11. ISRR 2003: Siena, Italy
Paolo Dario, Raja Chatila (Eds.): Robotics Research, The Eleventh International Symposium, ISRR, October 19-22, 2003, Siena, Italy. Springer 2005 Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ISBN 978-3-540-23214-8
Motion Planning
Gerd Hirzinger: Session Summary. 3-5
Toru Omata: Whole Quadruped/Hexapod Manipulation. 16-25

Path Planning
Henrik I. Christensen: Session Summary. 57-59
Dieter Fox, Jonathan Ko, Kurt Konolige, Benjamin Stewart: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to the Revisiting Problem in Mobile Robot Map Building. 60-69
Alonzo Kelly, Ranjith Unnikrishnan: Efficient Construction of Globally Consistent Ladar Maps Using Pose Network Topology and Nonlinear Programming. 70-79
Mert Akinc, Kostas E. Bekris, Brian Y. Chen, Andrew M. Ladd, Erion Plaku, Lydia E. Kavraki: Probabilistic Roadmaps of Trees for Parallel Computation of Multiple Query Roadmaps. 80-89
Fabien Gravot, Stéphane Cambon, Rachid Alami: aSyMov: A Planner That Deals with Intricate Symbolic and Geometric Problems. 100-110
Medical Robotics
Tomomasa Sato: Session Summary. 113-114
Bradley J. Nelson, Yu Sun, Michael A. Greminger: Microrobotics for Molecular Biology: Manipulating Deformable Objects at the Microscale. 115-124
Karol Miller, Wieslaw Lucjan Nowinski: Modeling of Brain Mechanical Properties for Computer-Integrated Medicine. 125-134
Alicia Casals: Assisted Teleoperation Through the Merging of Real and Virtual Images. 135-144
Jocelyne Troccaz, Philippe Cinquin, Peter J. Berkelman, Adriana Vilchis Gonzales, Eric Boidard: Surgical Robots at TIMC: Where We Are and Where We Go. 145-156
Human-Robot Interaction
Yoshiaki Shirai: Session Summary. 159-161
Danica Kragic, Panadda Marayong, Ming Li, Allison M. Okamura, Gregory D. Hager: Human-Machine Collaborative Systems for Microsurgical Applications. 162-171
Rowel Atienza, Alexander Zelinsky: Intuitive Human-Robot Interaction Through Active 3D Gaze Tracking. 172-181
Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Nobuhiko Muramori, Yuji Sato, Tsuneo Yoshikawa: Designing an Encountered-Type Haptic Display for Multiple Fingertip Contacts based on the Observation of Human Grasping Behavior. 182-191
Kazuhiro Fukui, Osamu Yamaguchi: Face Recognition Using Multi-viewpoint Patterns for Robot Vision. 192-201
Ralf Koeppe, D. Engelhardt, A. Hagenauer, P. Heiligensetzer, B. Kneifel, A. Knipfer, K. Stoddard: Robot-Robot and Human-Robot Cooperation in Commercial Robotics Applications. 202-216
Multiple Robots
John M. Hollerbach: Session Summary. 219-223
Calin Belta, Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Vijay Kumar: Abstraction and Control for Swarms of Robots. 224-233
Peter I. Corke, Ronald A. Peterson, Daniela Rus: Networked Robots: Flying Robot Navigation using a Sensor Net. 234-243
Vivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky, Terry Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian, Yang Cheng, Paul S. Schenker: A Multi Agent Distributed Sensing Architecture with Application to Planetary Cliff Exploration. 244-253
Robot Navigation
Ray Jarvis: Session Summary. 269-270
Chuck Thorpe, Justin Carlson, Dave Duggins, Jay Gowdy, Rob MacLachlan, Christoph Mertz, Arne Suppé, Bob Wang: Safe Robot Driving in Cluttered Environments. 271-280
George Kantor, Alfred A. Rizzi: Feedback Control of Underactuated Systems via Sequential Composition: Visually Guided Control of a Unicycle. 281-290
Larry Matthies, Chuck Bergh, Andres Castano, Jose Macedo, Roberto Manduchi: Obstacle Detection in Foliage with Ladar and Radar. 291-300
Vision
Takeo Kanade: Session Summary. 303-304
Fabrizio Caccavale, Vincenzo Lippiello, Bruno Siciliano, Luigi Villani: Visual Tracking of Multiple Objects Using Binary Space Partitioning Trees. 305-314
Walterio W. Mayol-Cuevas, Andrew J. Davison, Ben Tordoff, David W. Murray: Applying Active Vision and SLAM to Wearables. 325-334
Humanoids
Hirochika Inoue: Session Summary. 353-354
Masahiro Fujita, Kohtaro Sabe, Yoshihiro Kuroki, Tatsuzo Ishida, Toshi T. Doi: SDR-4X II: A Small Humanoid as an Entertainer in Home Environment. 355-364
James J. Kuffner, Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue: Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots. 365-374
Hirohisa Hirukawa, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Takakatsu Isozumi: The Human-Size Humanoid Robot That Can Walk, Lie Down and Get Up. 375-384
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Koji Terada, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Akihiko Nagakubo: Exploiting the Global Dynamics Structure of Whole-Body Humanoid Motion - Getting the "Knack" of Roll-and-Rise Motion. 385-394
SLAM
Robert C. Bolles: Session Summary. 397-398
Jong-Hyuk Kim, Salah Sukkarieh: Recasting SLAM - Towards Improving Efficiency and Platform Independency. 399-408
Paul M. Newman, John J. Leonard, Richard J. Rikoski: Towards Constant-Time SLAM on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using Synthetic Aperture Sonar. 409-420
Dirk Hähnel, Sebastian Thrun, Ben Wegbreit, Wolfram Burgard: Towards Lazy Data Association in SLAM. 421-431
Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter, Tine Lefebvre, Klaas Gadeyne, Peter Soetens, Johan Rutgeerts, Peter Slaets, Wim Meeussen: Building Blocks for SLAM in Autonomous Compliant Motion. 432-441
Agostino Martinelli, Adriana Tapus, Kai Oliver Arras, Roland Siegwart: Multi-resolution SLAM for Real World Navigation. 442-452
Robot Perception
Ruzena Bajcsy: Session Summary. 455
William R. Provancher, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Günter Niemeyer, Mark R. Cutkosky: Perception of Curvature and Object Motion Via Contact Location Feedback. 456-465
Federico Barbagli, Domenico Prattichizzo, Kenneth Salisbury: Multi-contact Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects: A Multi-rate Approach. 466-478
Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte, Suresh Kumar, José E. Guivant, Steve Scheding: A Model for Machine Perception in Natural Environments. 479-488
Dinesh K. Pai: Multisensory Interaction: Real and Virtual. 489-498
Design
Bernard Roth: Session Summary. 501
Bruce Randall Donald, Christopher G. Levey, Craig D. McGray, Daniela Rus, Mike Sinclair: UntetheredMicro-Actuators for Autonomous Micro-robot Locomotion: Design, Fabrication, Control, and Performance. 502-516
Makoto Kaneko, Mitsuru Higashimori, Akio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa: The 100G Capturing Robot - Too Fast to See. 517-526
Antonio Bicchi, Giovanni Tonietti, Michele Bavaro, Marco Piccigallo: Variable Stiffness Actuators for Fast and Safe Motion Control. 527-536
Bio-robotics
Shigeo Hirose: Session Summary. 539-540
Noah J. Cowan, Emily J. Ma, Mark R. Cutkosky, Robert J. Full: A Biologically Inspired Passive Antenna for Steering Control of a Running Robot. 541-550
Darrin C. Bentivegna, Gordon Cheng, Christopher G. Atkeson: Learning from Observation and from Practice Using Behavioral Primitives. 551-560
Yoshihiko Nakamura, Tetsunari Inamura, Hiroaki Tanie: A Statistic Model of Embodied Symbol Emergence. 573-584
Forum Sessions
Bernard Roth: Lessons from the Past 50 Years of Robotics. 587-592
Raja Chatila: Open Forum. 595



