Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 16th Annual Conference, TAROS 2015, Liverpool, UK, September 8-10, 2015, Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Endurance Optimisation of Battery-Powered Rotorcraft....Pages 1-12
An Overview of Anthropomorphic Robot Hand and Mechanical Design of the Anthropomorphic Red Hand – A Preliminary Work....Pages 13-18
An Interactive Approach to Monocular SLAM....Pages 19-25
Symmetry Reduction Enables Model Checking of More Complex Emergent Behaviours of Swarm Navigation Algorithms....Pages 26-37
Inertia Properties of a Prosthetic Knee Mechanism....Pages 38-43
Development and Characterisation of a Multi-material 3D Printed Torsion Spring....Pages 44-49
Robotic Pseudo-Dynamic Testing (RPsDT) of Contact-Impact Scenarios....Pages 50-55
Hybrid Insect-Inspired Multi-Robot Coverage in Complex Environments....Pages 56-68
From AgentSpeak to C for Safety Considerations in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles....Pages 69-81
Joint Torques and Velocities in a 3-mass Linear Inverted Pendulum Model of Bipedal Gait....Pages 82-93
Limits and Potential of an Experience Metric Space in a Mobile Domestic Robot....Pages 94-99
A Novel Approach to Environment Mapping Using Sonar Sensors and Inverse Problems....Pages 100-111
Applying Energy Autonomous Robots for Dike Inspection....Pages 112-123
Advancing Evolutionary Coordination for Fixed-Wing Communications UAVs....Pages 124-135
A Generic Approach to Self-localization and Mapping of Mobile Robots Without Using a Kinematic Model....Pages 136-142
Improving Active Vision System Categorization Capability Through Histogram of Oriented Gradients....Pages 143-148
ROBO-GUIDE: Towards Safe, Reliable, Trustworthy, and Natural Behaviours in Robotic Assistants....Pages 149-154
Mechanical Design of Long Reach Super Thin Discrete Manipulator for Inspections in Fragile Historical Environments....Pages 155-160
Robot Mapping and Localisation for Feature Sparse Water Pipes Using Voids as Landmarks....Pages 161-166
Standardized Field Testing of Assistant Robots in a Mars-Like Environment....Pages 167-179
Towards Intelligent Lower Limb Prostheses with Activity Recognition....Pages 180-185
Discretizing the State Space of Multiple Moving Robots to Verify Visibility Properties....Pages 186-191
Design of a Continuously Varying Electro-Permanent Magnet Adhesion Mechanism for Climbing Robots....Pages 192-197
An Approach to Supervisory Control of Multi-Robot Teams in Dynamic Domains....Pages 198-203
Robotic Garment Folding: Precision Improvement and Workspace Enlargement....Pages 204-215
Computing Time-Optimal Clearing Strategies for Pursuit-Evasion Problems with Linear Programming....Pages 216-228
The Benefits of Explicit Ontological Knowledge-Bases for Robotic Systems....Pages 229-235
Task-Based Variation of Active Compliance of Arm/Hand Robots in Physical Human Robot Interactions....Pages 236-245
Auction-Based Task Allocation for Multi-robot Teams in Dynamic Environments....Pages 246-257
UAV Guidance: A Stereo-Based Technique for Interception of Stationary or Moving Targets....Pages 258-269
A Novel Path Planning Approach for Robotic Navigation Using Consideration Within Crowds....Pages 270-282
Adaptive Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Mobile Robots with Differential Constraints....Pages 283-295
Collaborating Low Cost Micro Aerial Vehicles: A Demonstration....Pages 296-302
Vision-Based Trajectories Planning for Four Wheels Independently Steered Mobile Robots with Maximum Allowable Velocities....Pages 303-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-312