Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots: Third International Conference, SIMPAR 2012, Tsukuba, Japan, November 5-8, 2012. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
A Geometric Perspective of Anthropomorphic Embodied Actions....Pages 1-1
Cybernics: Fusion of Human, Machine and Information....Pages 2-2
If Abstraction Is the Answer, What Is the Question? — Reasoning for Everyday Manipulation Tasks....Pages 3-3
Towards Partners Profiling in Human Robot Interaction Contexts....Pages 4-15
Motivation-Based Autonomous Behavior Control of Robotic Computer....Pages 16-27
An Evaluation Method for Smart Variable Space in Living Space....Pages 28-39
Modeling Robot Behavior with CCL....Pages 40-51
Visual-Trace Simulation of Concurrent Finite-State Machines for Validation and Model-Checking of Complex Behaviour....Pages 52-64
Fast Dynamic Simulation of Highly Articulated Robots with Contact via Θ( n 2 ) Time Dense Generalized Inertia Matrix Inversion....Pages 65-76
A Differential-Algebraic Multistate Friction Model....Pages 77-88
Simulation of Flexible Objects in Robotics....Pages 89-100
Continuous Integration for Iterative Validation of Simulated Robot Models....Pages 101-112
Software Abstractions for Simulation and Control of a Continuum Robot....Pages 113-124
A Visual Modeling Language for RDIS and ROS Nodes Using AToM 3 ....Pages 125-136
PRACSYS: An Extensible Architecture for Composing Motion Controllers and Planners....Pages 137-148
RobotML, a Domain-Specific Language to Design, Simulate and Deploy Robotic Applications....Pages 149-160
A Java vs. C++ Performance Evaluation: A 3D Modeling Benchmark....Pages 161-172
A Comparison of Sampling Strategies for Parameter Estimation of a Robot Simulator....Pages 173-184
A Framework with a Pedestrian Simulator for Deploying Robots into a Real Environment....Pages 185-196
Simulating Complex Robotic Scenarios with MORSE....Pages 197-208
Masters’ Skill Explained by Visualization of Whole-Body Muscle Activity....Pages 209-220
Studying the Effect of Different Optimization Criteria on Humanoid Walking Motions....Pages 221-236
Modeling and Simulating Compliant Movements in a Musculoskeletal Bipedal Robot....Pages 237-250
Simulation and Experimental Evaluation of the Contribution of Biarticular Gastrocnemius Structure to Joint Synchronization in Human-Inspired Three-Segmented Elastic Legs....Pages 251-260
Graph Optimization with Unstructured Covariance: Fast, Accurate, Linear Approximation....Pages 261-274
Mobile Robot SLAM Interacting with Networked Small Intelligent Sensors Distributed in Indoor Environments....Pages 275-286
Computing 2D Robot Workspace in Parallel with CUDA....Pages 287-298
Acquisition of Object Pose from Barcode for Robot Manipulation....Pages 299-310
WorkCellSimulator: A 3D Simulator for Intelligent Manufacturing....Pages 311-322
A Meta-model and Toolchain for Improved Interoperability of Robotic Frameworks....Pages 323-334
Integrated Software Development for Embedded Robotic Systems....Pages 335-348
Combining IEC 61499 Model-Based Design with Component-Based Architecture for Robotics....Pages 349-360
A Reuse-Oriented Development Process for Component-Based Robotic Systems....Pages 361-374
SwarmSimX: Real-Time Simulation Environment for Multi-robot Systems....Pages 375-387
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mixed Reality Simulations for Developing UAV Systems....Pages 388-399
Comprehensive Simulation of Quadrotor UAVs Using ROS and Gazebo....Pages 400-411
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