Field and Service Robotics: Results of the 10th International Conference

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Spatially and Temporally Scalable Approach for Long-Term Lakeshore Monitoring....Pages 3-16
Autonomous Greenhouse Gas Sampling Using Multiple Robotic Boats....Pages 17-30
Experimental Analysis of Receding Horizon Planning Algorithms for Marine Monitoring....Pages 31-44
Return to Antikythera: Multi-session SLAM Based AUV Mapping of a First Century B.C. Wreck Site....Pages 45-59
An Overview of MIT-Olin’s Approach in the AUVSI RobotX Competition....Pages 61-80
A Parameterized Geometric Magnetic Field Calibration Method for Vehicles with Moving Masses with Applications to Underwater Gliders....Pages 81-93
Towards Autonomous Robotic Coral Reef Health Assessment....Pages 95-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Online Loop-Closure Detection via Dynamic Sparse Representation....Pages 111-124
Large Scale Dense Visual Inertial SLAM....Pages 125-139
Dense and Swift Mapping with Monocular Vision....Pages 141-155
Wrong Today, Right Tomorrow: Experience-Based Classification for Robot Perception....Pages 157-172
Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt: Place Recognition with Colour-Constant Images....Pages 173-186
Segmentation and Classification of 3D Urban Point Clouds: Comparison and Combination of Two Approaches....Pages 187-199
A Stereo Vision Based Obstacle Detection System for Agricultural Applications....Pages 201-216
CoPilot: Autonomous Doorway Detection and Traversal for Electric Powered Wheelchairs....Pages 217-231
Learning a Context-Dependent Switching Strategy for Robust Visual Odometry....Pages 233-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-263
System Design of a Tethered Robotic Explorer (TReX) for 3D Mapping of Steep Terrain and Harsh Environments....Pages 265-265
Design, Control, and Experimentation of Internally-Actuated Rovers for the Exploration of Low-Gravity Planetary Bodies....Pages 267-281
Considering the Effects of Gravity When Developing and Field Testing Planetary Excavator Robots....Pages 283-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-312
Update on the Qualification of the Hakuto Micro-rover for the Google Lunar X-Prize....Pages 265-265
Mobility Assessment of Wheeled Robots Operating on Soft Terrain....Pages 313-330
Taming the North: Multi-camera Parallel Tracking and Mapping in Snow-Laden Environments....Pages 331-344
Four-Wheel Rover Performance Analysis at Lunar Analog Test....Pages 345-359
Energy-Aware Terrain Analysis for Mobile Robot Exploration....Pages 361-371
Front Matter....Pages 373-388
Vision and Learning for Deliberative Monocular Cluttered Flight....Pages 389-389
Robust Autonomous Flight in Constrained and Visually Degraded Environments....Pages 391-409
Autonomous Exploration for Infrastructure Modeling with a Micro Aerial Vehicle....Pages 411-425
Long-Endurance Sensing and Mapping Using a Hand-Launchable Solar-Powered UAV....Pages 427-440
Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Monitoring Wildfire Frontiers....Pages 441-454
Front Matter....Pages 455-467
Multi-robot Mapping of Lava Tubes....Pages 469-469
Admittance Control for Robotic Loading: Underground Field Trials with an LHD....Pages 471-486
From ImageNet to Mining: Adapting Visual Object Detection with Minimal Supervision....Pages 487-500
Front Matter....Pages 501-514
Building, Curating, and Querying Large-Scale Data Repositories for Field Robotics Applications....Pages 515-515
Search and Retrieval of Human Casualties in Outdoor Environments with Unmanned Ground Systems—System Overview and Lessons Learned from ELROB 2014....Pages 517-531
Monocular Visual Teach and Repeat Aided by Local Ground Planarity....Pages 533-546
In the Dead of Winter: Challenging Vision-Based Path Following in Extreme Conditions....Pages 547-561
Non-Field-of-View Acoustic Target Estimation in Complex Indoor Environment....Pages 563-576
Novel Assistive Device for Teaching Crawling Skills to Infants....Pages 577-592
SPENCER: A Socially Aware Service Robot for Passenger Guidance and Help in Busy Airports....Pages 593-605
Front Matter....Pages 607-622
Easy Estimation of Wheel Lift and Suspension Force for a Novel High-Speed Robot on Rough Terrain....Pages 515-515
Application of Multi-Robot Systems to Disaster-Relief Scenarios with Limited Communication....Pages 623-638
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