Advances in Autonomous Robotics: Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Bristol, UK, August 20-23, 2012

Front Matter....Pages -
A Curious Emergence of Reaching....Pages 1-12
A Force-Distance Model of Humanoid Arm Withdrawal Reflexes....Pages 13-24
A Novel Adaptive Control Algorithm in Application to a Humanoid Robot Arm....Pages 25-36
A Wandering Braitenberg Vehicle 2 b That Densely Covers a Bounded Workspace....Pages 37-48
Adaptive Interface Mapping for Intuitive Teleoperation of Multi-DOF Robots....Pages 49-60
Adaptive Self-triggered Control of a Remotely Operated Robot....Pages 61-72
Autonomous Surveillance Tolerant to Interference....Pages 73-83
Bio-inspired Autonomous Navigation and Escape from Pursuers with Potential Functions....Pages 84-95
Biomimetics of Choice Behaviour for Autonomous Agents....Pages 96-104
Building a Kinematic Model of a Robot’s Arm with a Depth Camera....Pages 105-116
Control of a Compass Gait Biped Robot Based on Partial Feedback Linearization....Pages 117-127
Cutting Down the Energy Consumed by Domestic Robots: Insights from Robotic Vacuum Cleaners....Pages 128-139
Designing Competitions for Education in Robotics....Pages 140-151
Dual-Rate Non-Linear High Order Holds for Visual Servoing Applications....Pages 152-163
Efficient Local Sampling for Motion Planning of a Robotic Manipulator....Pages 164-175
Engaging with Robots While Giving Simple Instructions....Pages 176-184
Experiences with LEGO MINDSTORMS as an Embedded and Robotics Plattform within the Undergraduate Curriculum....Pages 185-196
Explorative Sensor-Based Grasp Planning....Pages 197-208
Ice Skating Humanoid Robot....Pages 209-219
Learning the Geometric Meaning of Symbolic Abstractions for Manipulation Planning....Pages 220-231
Minimizing Jitter in Ethernet Using a Linear Backoff for Real-Time Robot Control Communication and Its Implementation on FPGA....Pages 232-243
Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance Based on Quasi-Holonomic Smooth Paths....Pages 244-255
Model Checking Applied to Humanoid Robotic Soccer....Pages 256-269
Modular Mobile Robot Platform for Research and Academic Applications in Embedded Systems....Pages 270-278
Motion Planning of Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots Using Rapidly Exploring Random Trees....Pages 279-290
Multiobjective Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm with Preference-Based Selection 2: Comparison Study....Pages 291-299
My Familiar Robot Companion: Preferences and Perceptions of CHARLY, a Companion Humanoid Autonomous Robot for Living with You....Pages 300-312
New Robust Tracking Control for Safe Constrained Robots under Unknown Impedance Environment....Pages 313-323
Novel Positioning System for Mobile Robot Using RFID Power Control....Pages 324-330
Planning in Discrete and Continuous Spaces: From LTL Tasks to Robot Motions....Pages 331-342
Predictive Prey Pursuit in a Whiskered Robot....Pages 343-353
Process Modeling and Task Execution of FIRA Weight-Lifting Games with a Humanoid Robot....Pages 354-365
Real-Time Autonomous Colour-Based Following of Ill-Defined Roads....Pages 366-376
Repetitive Control for Systems with Time-Delays and Application to Robotic Servo Motor....Pages 377-389
Sensitivity Analysis of a Parametric Hand Exoskeleton Designed to Match Natural Human Grasping Motion....Pages 390-401
Walking Control Method of Humanoid Robot Based on FSR Sensors and Inverted Pendulum Model....Pages 402-413
A Novel Image Similarity Measure for Place Recognition in Visual Robotic Navigation....Pages 414-415
A Stochastic Self-reconfigurable Modular Robot with Mobility Control....Pages 416-417
An Approach for Matching Desired Non-feature Points on Mars Rock Targets Based on SIFT....Pages 418-419
Autonomous Exploration Using Kinect and Laser Range Finder....Pages 420-421
Behavior Selection Algorithm for Personal Service Robots Using Intelligence Operating Architecture....Pages 422-423
Bioinspired Control of Electro-Active Polymers for Next Generation Soft Robots....Pages 424-425
Combining Evolution and Training in a Robotic Controller for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation....Pages 426-427
Design and Implementation of Omni-directional Walking System for Humanoid Robot....Pages 428-429
Energy Management Module for Mobile Robots in Hostile Environments....Pages 430-431
Exploring Haptic Interfacing with a Mobile Robot without Visual Feedback....Pages 432-433
Finger Movements Classification for the Dexterous Control of Upper Limb Prosthesis Using EMG Signals....Pages 434-435
Hardware Accelerator Design for Image Processing....Pages 436-437
High-Performance Combination of Low Resolution Tactile Images Using a Bit-Based Representation....Pages 438-440
Hybrid Path Planning Incorporating Global and Local Search for Mobile Robot....Pages 441-443
Learning on Real Robots from Their Direct Interaction with the Environment....Pages 444-445
Map Building of Unknown Environment Based on Fuzzy Sensor Fusion of Ultrasonic Ranging Data....Pages 446-448
Robotic Control Using Physiological EMG and EEG Signals....Pages 449-450
Solving the P n P Problem for Visual Odometry – An Evaluation of Methodologies for Mobile Robots....Pages 451-452
Towards a Bio-inspired Cognitive Architecture for Short-Term Memory in Humanoid Robots....Pages 453-454
Towards an Anthropomorphic Design of Minimally Invasive Instrumentation for Soft Tissue Robotic Surgery....Pages 455-456
Towards an Intelligent Distributed Conveyor....Pages 457-458
Towards Contour Following Exploration Based on Tactile Sensing with the iCub Fingertip....Pages 459-460
Towards Running Robots for Discontinuous Terrain....Pages 461-462
Towards Tactile Sensing Applied to Underwater Autonomous Vehicles for Near Shore Survey and De-mining....Pages 463-464
Vision-Aided IMU Estimation of Attitude and Orientation for a Driverless Car....Pages 465-466
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