RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX

Front Matter ....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 On Recognizing Transparent Objects in Domestic Environments Using Fusion of Multiple Sensor Modalities  (Alexander Hagg, Frederik Hegger, Paul G. Plöger)....Pages 3-15
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
 Ball Localization for Robocup Soccer Using Convolutional Neural Networks  (Daniel Speck, Pablo Barros, Cornelius Weber, Stefan Wermter)....Pages 19-30
Front Matter ....Pages 31-31
 Kick Motions for the NAO Robot Using Dynamic Movement Primitives  (Arne Böckmann, Tim Laue)....Pages 33-44
 Learning a Humanoid Kick with Controlled Distance  (Abbas Abdolmaleki, David Simões, Nuno Lau, Luis Paulo Reis, Gerhard Neumann)....Pages 45-57
 Boundedness Approach to Gait Planning for the Flexible Linear Inverted Pendulum Model  (Leonardo Lanari, Oliver Urbann, Seth Hutchinson, Ingmar Schwarz)....Pages 58-70
 A Closed-Loop Gait for Humanoid Robots Combining LIPM with Parameter Optimization  (Andreas Seekircher, Ubbo Visser)....Pages 71-83
 Opponent-Aware Ball-Manipulation Skills for an Autonomous Soccer Robot  (Philip Cooksey, Juan Pablo Mendoza, Manuela Veloso)....Pages 84-96
 Distributed Averages of Gradients (DAG): A Fast Alternative for Histogram of Oriented Gradients  (M. Hossein Mirabdollah, Mahmoud A. Mohamed, Bärbel Mertsching)....Pages 97-108
 Classifying the Strategies of an Opponent Team Based on a Sequence of Actions in the RoboCup SSL  (Yusuke Adachi, Masahide Ito, Tadashi Naruse)....Pages 109-120
 A 3D Face Modelling Approach for Pose-Invariant Face Recognition in a Human-Robot Environment  (Michael Grupp, Philipp Kopp, Patrik Huber, Matthias Rätsch)....Pages 121-134
 UT Austin Villa RoboCup 3D Simulation Base Code Release  (Patrick MacAlpine, Peter Stone)....Pages 135-143
 Progress in RoboCup Revisited: The State of Soccer Simulation 2D  (Thomas Gabel, Egbert Falkenberg, Eicke Godehardt)....Pages 144-156
 An Integration Challenge to Bridge the Gap Among Industry-Inspired RoboCup Leagues  (Sebastian Zug, Tim Niemueller, Nico Hochgeschwender, Kai Seidensticker, Martin Seidel, Tim Friedrich et al.)....Pages 157-168
 Dynaban, an Open-Source Alternative Firmware for Dynamixel Servo-Motors  (Rémi Fabre, Quentin Rouxel, Grégoire Passault, Steve N’Guyen, Olivier Ly)....Pages 169-177
Front Matter ....Pages 179-179
 RoCKIn and the European Robotics League: Building on RoboCup Best Practices to Promote Robot Competitions in Europe  (Pedro U. Lima, Daniele Nardi, Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar, Rainer Bischoff, Matteo Matteucci)....Pages 181-192
 Simulation Based Selection of Actions for a Humanoid Soccer-Robot  (Heinrich Mellmann, Benjamin Schlotter, Christian Blum)....Pages 193-205
 Robust Tracking of Multiple Soccer Robots Using Random Finite Sets  (Pablo Cano, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar)....Pages 206-217
 Adaptive Field Detection and Localization in Robot Soccer  (Yongbo Qian, Daniel D. Lee)....Pages 218-229
 Real-Time Visual Tracking and Identification for a Team of Homogeneous Humanoid Robots  (Hafez Farazi, Sven Behnke)....Pages 230-242
 Effective Multi-robot Spatial Task Allocation Using Model Approximations  (Okan Aşık, H. Levent Akın)....Pages 243-255
 Using Monte Carlo Search with Data Aggregation to Improve Robot Soccer Policies  (Francesco Riccio, Roberto Capobianco, Daniele Nardi)....Pages 256-267
 Cooperative Sensing for 3D Ball Positioning in the RoboCup Middle Size League  (Wouter Kuijpers, António J. R. Neves, René van de Molengraft)....Pages 268-278
 Object Learning and Grasping Capabilities for Robotic Home Assistants  (S. Hamidreza Kasaei, Nima Shafii, Luís Seabra Lopes, Ana Maria Tomé)....Pages 279-293
 RGB-D-Based Features for Recognition of Textureless Objects  (Santosh Thoduka, Stepan Pazekha, Alexander Moriarty, Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar)....Pages 294-305
 Prioritized Role Assignment for Marking  (Patrick MacAlpine, Peter Stone)....Pages 306-318
 MRSLaserMap: Local Multiresolution Grids for Efficient 3D Laser Mapping and Localization  (David Droeschel, Sven Behnke)....Pages 319-326
 Robust Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Unknown Environments  (Muhannad Mujahed, Dirk Fischer, Bärbel Mertsching)....Pages 327-338
 Robots as Individuals in the Humanoid League  (Maike Paetzel, Jacky Baltes, Reinhard Gerndt)....Pages 339-346
 RAFCON: A Graphical Tool for Task Programming and Mission Control  (Sebastian G. Brunner, Franz Steinmetz, Rico Belder, Andreas Dömel)....Pages 347-355
 Communication-Less Cooperation Between Soccer Robots  (Wei Dai, Qinghua Yu, Junhao Xiao, Zhiqiang Zheng)....Pages 356-367
 Decentralized Reinforcement Learning Applied to Mobile Robots  (David L. Leottau, Aashish Vatsyayan, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Robert Babuška)....Pages 368-379
 Searching Objects in Known Environments: Empowering Simple Heuristic Strategies  (Ramon Izquierdo-Cordova, Eduardo F. Morales, L. Enrique Sucar, Rafael Murrieta-Cid)....Pages 380-391
 A Deep Learning Approach for Object Recognition with NAO Soccer Robots  (Dario Albani, Ali Youssef, Vincenzo Suriani, Daniele Nardi, Domenico Daniele Bloisi)....Pages 392-403
 Impact Force Reduction Using Variable Stiffness with an Optimal Approach for Falling Robots  (Juan Calderon, Gustavo A. Cardona, Martin Llofriu, Muhaimen Shamsi, Fallon Williams, Wilfrido Moreno et al.)....Pages 404-415
 Robust Multi-modal Detection of Industrial Signal Light Towers  (Victor Mataré, Tim Niemueller, Gerhard Lakemeyer)....Pages 416-427
 Selecting the Best Player Formation for Corner-Kick Situations Based on Bayes’ Estimation  (Jordan Henrio, Thomas Henn, Tomoharu Nakashima, Hidehisa Akiyama)....Pages 428-439
 Standard Rescue Tasks Based on the Japan Virtual Robotics Challenge  (Masaru Shimizu, Masayuki Okugawa, Katsuji Oogane, Yoshikazu Ohtsubo, Tetsuya Kimura, Tomoichi Takahashi et al.)....Pages 440-451
 Virtually Adapted Reality and Algorithm Visualization for Autonomous Robots  (Danny Zhu, Manuela Veloso)....Pages 452-464
Front Matter ....Pages 465-465
 RoboCup 2016 Best Humanoid Award Winner Team Baset Adult-Size  (Mojtaba Hosseini, Vahid Mohammadi, Farhad Jafari, Esfandiar Bamdad)....Pages 467-477
 RoboCup 2016 Humanoid TeenSize Winner NimbRo: Robust Visual Perception and Soccer Behaviors  (Hafez Farazi, Philipp Allgeuer, Grzegorz Ficht, André Brandenburger, Dmytro Pavlichenko, Michael Schreiber et al.)....Pages 478-490
 Rhoban Football Club: RoboCup Humanoid Kid-Size 2016 Champion Team Paper  (Julien Allali, Louis Deguillaume, Rémi Fabre, Loic Gondry, Ludovic Hofer, Olivier Ly et al.)....Pages 491-502
 B-Human 2016 – Robust Approaches for Perception and State Estimation Under More Natural Conditions  (Thomas Röfer, Tim Laue, Jesse Richter-Klug)....Pages 503-514
 UT Austin Villa: RoboCup 2016 3D Simulation League Competition and Technical Challenges Champions  (Patrick MacAlpine, Peter Stone)....Pages 515-528
 Disruptive Innovations in RoboCup 2D Soccer Simulation League: From Cyberoos’98 to Gliders2016  (Mikhail Prokopenko, Peter Wang)....Pages 529-541
 Tech United Eindhoven Middle Size League Winner 2016  (Ferry Schoenmakers, Koen Meessen, Yanick Douven, Harrie van de Loo, Dennis Bruijnen, Wouter Aangenent et al.)....Pages 542-553
 iRAP Robot: World RoboCup Rescue Championship 2016 and Best in Class Mobility Award  (Amornphun Phunopas, Aran Blattler, Noppadol Pudchuen)....Pages 554-564
 RoboCup Rescue Simulation System 2016 Champion Team Paper  (Pooya Deldar Gohardani, Siavash Mehrabi, Peyman Ardestani)....Pages 565-576
 ToBI – Team of Bielefeld: Enhancing Robot Behaviors and the Role of Multi-robotics in RoboCup@Home  (Sebastian Meyer zu Borgsen, Timo Korthals, Florian Lier, Sven Wachsmuth)....Pages 577-588
 Improvements for a Robust Production in the RoboCup Logistics League 2016  (Tim Niemueller, Tobias Neumann, Christoph Henke, Sebastian Schönitz, Sebastian Reuter, Alexander Ferrein et al.)....Pages 589-600
 Staying on Top at RoboCup@Work 2016  (Torben Carstensen, Jan Carstensen, Andrej Dick, Sven Falkenhain, Jens Hübner, Robin Kammel et al.)....Pages 601-612
 Team Delft’s Robot Winner of the Amazon Picking Challenge 2016  (Carlos Hernandez, Mukunda Bharatheesha, Wilson Ko, Hans Gaiser, Jethro Tan, Kanter van Deurzen et al.)....Pages 613-624
 First International HARTING Open Source Prize Winner: The igus Humanoid Open Platform  (Philipp Allgeuer, Grzegorz Ficht, Hafez Farazi, Michael Schreiber, Sven Behnke)....Pages 625-633
 International Harting Open Source Award 2016: Fawkes for the RoboCup Logistics League  (Tim Niemueller, Tobias Neumann, Christoph Henke, Sebastian Schönitz, Sebastian Reuter, Alexander Ferrein et al.)....Pages 634-642
Back Matter ....Pages 643-645