2146-2151
  
• Bernard Mettler:
  An extremal fields approach for the analysis of human planning and control performance. 2152-2158
  
• Matthew Johnson, Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Larry Bunch:
  Human-robot coordination through dynamic regulation. 2159-2164
  

Safe Robots

• Keenan A. Wyrobek, Eric H. Berger, H. F. Machiel Van der Loos, J. Kenneth Salisbury:
  Towards a personal robotics development platform: Rationale and design of an intrinsically safe personal robot. 2165-2170
  
• Riccardo Schiavi, Giorgio Grioli, Soumen Sen, Antonio Bicchi:
  VSA-II: a novel prototype of variable stiffness actuator for safe and performing robots interacting with humans. 2171-2176
  
• Jung-Jun Park, Yong-Ju Lee, Jae-Bok Song, Hong-Seok Kim:
  Safe joint mechanism based on nonlinear stiffness for safe human-robot collision. 2177-2182
  
• Enric Cervera, Nicolás García Aracil, Ester Martinez, Leo Nomdedeu, Angel P. Del Pobil:
  Safety for a robot arm moving amidst humans by using panoramic vision. 2183-2188
  
• Vincent Duchaine, Clément M. Gosselin:
  Investigation of human-robot interaction stability using Lyapunov theory. 2189-2194
  
• Genci Capi:
  Evolution of efficient neural controllers for robot multiple task performance - a multiobjective approach. 2195-2200
  

Video Session II

• Brian V. Bonnlander, John R. Rebula, Peter Neuhaus, Matthew Johnson, Greg Hill, Carlos Pérez, John Carff, William Howell, Jerry E. Pratt:
  Hierarchical two stage planner for little dog. 2201-2202
  
• Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Michael Strohmayr, Mirko Frommberger, Gerd Hirzinger:
  Injury evaluation of human-robot impacts. 2203-2204
  
• Robin R. Murphy, Jeffery Kravitz, Ken Peligren, James Milward, Jeff Stanway:
  Preliminary report: Rescue robot at Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine disaster. 2205-2206
  
• Martin A. Riedmiller, Roland Hafner, Sascha Lange, Martin Lauer:
  Learning to dribble on a real robot by success and failure. 2207-2208
  
• Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, Ato Kitagawa, Masayuki Ito, Kuniaki Ooe, Ichiro Kiryu, T. Kochiya:
  Bari-bari-II: Jack-up rescue robot with debris opening function. 2209-2210
  
• Koichi Nishiwaki, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Shinji Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kagami:
  Mixed reality environment for autonomous robot development. 2211-2212
  
• Jonathan P. How, James S. McGrew, Adrian A. Frank, George H. Hines:
  Autonomous aircraft flight control for constrained environments. 2213-2214
  
• Yasuhisa Hirata, Yohei Kume, Zhi Dong Wang, Kazuhiro Kosuge:
  Handling of a single object by multiple mobile robots based on caster-like dynamics. 2215-2216
  
• John R. Rebula, Greg Hill, Brian V. Bonnlander, Matthew Johnson, Peter Neuhaus, Carlos Pérez, John Carff, William Howell, Jerry E. Pratt:
  Learning terrain cost maps. 2217
  
• Inna Sharf, Bryan Laumonier, Mikael Persson, Joel Robert:
  Control of a fully-actuated airship for satellite emulation. 2218-2219
  
• David J. Cappelleri, Peng Cheng, Jonathan Fink, Bogdan Gavrea, Vijay Kumar:
  Meso-scale manipulation: System, modeling, planning and control. 2220-2221
  

Path Planning

• Per Henrik Borgstrom, Nils Peter Borgstrom, Michael J. Stealey, Brett L. Jordan, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Maxim A. Batalin, William J. Kaiser:
  Generation of energy efficient trajectories for NIMS3D, a three-dimensional cabled robot. 2222-2227
  
• Jennie Cochran, Antranik Antonio Siranosian, Nima Ghods, Miroslav Krstic:
  GPS denied source seeking for underactuated autonomous vehicles in 3D. 2228-2233
  
• Yusuke Maeda, Tatsuya Ushioda, Satoshi Makita:
  Easy robot programming for industrial manipula