Intelligent Autonomous Systems 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference IAS-13

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Generation of Search Behavior by a Modification of Q-MDP Value Method....Pages 3-15
Design of a Low-Cost Vision System for Laser Profilometry Aiding Smart Vehicles Movement....Pages 17-27
A Comparison of 3D Sensors for Wheeled Mobile Robots....Pages 29-41
Adaptive Model-Based Monitoring for Robots....Pages 43-56
Self-learning RRT* Algorithm for Mobile Robot Motion Planning in Complex Environments....Pages 57-69
Outdoor Localization of Quad-Rotor Using Extended Kalman Filter and Cell Division Algorithm....Pages 71-79
Cognitive Recognition Under Occlusion for Visually Guided Robotic Errand Service....Pages 81-94
An Application of Laser-Based Autonomous Navigation for Data-Center Monitoring....Pages 95-107
Semantic Topological Map-Based Smart Wheelchair Navigation System for Low Throughput Interface....Pages 109-120
Robust Supervisory-Based Control Strategy for Mobile Robot Navigation....Pages 121-133
Vision-Based Hybrid Map Building for Mobile Robot Navigation....Pages 135-146
pRoPhEt MAS: Reactive Planning Engine for Multiagent Systems....Pages 147-157
Autonomous Determination of Locations for Observing Home Environment Using a Mobile Robot....Pages 159-171
Enhanced Stochastic Mobility Prediction on Unstructured Terrain Using Multi-output Gaussian Processes....Pages 173-190
Multi-modal Sensors Path Merging....Pages 191-201
Continuous Motion Planning for Service Robots with Multiresolution in Time....Pages 203-215
Construction of Roadmaps for Mobile Robots’ Navigation Using RGB-D Cameras....Pages 217-229
Scan Planning for RGB-D Mapping Based on Grid Map....Pages 231-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
On-Road Trajectory Planning for General Autonomous Driving with Enhanced Tunability....Pages 247-261
Curve-Graph Odometry: Removing the Orientation in Loop Closure Optimisation Problems....Pages 263-275
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Toward Localizing both Static and Non-static RFID Tags with a Mobile Robot....Pages 277-289
RRS: Rapidly-Exploring Random Snakes a New Method for Mobile Robot Path Planning....Pages 291-305
Layered Mission and Path Planning for MAV Navigation with Partial Environment Knowledge....Pages 307-319
Multi-Vehicle Adaptive Planning with Online Estimated Cost Due to Disturbance Forces....Pages 321-334
A Generalized Extended Kalman Filter Implementation for the Robot Operating System....Pages 335-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Stereo Graph-SLAM for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles....Pages 351-360
Robust Onboard Visual SLAM for Autonomous MAVs....Pages 361-373
Exploiting Structural Properties of Buildings Towards General Semantic Mapping Systems....Pages 375-387
A Kinect-Based Front-End for Graph-SLAM Using Plane Matching in Planar Indoor Environments....Pages 389-400
Landmark Rating and Selection for SLAM in Dynamic Environments....Pages 401-414
Fast Active SLAM for Accurate and Complete Coverage Mapping of Unknown Environments....Pages 415-428
Local Multi-resolution Surfel Grids for MAV Motion Estimation and 3D Mapping....Pages 429-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Voronoi-Based Heuristic for Nonholonomic Search-Based Path Planning....Pages 445-458
3D Pose Detection for Articulated Vehicles....Pages 459-472
Construction of 3D Environment Models by Fusing Ground and Aerial Lidar Point Cloud Data....Pages 473-485
Fast Classification of Accessible Terrain with a 3D Laser Range Finder....Pages 487-497
Data Handling in Large-Scale Surface Reconstruction....Pages 499-511
Vision-Based Person Detection for Safe Navigation of Commercial Vehicle....Pages 513-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Leveraging Open Data for Supporting a Cloud Robotics Service in a Smart City Environment....Pages 527-538
Throughput Optimisation in Ad Hoc Networks of Communication-Aware Mobile Robots....Pages 539-550
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
On the Formation Control of Multiagent Systems Under Nearly Cyclic Pursuit....Pages 551-562
Leveraging Area Bounds Information for Autonomous Multirobot Exploration....Pages 563-576
Bio-inspired Classification in the Architecture of Situated Agents....Pages 577-589
Adaptive Multiagent Path Planning with Dynamic Heuristic....Pages 591-603
Communication-Aware Route Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 605-619
A Scalable, Decentralised Large-Scale Network of Mobile Robots for Multi-target Tracking....Pages 621-637
Global Reconfiguration of a Team of Networked Mobile Robots Among Obstacles....Pages 639-656
Front Matter....Pages 657-657
Automatic Detection and Feature Estimation of Windows from Mobile Terrestrial LiDAR Data....Pages 659-674
Practically Identifiable Model of Robotic Manipulator for Calibration in Real Industrial Environment....Pages 675-689
3D Mapping by a Robotic Fish with Two Mechanical Scanning Sonars....Pages 691-703
Specific Person Detection and Tracking by a Mobile Robot Using 3D LIDAR and ESPAR Antenna....Pages 705-719
Automatic Extraction of Structural Representations of Environments....Pages 721-733
Generic Distance-Invariant Features for Detecting People with Walking Aid in 2D Laser Range Data....Pages 735-747
Statistical Modelling of Object Detection in Stereo Vision-Based Driver Assistance....Pages 749-761
Optical Kinematics of Dual Mirror Laser Rangefinders....Pages 763-779
Real-Time Face Recognition Using Local Ternary Patterns with Collaborative Representation-Based Classification for Mobile Robots....Pages 781-793
Theta-Disparity: An Efficient Representation of the 3D Scene Structure....Pages 795-806
Unsupervised Range Image Segmentation and Object Recognition Using Feature Proximity and Markov Random Field....Pages 807-820
Twist-State Classifier for Floating Marine Biomass Based on Physical Simulation....Pages 821-830
Localization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Terrain Classification from Aerial Images....Pages 831-842
Front Matter....Pages 657-657
Kinect@Home: A Crowdsourced RGB-D Dataset....Pages 843-858
Object Recognition and Tracking for Indoor Robots Using an RGB-D Sensor....Pages 859-871
Recognition of Three-Dimensional Branch Structure and Fruits Identification in a Tree Based on It....Pages 873-887
3D Object Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks with Transfer Learning Between Input Channels....Pages 889-898
Moving Objects Tracking on the Unit Sphere Using a Multiple-Camera System on a Mobile Robot....Pages 899-911
Visual Mapping in Light-Crowded Indoor Environments....Pages 913-922
Nonparametric Calibration for Depth Sensors....Pages 923-935
Front Matter....Pages 937-937
An Architecture for Telenoid Robot as Empathic Conversational Android Companion for Elderly People....Pages 939-953
Designing Robots for Positive Communication with Senior Citizens....Pages 955-964
Online Interaction of a Human Supervisor with Multi-Robot Task Allocation....Pages 965-978
Human-Robot Collaborative Remote Object Search....Pages 979-991
Gathering and Conceptualizing Plan-Based Robot Activity Experiences....Pages 993-1005
Considerate Behavior of Robots Based on Individual’s Preference....Pages 1007-1019
Gait Measurement for Human Behavior Estimation Against Autonomous Mobile Robot....Pages 1021-1033
Optimizing Support Vector Machine with Genetic Algorithm for Capacitive Sensing-Based Locomotion Mode Recognition....Pages 1035-1047
A Tag-Based Recommender System....Pages 1049-1061
Clustering of Humanoid Robot Motions Executed in Response to Touch....Pages 1063-1076
Front Matter....Pages 1077-1077
Artificial Hand with Stiffness Adjuster....Pages 1079-1093
Hierarchical Task Networks as Domain-Specific Language for Planning Surgical Interventions....Pages 1095-1105
EndoSnake—A Single-Arm-Multi-Port MIRS System with Flexible Instruments....Pages 1107-1117
Front Matter....Pages 1077-1077
Diagnosis Makes the Difference for a Successful Execution of High-Level Robot Control Programs....Pages 1119-1132
Estimation of Needle Deflection in Layered Soft Tissue for Robotic Needle Steering....Pages 1133-1144
Online Event Classification for Liver Needle Insertion Based on Force Patterns....Pages 1145-1157
Anthropomorphic Finger Mechanism with a Nonelastic Branching Tendon....Pages 1159-1171
GMM-Based Single-Joint Angle Estimation Using EMG Signals....Pages 1173-1184
Human Muscle-Tendon Stiffness Estimation During Normal Gait Cycle Based on Gaussian Mixture Model....Pages 1185-1197
Front Matter....Pages 1199-1199
A Weak Generalized Inverse Applied to Redundancy Solving of Serial Chain Robots....Pages 1201-1212
Interaction of Two Oscillator Aggregations....Pages 1213-1225
Design and Control of a Vertical Ball Juggling Delta Robot Without Visual Guidance....Pages 1227-1242
On the Role of Compliance in Force Control....Pages 1243-1255
Control of a Four-Forked Steering Walker—Design of Virtual Mechanical Elements Based on Desired Motions....Pages 1257-1270
Collision Avoidance with Task Constraints and Kinematic Limitations for Dual Arm Robots....Pages 1271-1284
Reactive Constrained Model Predictive Control for Redundant Mobile Manipulators....Pages 1285-1299
Analysis and Simulation of a Jumping Robot Actuated by Shape Memory Alloy....Pages 1301-1314
Parametric Continuous Curvature Path for Smooth Steering with Car-like Vehicles....Pages 1315-1326
Diversive Curiosity in Robots and Action Selection Method for Obtaining Unexperienced Sensory Information....Pages 1327-1342
Cognition-Enabled Robot Control for Mixed Human-Robot Rescue Teams....Pages 1343-1355
Autonomous Construction with Compliant Building Material....Pages 1357-1369
Performing Assembly Task Under Constraints Using 3D Sensor-Based Control....Pages 1371-1388
Front Matter....Pages 1389-1399
From Stigmergy to Affordance: The Mechanical Basis of Robot Motion Control....Pages 1199-1199
Teleoperation of On-Road Vehicles via Immersive Telepresence Using Off-the-shelf Components....Pages 1401-1417
Front Matter....Pages 1419-1433
Network Controller for Teleoperated Mobile Robotic Agents....Pages 1435-1435
Development of Mobile Robots Using Off-the-Shelf Open-Source Hardware and Software Components for Motion and Pose Tracking....Pages 1437-1449
Whole-Body Robot Motion Learning by Kinesthetic Teaching....Pages 1451-1465
Experiment of Stereo Sensors for Chemical Plume Tracing by Optogenetic Silkworm Moth....Pages 1467-1479
Distributed Algorithm for Robotic Network Self-deployment in Indoor Environments Using Wireless Signal Strength....Pages 1481-1489
Adaptive Design and Control of a Robot-Assisted Lower Back Exoskeletal Spine System....Pages 1491-1502
Toward Autonomous Robots for Demolitions in Unstructured Environments....Pages 1503-1513
From Insects to Micro Air Vehicles—A Comparison of Reactive Plume Tracking Strategies....Pages 1515-1532
A Proposed Architecture for Autonomous Operations in Backhoe Machines....Pages 1533-1548
A Minimalistic Quadrotor Navigation Strategy for Indoor Multi-floor Scenarios....Pages 1549-1559
Formal Verification of Behaviour Networks Including Hardware Failures....Pages 1561-1570
Mapping with Micro Aerial Vehicles by Registration of Sparse 3D Laser Scans....Pages 1571-1582
Learning Manipulation by Sequencing Motor Primitives with a Two-Armed Robot....Pages 1583-1599
I Am Alleine, the Autonomous Wheelchair at Your Service....Pages 1601-1611
Kinematic Analysis of a 3D Printable 4-DOF Desktop Robot Actuated Exclusively by Revolute Pairs....Pages 1613-1626
Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Devices Using the Biomechanical Simulator OpenSim....Pages 1627-1638
Front Matter....Pages 1639-1651
RGB-D Human Detection and Tracking for Industrial Environments....Pages 1653-1653
Architecture Challenges for Intelligent Autonomous Machines....Pages 1655-1668
Front Matter....Pages 1669-1681
Engineering Approaches and Methods to Verify Software in Autonomous Systems....Pages 1653-1653
A Knowledge-Based Approach to Crack Detection in Thermographic Images....Pages 1683-1700
Back Matter....Pages 1701-1713
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