11. ISER 2008: Athens, Greece
Oussama Khatib, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas (Eds.): Experimental Robotics, The Eleventh International Symposium, ISER 2008, July 13-16, 2008, Athens, Greece. Springer 2009 Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ISBN 978-3-642-00195-6
Design
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos: Session 1: Design. 1
Aaron M. Dollar, Robert D. Howe: The SDM Hand: A Highly Adaptive Compliant Grasper for Unstructured Environments. 3-11
Paul J. White, Mark Yim: Reliable External Actuation for Extending Reachable Robotic Modular Self-Reconfiguration. 13-23
Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli, Matteo Cianchetti, Paolo Dario: Design and Development of a Soft Actuator for a Robot Inspired by the Octopus Arm. 25-33
David R. Mikesell, Gary Heydinger, Dennis Guenther, John-David Yoder: Portable Autonomous Vehicle Controller. 35-41
Dongjun Shin, Irene Sardellitti, Yong-Lae Park, Oussama Khatib, Mark R. Cutkosky: Design and Control of a Bio-inspired Human-Friendly Robot. 43-52
Autonomous Driving
Sanjiv Singh: Session 2: Autonomous Driving. 53-54
Dmitri Dolgov, Sebastian Thrun, Michael Montemerlo, James Diebel: Path Planning for Autonomous Driving in Unknown Environments. 55-64
Ioannis M. Rekleitis, Jean-Luc Bedwani, David Gingras, Erick Dupuis: Experimental Results for Over-the-Horizon Planetary Exploration Using a LIDAR Sensor. 65-77
Ambroise Krebs, Cédric Pradalier, Roland Siegwart: Comparison of Boosting Based Terrain Classification Using Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive Data. 93-102
Cooperation
Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos: Session 3: Cooperation. 103-104
David T. Cole, Paul Thompson, Ali Göktogan, Salah Sukkarieh: Demonstrating the Benefits of Cooperation for a UAV Team Performing Vision Based Feature Localisation. 105-115
Nathan Michael, Michael M. Zavlanos, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas: Maintaining Connectivity in Mobile Robot Networks. 117-126
Mac Schwager, James McLurkin, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, Daniela Rus: From Theory to Practice: Distributed Coverage Control Experiments with Groups of Robots. 127-136
Abraham Bachrach, Alborz Geramifard, Daniel Gurdan, Ruijie He, Sam Prentice, Jan Stumpf, Nicholas Roy: Co-ordinated Tracking and Planning Using Air and Ground Vehicles. 137-146
Mini and Micro Robots
Roland Siegwart: Session 4: Mini and Micro Robots. 157-158
Hyeun Jeong Min, Andrew Drenner, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos: Visual Tracking for Teams of Miniature Robots. 159-168
Dominic R. Frutiger, Karl Vollmers, Bradley Kratochvil, Bradley J. Nelson: Small, Fast, and under Control: Wireless Resonant Magnetic Micro-agents. 169-178
Human Robot Interaction
Bradley J. Nelson: Session 5: Human Robot Interaction. 189-190
Bernard Mettler, Jonathan Andersh, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos: A First Investigation into the Teleoperation of a Miniature Rotorcraft. 191-199
David Feil-Seifer, Maja J. Mataric: Toward Socially Assistive Robotics for Augmenting Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. 201-210
Cynthia Breazeal, Matt Berlin, Jesse Gray, Crystal Chao: Teaching Robots via Natural Nonverbal Cues. 211-220
Eri Takano, Yoshio Matsumoto, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Kazuomi Sugamoto: The Psychological Effects of Attendance of an Android on Communication. 221-228
Aurélie Clodic, Hung Cao, Samir Alili, Vincent Montreuil, Rachid Alami, Raja Chatila: SHARY: A Supervision System Adapted to Human-Robot Interaction. 229-238
Medical Robotics
Ève Coste-Manière: Session 6: Medical Robotics. 239-240
Panagiotis K. Artemiadis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: EMG-Based Position and Force Estimates in Coupled Human-Robot Systems: Towards EMG-Controlled Exoskeletons. 241-250
Aditya B. Koolwal, Federico Barbagli, Christopher R. Carlson, David H. Liang, Fritz B. Prinz: An Image-Based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Navigation in the Left Atrium. 251-260
Anand Pillarisetti, Carol Keefer, Jaydev P. Desai: Mechanical Response of Embryonic Stem Cells Using Haptics-Enabled Atomic Force Microscopy. 261-269
David B. Camarillo, Christopher R. Carlson, J. Kenneth Salisbury: Task-Space Control of Continuum Manipulators with Coupled Tendon Drive. 271-280
Locomotion
Tsuneo Yoshikawa: Session 7: Locomotion. 281-282
Hiroki Sanada, Eiichi Yoshida, Kazuhito Yokoi: Passing under Obstacles with Humanoid Robots. 283-291
Adrien Escande, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Sylvain Miossec, Sylvain Garsault: Planning Support Contact-Points for Acyclic Motions and Experiments on HRP-2. 293-302
Haldun Komsuoglu, Kiwon Sohn, Robert J. Full, Daniel E. Koditschek: A Physical Model for Dynamical Arthropod Running on Level Ground. 303-317
Katie Byl, Alexander C. Shkolnik, Sam Prentice, Nick Roy, Russ Tedrake: Reliable Dynamic Motions for a Stiff Quadruped. 319-328
Umberto Scarfogliero, G. Bonsignori, Cesare Stefanini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Fei Li, Dajing Chen, Paolo Dario: Bioinspired Jumping Locomotion in Small Robots: Natural Observation, Design, Experiments. 329-338
Localization and Mapping
Stergios I. Roumeliotis: Session 8: Localization and Mapping. 339-340
Daniele Fontanelli, Paolo Salaris, Felipe A. W. Belo, Antonio Bicchi: Visual Appearance Mapping for Optimal Vision Based Servoing. 353-362
Guoquan Huang, Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I. Roumeliotis: A First-Estimates Jacobian EKF for Improving SLAM Consistency. 373-382
UUVs and UAVs
Daniela Rus: Session 9: UUVs and UAVs. 383-384
Pieter Abbeel, Adam Coates, Timothy Hunter, Andrew Y. Ng: Autonomous Autorotation of an RC Helicopter. 385-394
Conor McGann, Frederic Py, Kanna Rajan, John P. Ryan, Hans Thomas, Richard Henthorn, Robert S. McEwen: Preliminary Results for Model-Based Adaptive Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 395-405
Stefan B. Williams, Oscar Pizarro, Ian Mahon, Matthew Johnson-Roberson: Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping and Dense Stereoscopic Seafloor Reconstruction Using an AUV. 407-416
Junaed Sattar, Gregory Dudek: A Boosting Approach to Visual Servo-Control of an Underwater Robot. 417-428
Carrick Detweiler, Stefan Sosnowski, Iuliu Vasilescu, Daniela Rus: Saving Energy with Buoyancy and Balance Control for Underwater Robots with Dynamic Payloads. 429-438
Sensing and Planning
Gaurav S. Sukhatme: Session 10: Sensing and Planning. 439-440
Tinne De Laet, Ruben Smits, Joris De Schutter, Herman Bruyninckx: Adaptive Full Scan Model for Range Finders in Dynamic Environments. 441-450
Ross A. Knepper, Matthew T. Mason: Empirical Sampling of Path Sets for Local Area Motion Planning. 451-462
Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, David Hsu, Marcelo H. Ang: Motion Strategies for People Tracking in Cluttered and Dynamic Environments. 463-472
Thomas Lochmatter, Alcherio Martinoli: Tracking Odor Plumes in a Laminar Wind Field with Bio-inspired Algorithms. 473-482
Vision
Greg Dudek: Session 11: Vision. 483-484
Robert J. Webster, John P. Swensen, Joseph M. Romano, Noah J. Cowan: Closed-Form Differential Kinematics for Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots with Application to Visual Servoing. 485-494
Andrew Dankers, Nick Barnes, Walter F. Bischof, Alexander Zelinsky: Humanoid Vision Resembles Primate Archetype. 495-504
Fabio T. Ramos, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Dieter Fox: Learning to Associate Image Features with CRF-Matching. 505-514
Jonathan Kelly, Gaurav S. Sukhatme: Fast Relative Pose Calibration for Visual and Inertial Sensors. 515-524
Amaury Nègre, James L. Crowley, Christian Laugier: Scale Invariant Detection and Tracking of Elongated Structures. 525-533
Manipulation
Herman Bruyninckx: Session 12: Manipulation. 535-536
Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Masanao Koeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto: Shape Recognition and Optimal Grasping of Unknown Objects by Soft-Fingered Robotic Hands with Camera. 537-546
Dean M. Anderson, Thomas M. Howard, David Apfelbaum, Herman Herman, Alonzo Kelly: Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile Manipulation. 547-556
Nathanaël Jarrassé, Jamie Paik, Viviane Pasqui, Guillaume Morel: Experimental Evaluation of Several Strategies for Human Motion Based Transparency Control. 557-565
Rui Fukui, Hiroshi Morishita, Masayuki Shodai, Taketoshi Mori, Tomomasa Sato: Development of a Manipulation Component for a Container Transferring Robot in Living Space. 567-576



