Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots: First International Conference, SIMPAR 2008 Venice, Italy, November 3-6, 2008. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Simulation, Modeling and Programming for Autonomous Robots: The Open Source Perspective....Pages 1-1
Studies on Humanlike Robots – Humanoid, Android and Geminoid....Pages 2-2
Modeling, Understanding, and Interacting with Humans....Pages 3-3
Humanoids, Brain and Cognitive Sciences....Pages 4-4
XPERSim: A Simulator for Robot Learning by Experimentation....Pages 5-16
From Simulated to Real Scenarios: A Framework for Multi-UAVs....Pages 17-28
Simulation of Multi-Robot Teams with Flexible Level of Detail....Pages 29-40
MM-ulator: Towards a Common Evaluation Platform for Mixed Mode Environments....Pages 41-52
A Multi-agent 3D Simulation Environment for Clothing Industry....Pages 53-64
A Lunar Surface Operations Simulator....Pages 65-74
YARS: A Physical 3D Simulator for Evolving Controllers for Real Robots....Pages 75-86
A Software Platform for Component Based RT-System Development: OpenRTM-Aist....Pages 87-98
A Software System for Robotic Learning by Experimentation....Pages 99-110
A Mobile Robot Control Framework: From Simulation to Reality....Pages 111-122
Implementing Flexible Parallelism for Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots....Pages 123-134
Real-Time Software for Mobile Robot Simulation and Experimentation in Cooperative Environments....Pages 135-146
Knowledge Processing Middleware....Pages 147-158
Towards Automated Online Diagnosis of Robot Navigation Software....Pages 159-170
A Common Framework for Co-operative Robotics: An Open, Fault Tolerant Architecture for Multi-league RoboCup Teams....Pages 171-182
Multilevel Testing of Control Software for Teams of Autonomous Mobile Robots....Pages 183-194
ppPDC Communication Framework – A New Tool for Distributed Robotics....Pages 195-206
The Experimental Robotics Framework....Pages 207-221
Where Am I? A Simulated GPS Sensor for Outdoor Robotic Applications....Pages 222-233
An Emphatic Humanoid Robot with Emotional Latent Semantic Behavior....Pages 234-245
Developing Robot Motions by Simulated Touch Sensors....Pages 246-257
3D Simulation of a Motorized Operation Microscope....Pages 258-269
Real-Time Least-Square Fitting of Ellipses Applied to the RobotCub Platform....Pages 270-282
An Introduction to a New Commentator for RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation....Pages 283-292
Authority Sharing in a Swarm of UAVs: Simulation and Experiments with Operators....Pages 293-304
Rescue Robot Navigation: Static Stability Estimation in Random Step Environment....Pages 305-316
Performance Evaluation of Repeated Auctions for Robust Task Execution....Pages 317-327
Conceptual Framework to Maintain Multiple and Floating Relationship among Coordinate Reference Systems for Robotics....Pages 328-339
Conceptual Design of a Power Distribution Line Maintenance Robot Using a Developed CG Simulator and Experimental Robot System....Pages 340-351
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