Technical Program


Conference program at a Glance.
Detailed Program of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Program for Workshops/Tutorials on Monday and Tuesday.


Wednesday, June 24 2009
8:30-9:00
Welcome
9:00-9:45
Invited Speaker
Gerhard A. Runshaug: RoboMop - Real-life experiences on the complex way from idea to innovation and success.
9:45-10:00
Coffee Break
Session WA1
Session WB1
Session WC1
Session WD1
10:00-11:20
Robot Architectures and Programming
10:00-11:20
Mapping, Detecting and Grasping Objects in Domestic Environments (GRASP)
10:00-11:20
Robotic Surgery (ROBOCAST)
10:00-11:20
Sensing and Perception I
11:20-11:40
Coffee Break
Session WA2
Session WB2
Session WC2
Session WD2
11:40-13:00
Metrics, Performance Evaluation, Benchmarking
11:40-13:00
Manipulation and Grasping I
11:40-13:00
Mechanics, Design and Control I
11:40-13:00
Sensing and Perception II
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Session WA3
Session WB3
Session WC3
Session WD3
14:00-15:20
Mobile Manipulation
14:00-15:20
Manipulation and Grasping II
14:00-15:20
Biologically Inspired Robotics I
14:00-15:20
Sensing and Perception III
15:20-15:40
Coffee Break
Session WA4
Session WB4
Session WC4
Session WD4
15:40-17:00
Motion Planning and Navigation
15:40-17:00
Manipulation and Grasping III
15:40-17:00
Biologically Inspired Robotics II
15:40-17:00
Sensing and Perception IV
17:00-18:30
Townhall Debate "Affordable Robots"
18:30-20:00
Reception
 
Thursday, June 25 2009
9:00-9:45
Invited Speaker
Yoshiyuki Sankai: Robot Suit HAL based on Cybernics.
9:45-10:00
Coffee Break
Session TA1
Session TB1
Session TC1
Session TD1
10:00-11:20
Able Service Robots in Everyday Environments I (DESIRE)
10:00-11:20
Collaborative Agens (Robot-At-CWE)
10:00-11:20
Mobile Robotics
10:00-11:20
Human-Robot Interaction
11:20-11:40
Coffee Break
Session TA2
Session TB2
Session TC2
Session TD2
11:40-13:00
Able Service Robots in Everyday Environments II
11:40-13:00
Mechanics, Design and Control II
11:40-13:00
Localization and Mapping
11:40-13:00
Haptics and Haptic Interfaces
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Session TA3
Session TB3
Session TC3
Session TD3
14:00-15:20
Service Robots (ZAFH)
14:00-15:20
Multi Robot Systems
14:00-15:20
Localization and Mapping II
14:00-15:20
Multimodal Interaction
15:20-15:40
Coffee Break
15:40-22:00
Cruise on Lake Starnberg and Conference Dinner
 
Friday, June 26 2009
9:00-9:45
Invited Speaker
Gerd Hirzinger: Robotics and Mechatronics – From Space to Surgery and the Virtual World.
9:45-10:00
Coffee Break
Session FA1
Session FB1
Session FC1
Session FD1
10:00-11:20
Advanced Behaviors of Mobile Robots in Public Areas (COMMROB 1/2)
10:00-11:20
Aerial Robots
10:00-11:20
Identification and Estimation in Robotics
10:00-11:20
Humanoid and Walking Robots
11:20-11:40
Coffee Break
Session FA2
Session FB2
Session FC2
Session FD2
11:40-13:00
Advanced Behaviors of Mobile Robots in Public Areas (COMMROB 2/2)
11:40-13:00
Field Robots I
11:40-13:00
Fuzzy Logic in Robotics
11:40-13:00
Telerobotics and Robotic Surgery
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
Plenary Talk
Antal K. Bejczy: New Roads, New Instruments, New Results in Space Exploration
Session FA3
Session FB3
Session FC3
15:00-17:00
Navigation
15:00-17:00
Field Robots II
15:00-17:00
Learning and Reasoning
17:00-18:30
Farewell





Program Overview

Wednesday, June 24

Session WA1
Robot Architectures and Programming


10:00-10:20
Software support for high-level specification, execution and estimation of event-driven, constraint-based multi-sensor robot tasks
Ruben Smits, Herman Bruyninckx and Joris De Schutter

10:20-10:40
Reducing the cost of robotics software: SAMGAR, a generic modular robotic software communication architecture
Kyron Du Casse, Khenglee Koay, Steve Ho and Kerstin Dautenhahn

10:40-11:00
A Multi-Layer Control Scheme for Multi-Robot Formations with Obstacle Avoidance
Vinicius Rampinelli, Alexandre Santos Brandao, Felipe Martins, Mario Sarcinelli-Filho and Ricardo Carelli

11:00-11:20
A real-time distributed software infrastructure for cooperating mobile autonomous robots
Frederico Santos, Luis Almeida, Paulo Pedreiras and Luis Seabra Lopes

Session WB1
Mapping, Detecting and Grasping Objects in Domestic Environments (GRASP)


10:00-10:20
Grasping Familiar Objects using Shape Context
Jeannette Bohg and Danica Kragic

10:20-10:40
Learning Grasping Affordance Using Probabilistic and Ontological Approaches
Carl Barck-Holst, Maria Ralph, Fredrik Holmar and Danica Kragic

10:40-11:00
Grasping Known Objects with Humanoid Robots: A Box-Based Approach
Kai Huebner, Kai Welke, Markus Przybylski, Nikolaus Vahrenkamp, Tamim Asfour, Danica Kragic and Rüdiger Dillmann

11:00-11:20
Modeling and Evaluation of Human-to-Robot Mapping of Grasps
Javier Romero, Hedvig Kjellström and Danica Kragic

Session WC1
Robotic Surgery (ROBOCAST)
 
10:00-10:20
Advanced Planning and Intra-operative Validation for Robot-Assisted Keyhole Neurosurgery In ROBOCAST
Seyed-Ahmad Ahmadi, Tassilo Klein, Nassir Navab, Ran Roth, Reuben Shamir, Leo Joskowicz, Elena DeMomi, Giancarlo Ferrigno, Luca Antiga and Roberto Israel Foroni.

10:20-10:40
ROBOt and sensors integration for Computer Assisted Surgery and Therapy
Elena De Momi, Pietro Cerveri and Giancarlo Ferrigno.

10:40-11:00
Robot assisted laser bone processing: Marking and cutting experiments
Jessica Burgner, Meiko Müller, Jörg Raczkowsky and Heinz Wörn

11:00-11:20
Control design issues for a microinvasive neurosurgery teleoperator system
Jacopo Semmoloni, Rudy Manganelli, Alessandro Formaglio and Domenico Prattichizzo

Session WD1
Sensing and Perception I


10:00-10:20
Visual Scene Detection and Interpretation using Encyclopedic Knowledge and Formal Description Logic
Dejan Pangercic, Rok Tavcar, Moritz Tenorth and Michael Beetz

10:20-10:40
Acquisition of a Dense 3D Model Database for Robotic Vision
Zeeshan Zia, Ulrich Friedrich Klank and Michael Beetz

10:40-11:00
Basic Object Shape Detection and Tracking Using Perceptual Organization
Andreas Richtsfeld and Markus Vincze.

11:00-11:20
High Accurate and Robust Shadow casting Image Processing with Data Composition for Tele-Sampling Task
Yasuharu Kunii, Takuya Niibori and Takahiro Shinotsuka

Session WA2
Metrics, Performance Evaluation, Benchmarking


11:40-12:00
Benchmarking and Standardization of Intelligent Robotic Systems
Raj Madhavan, Rolf Lakaemper and Tamas Kalmar-Nagy.

12:00-12:20
Ontology for Robotics: a Roadmap
Anders Nilsson, Riccardo Muradore, Klas Nilsson and Paolo Fiorini.

12:20-12:40
A Comparative Study on Robust Localization: Fault Tolerance and Robustness Test on Probabilistic Filters for Range-Based Positioning
Luca Carlone and Basilio Bona.

12:40-13:00
Collision Analysis and Evaluation of Collision Safety for Service Robots Working in Human Environments
Jung-Jun Park and Jae-Bok Song.

Session WB2
Manipulation and Grasping I
 
11:40-12:00
Real Life Grasping using an Under-actuated Robot Hand – Simulation and Experiments
Johan Tegin, Boyko Iliev, Alexander Skoglund, Danica Kragic and Jan Wikander.

12:00-12:20
Grasping Movements Recognition in 3D Space Using a Bayesian Approach
Diego Faria, Hadi Aliakbarpour and Jorge Dias.

12:20-12:40
Automatic and hand guided self-registration between a robot and an optical tracking system
Daniel Stein, Holger Mönnich, Jörg Raczkowsky and Heinz Wörn

12:40-13:00
A Framework for Robust Cognitive Spatial Mapping
Andrzej Pronobis, Kristoffer Sjö, Alper Aydemir, Adrian Bishop and Patric Jensfelt

Session WC2
Mechanics, Design and Control I
 
11:40-12:00
On Path Errors of Redundant Robots in Fault Tolerant Operations for Locked Joint Failures
Jing Zhao, Yu Liu and Yi Jin.

12:00-12:20
A Path Following Feedback Control Law for A New Type of Undulatory Locomotor: A Trident Steering Walker
Hiroaki Yamaguchi.

12:20-12:40
Design and Analysis of a 3-PPR Planar Robot with U-shape Base
Shaoping Bai and Stephane Caro

12:40-13:00
Development of Pipe Inspection Robot; Driving System and Control of Outer-rotor-typed Spherical Ultrasonic Motor
Masahiko Hoshina, Tomoaki Mashimo and Shigeki Toyama

Session WD2
Sensing and Perception II
 
11:40-12:00
Horopter based Dynamic Background Segmentation applied to an Interactive Mobile Robot
José Augusto Soares Prado, Luis Santos and Jorge Dias

12:00-12:20
Vision-based Human Augmented Mapping for Indoor Environments
Soohwan Kim, Ju-Hong Park and Sung-Kee Park

12:20-12:40
A single camera feature based vision system for helicopter autonomous landing
Andrea Cesetti, Emanuele Frontoni, Adriano Mancini, Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi

12:40-13:00
An Efficient Algorithm for Extrinsic Calibration between a 3D Laser Range Finder and a Stereo Camera for Surveillance
Hadi Aliakbarpour, Pedro Nunez, Jose Prado, Kamrad Khoshhal Roudposhti and Jorge Dias

Session WA3
Mobile Manipulation
 
14:00-14:20
Transformational Planning for Mobile Manipulation based on Action-related Places
Andreas Fedrizzi, Lorenz Moesenlechner, Freek Stulp and Michael Beetz

14:20-14:40
Dexterous Mobility with the uBot-5 Mobile Manipulator
Scott Kuindersma, Edward Hannigan, Dirk Ruiken and Roderic Grupen

14:40-15:00
Target pose computation for nonholonomic mobile manipulators
Andrea Monastero and Paolo Fiorini

15:00-15:20
Towards Harmonization and Refactoring of Mobile Manipulation Algorithms
Edmund Milke, Stefan Christen, Walter Nowak and Erwin Prassler.

Session WB3
Manipulation and Grasping II
 
14:00-14:20
Programming-by-Demonstration of Reaching Motions for Robot Grasping
Alexander Skoglund, Johan Tegin, Boyko Iliev and Rainer Palm.

14:20-14:40
Simple Orientation Control of An Object by Regrasping using A Dual-arm Manipulator with Multi-Fingered Hands
Akihiro Kawamura, Kenji Tahara, Ryo Kurazume and Tsutomu Hasegawa

14:40-15:00
On the Use of Iterative LCP Solvers for Dry Frictional Contacts in Grasping
Gustavo Arechavaleta, Efraín López-Damian and José Luis Morales

15:00-15:20
Extraction of grasp-related features by human dual-hand object exploration
Krzysztof Charusta, Dimitar Dimitrov, Achim J Lilienthal and Boyko Iliev

Session WC3
Biologically Inspired Robotics I
 
14:00-14:20
Online Adaptation of Gaze Fixation for a Stereo-Vergence System with Foveated Vision
Cem Karaoguz, Mark Dunn, Tobias Rodemann and Christian Goerick

14:20-14:40
Kinematic Modelling of Anthropomorphic Robot Upper Limb with Human-like Hands
Bertrand Tondu.

14:40-15:00
Human-like ZMP trajectory reference in sagittal plane for a biped robot
J. P. Ferreira, Manuel Crisóstomo and António Coimbra.

15:00-15:20
A Lower Limb EMG-driven Biomechanical Model for Applications in Rehabilitation Robotics
Massimo Sartori, Monica Reggiani, Cristiano Mezzato and Enrico Pagello.

Session WD3
Sensing and Perception III
 
14:00-14:20
A human body model initialization approach made real-time capable through heuristic constraints
Martin Lösch, Stefan Gärtner, Steffen Knoop, Sven R. Schmidt-Rohr and Rüdiger Dillmann

14:20-14:40
Active 3-D Vision on a Humanoid Head
Ales Ude and Erhan Oztop

14:40-15:00
Vision-based Global Localization for Mobile Robots Using an Object and Spatial Layout-based Hybrid Map
Soonyong Park and Sung-Kee Park

15:00-15:20
Virtual Range Scan for Avoiding 3D Obstacles Using 2D Tools
Stefan Stiene and Joachim Hertzberg.

Session WA4
Motion Planning and Navigation
 
15:40-16:00
Mobile Robot Navigation in a Corridor Using Visual Odometry
Enis Bayramoglu, Nils Axel Andersen, Niels Kjølstad Poulsen, Jens Christian Andersen and Ole Ravn

16:00-16:20
ABUG: A Fast Bug-derivative Anytime Path Planner with Provable Suboptimality Bounds
Javier Antich, Alberto Ortiz and Javier Minguez.

16:20-16:40
Path Planning and Dynamic Objects Detection
Istvan Szoke, Gheorghe Lazea, Levente Tamas, Mircea Popa and Andras Majdik.

16:40-17:00
Motion Planning and Control of a Simplified Helicopter Model based on Virtual Holonomic Constraints
Simon Westerberg, Uwe Mettin, Anton S. Shiriaev, Leonid B. Freidovich and Yury Orlov.

Session WB4
Manipulation and Grasping III
 
15:40-16:00
Human-Performed Assembly Task Evaluation through a Virtual Operator
Ashvin Sobhee, Sébastien Druon and André Crosnier

16:00-16:20
Optimization criterion for safety task transfer in cooperative robotics
Albert Hernansanz, Josep Amat and Alícia Casals.

16:20-16:40
Exploiting redundancy in closed-loop inverse kinematics for dexterous object manipulation
Vincenzo Lippiello, Fabio Ruggiero and Luigi Villani.

16:40-17:00
Measurement of static constraints imposed by a human hand on a grasped object
Kazuya Matsuo, Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Kenji Tahara and Ryo Kurazume

Session WC4
Biologically Inspired Robotics II
 
15:40-16:00
Filtering environmental sounds using basic audio cues in robot audition
Tobias Rodemann, Frank Joublin and Christian Goerick.

16:00-16:20
Predicting the Compliance of Soft Fingertips with Differentiated Layer Design: A Numerical and Experimental Investigation
Giovanni Berselli, Marco Piccinini, Andrea Zucchelli and Gabriele Vassura

16:20-16:40
A Reliable Distributed Algorithm for Group Size Estimation with Minimal Communication Requirements
Manuele Brambilla, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari and Marco Dorigo

16:40-17:00
Development of a Tactile Sensor Based on Biologically Inspired Edge Encoding
Craig Chorley, Jonathan Rossiter, Chris Melhuish and Tony Pipe.

Session WD4
Sensing and Perception IV
 
15:40-16:00
Maximum Likelihood Point Cloud Acquisition from a Mobile Platform
Todor Stoyanov and Achim Lilienthal

16:00-16:20
Laser-based Perception for Door and Handle Identification
Radu B. Rusu, Wim Meeussen, Sachin Chitta and Michael Beetz

16:20-16:40
Real Time Visual Traffic Lights Recognition with Image Processing
Raoul de Charette and Fawzi Nashashibi.

16:40-17:00
Semantic Mapping with Image Segmentation using Conditional Random Fields
Fabiano Correa and Jun Okamoto Jr.

Thursday, June 25

Session TA1
Able Service Robots in Everyday Environments I (DESIRE)

 
10:00-10:20
Online Generation of Reachable Grasps for Dexterous Manipulation Using a Representation of the Reachable Workspace
Franziska Zacharias, Christoph Borst and Gerd Hirzinger

10:20-10:40
6D Object Localization and Obstacle Detection for Collision-Free Manipulation with a Mobile Service Robot
Jens Kuehnle, Zhixing Xue, Thilo Grundmann, Alexander Verl, Steffen Ruehl, J. Marius Zoellner, Ruediger Dillmann, Robert Eidenberger and Raoul D. Zoellner

10:40-11:00
An Automatic Grasp Planning System for Service Robots
Zhixing Xue, Alexander Kasper, J. Marius Zoellner and Ruediger Dillmann.

11:00-11:20
An Integrated Active Perception Module for a Distributed Cognitive Architecture
Robert Eidenberger, Raoul Zoellner and Josef Scharinger.

Session TB1
Collaborative Agens (Robot-At-CWE)
 
10:00-10:20
Pose Control of the Humanoid Robot RH-1 for Mobile Manipulation
Concepción A. Monje, Paolo Pierro and Carlos Balaguer.

10:20-10:40
A Versatile Generalized Inverted Kinematics Implementation for Collaborative Working Humanoid Robots: The Stack of Tasks
Nicolas Mansard, Olivier Stasse, Paul Evrard and Abderrahmane Kheddar

10:40-11:00
Humanoid teleoperation system for space environments
Paolo Pierro, Daniel Hernández, Miguel González-Fierro, Lorenzo Blasi, Andrea Milani and Carlos Balaguer

11:00-11:20
Learning collaborative manipulation tasks by demonstration using a haptic interface
Sylvain Calinon, Paul Evrard, Elena Gribovskaya, Aude Billard and Abderrahmane Kheddar

Session TC1
Mobile Robotics
 
10:00-10:20
GIS Map Based Mobile Robot Navigation in Urban Environments
Josep M. Mirats-Tur, Claudio Zinggerling and Andreu Corominas

10:20-10:40
Switching Visual Servoing Approach for Stable Corridor Navigation
Juan Marcos Toibero, Carlos Soria, Flavio Roberti, Ricardo Carelli and Paolo Fiorini.

10:40-11:00
Minimalist Path Tracking for Mobile Robots
Antonio Sgorbissa and Renato Zaccaria.

11:00-11:20
Dynamic Modeling and Adaptive Dynamic Compensation for Unicycle-Like Mobile Robots
Felipe Martins, Mario Sarcinelli-Filho, Teodiano Bastos-Filho and Ricardo Carelli.

Session TD1
Human-Robot Interaction
 
10:00-10:20
Human-Aware Task Planning for Mobile Robots
Marcello Cirillo, Lars Karlsson and Alessandro Saffiotti

10:20-10:40
A Practical Mascot Type Face Robot Design Methodology for Effective Emotion Expression
Kyung-geune Oh, Chan-yul Jung and Seung-jong Kim

10:40-11:00
Real Time Imitation of Facial Expression with a Mascot Type Face Robot
Kyung-geune Oh, Chan-yul Jung, Won-hyo Yu, Jong-ju Shin, Dai-jin Kim and Seung-jong Kim
11:00-11:20
Clustering of Motion Data from On-Body Wireless Sensor Networks for Human-Imitative Walking in Bipedal Robots
D.K. Arvind and Michal Bartosik
Session TA2
Able Service Robots in Everyday Environments II
 
11:40-12:00
Using Entropy for Dimension Reduction of Tactile Data
Matthias Schoepfer, Michael Pardowitz and Helge Ritter

12:00-12:20
DESIRE WEB 2.0 - Integration Management and Distributed Software Development for Service Robots
Ulrich Reiser, Regina Klauser, Christopher Parlitz and Alexander Verl

12:20-12:40
An Approach for Robust Mapping, Detection, Tracking and Classification in Dynamic Environments
Gwennael Gate and Fawzi Nashashibi

12:40-13:00
Environmental identification based on changes in sensory information
Manabu Gouko and Koji Ito

Session TB2
Mechanics, Design and Control II
 
11:40-12:00
Design and implementation of the low-level control system of an All-Terrain Mobile Robot
Luca Bascetta, Gianantonio Magnani, Paolo Rocco and Andrea Maria Zanchettin.

12:00-12:20
Robust Control of Robots with Variable Joint Stiffness
Gianluca Palli and Claudio Melchiorri

12:20-12:40
Improvement of Kinematically Redundant Manipulator Design and Placement Using Torque-Weighted Isotropy Measures
Frank L. Hammond III and Kenji Shimada.

12:40-13:00
Neural-Network-Based Discrete-Time Variable Structure Control of Robotic Manipulators
Maria Letizia Corradini, Gianluca Ippoliti, Sauro Longhi, Giuseppe Orlando and Raffaele Signorini.

Session TC2
Localization and Mapping
 
11:40-12:00
RFID Tag Bearing Estimation for Mobile Robot Localization
Annalisa Milella, Donato Di Paola, Grazia Cicirelli and Tiziana D'Orazio.

12:00-12:20
A method to estimate robot's location using vision sensor for various type of mobile robots
Tomohiro Uchimoto, Sho'ji Suzuki and Hitoshi Matsubara.

12:20-12:40
A novel geo-localisation method using GPS, 3D-GIS and Laser scanner for intelligent vehicle navigation in urban areas
Jing Peng, Maan El Badaoui El Najjar, Cindy Cappelle, Denis Pomorski, François Charpillet and Abdallah Deeb

12:40-13:00
On Measurement Models for Line Segments and Point Based SLAM
Satish Pedduri, Gururaj Kosuru, Madhava Krishna and Amit Kumar Pandey.

Session TD2
Haptics and Haptic Interfaces
 
11:40-12:00
Passivity Analysis of Haptic Systems Interacting with Viscoelastic Virtual Environment
Hyoung Il Son, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee and Doo Yong Lee.

12:00-12:20
Effect of the Tactile Array Density on the Discrimination of Edge Patterns: Implications for Tactile Systems Design
Nadia Garcia-Hernandez, Nikos Tsagarakis and Darwin Caldwell.

12:20-12:40
Light-Exoskeleton and Data-Glove Integration for Enhancing Virtual Reality Applications
Luis Ivan Lugo Villeda, Silvia Pabon, Miguel Angel Padilla Casteñeda, Antonio Frisoli, Edoardo Sotgiu and Massimo Bergamasco

12:40-13:00
Development of Wearable-Agri-Robot Mechanism for Agricultural Work and Following System
Yamamoto Gohei and Toyama Shigeki

Session TA3
Service Robots (ZAFH)
 
14:00-14:20
Robotic Software Systems: From Code-Driven to Model-Driven Designs
Christian Schlegel, Thomas Hassler, Alex Lotz and Andreas Steck.

14:20-14:40
The Teaching-Box: A Universal Robot Learning Framework
Wolfgang Ertel, Markus Schneider, Richard Cubek and Michel Tokic.

14:40-15:00
Towards a robust Visual SLAM Approach: Addressing the Challenge of life-long Operation
Siegfried Hochdorfer and Christian Schlegel.

15:00-15:20
Model Predictive Collaborative Motion Planning and Control of Mobile Robots Including Safety Aspects
Holger Voos

Session TB3
Multi Robot Systems
 
14:00-14:20
Formation Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Via Dynamic Feedback Linearization
Gayan Gamage, George Mann and Raymond Gosine.

14:20-14:40
A Multi-robot Coordination System based on RFID technology
Marco Baglietto, Giorgio Cannata, Francesco Capezio, Alberto Grosso and Antonio Sgorbissa

14:40-15:00
Self-Organised Recruitment in a Heteregeneous Swarm
Carlo Pinciroli, Rehan O'Grady, Anders Lyhne Christensen and Marco Dorigo.

15:00-15:20
Robotics enable the Simulation and Animation of the Virtual Human
Christian Schlette and Jürgen Rossmann.

Session TC3
Localization and Mapping II
 
14:00-14:20
Relaxing Loop-Closing Errors in 3D Maps Based on Planar Surface Patches
Kaustubh Pathak, Max Pfingsthorn, Narunas Vaskevicius and Andreas Birk

14:20-14:40
Development of Compact and Light-weight LRF Based Positioning Sensor for Mobile Robot Localization
Hirohiko Kawata, Akihisa Ohya and Shin'ichi Yuta.

14:40-15:00
Precise Realtime Localization by RF Transceiver ToF Measurements
Hamed Bastani and Andreas Birk

15:00-15:20
Iterative Localization Optimization for Networked Mobile Robots
Hamed Bastani and Andreas Birk

Session TD3
Multimodal Interaction
 
14:00-14:20
Assigning virtual tool dynamics to an industrial robot through an admittance controller
Gianni Ferretti, Gianantonio Magnani and Paolo Rocco

14:20-14:40
Online trajectory following with position based force/vision control
Olli Alkkiomäki, Ville Kyrki, Heikki Kälviäinen, Yong Liu and Heikki Handroos

14:40-15:00
Multi-modal force/vision sensor fusion in 6-DOF pose tracking
Olli Alkkiomäki, Ville Kyrki, Yong Liu, Heikki Handroos and Heikki Kälviäinen

15:00-15:20
The Realization of Robot Theater: Humanoid Robots and Theatric Performance
Chyi-Yeu Lin, Chang-Kuo Tseng, Wei-Chung Teng, Wei-Chen Lee, Chung-Hsien Kuo, Hung-Yan Gu, Kuo-Liang Chung and Chin-Shyurng Fahn

Friday, June 26

Session FA1
Advanced Behaviors of mobile robots in public areas (COMMROB 1/2)
 
10:00-10:20
Improving user interfaces of interactive robots with multimodality
Mathieu Vallee, Brice Burger, Dominik Ertl, Frederic Lerasle and Juergen Falb
10:20-10:40
Vision and ToF-based driving assistance for a personal transporter
Marcus Strand, Thomas Schamm, Thomas Gumpp, Marius Zöllner, Rüdiger Dillmann and Ralf Kohlhaas.

10:40-11:00
Intuitive Control for the Mobile Service Robot InBOT using Haptic Interaction
Thilo Kerscher, Michael Göller, Marco Ziegenmeyer, Arne Rönnau, J. Marius Zöllner and Rüdiger Dillmann.

11:00-11:20
Setup and Control Architecture for an Interactive Shopping Cart
Michael Göller, Michel Devy, Thilo Kerscher, J.Marius Zöllner, Rüdiger Dillmann, Thierry Germa and Frederic Lerasle.

Session FB1
Aerial Robots
 
10:00-10:20
Simultaneous Visual Target Tracking and Navigation in a GPS-Denied Environment
Yoko Watanabe, Patrick Fabiani and Guy Le Besnerais.

10:20-10:40
Miniature Quad-rotor Dynamics Modeling & Guidance for Vision-based Target Tracking control Tasks
Antonio Barrientos and Julian Colorado

10:40-11:00
A Vision Based Onboard Approach for Landing and Position Control of an Autonomous Multirotor UAV in GPS-Denied Environments
Sven Lange, Niko Sünderhauf and Peter Protzel

11:00-11:20
Using Image Profiles and Integral Images for Efficient Calculation of Sparse Optical Flow Fields
Niko Sünderhauf and Peter Protzel

Session FC1
Identification and Estimation in robotics
 
10:00-10:20
Friction and backlash measurement and identification method for robotic arms
Lorinc Marton and Bela Lantos.

10:20-10:40
Loop Closure and Trajectory Estimation with Long-Range Passive RFID in Densely Tagged Environments
Philipp Vorst, Bin Yang and Andreas Zell.

10:40-11:00
A Robust Neural Adaptive Force Controller for a C5 Parallel Robot
Brahim Achili, Boubaker Daachi, Araab Ali-Cherif and Yacine Amirat.

11:00-11:20
Towards Closed-form Solution of Constraint Networks for Maximum Likelihood Mapping
Dario Lodi Rizzini.

Session FD1
Humanoid and Walking Robots
 
10:00-10:20
SVR controller of a biped robot in the sagittal plane when pulling a mass
J. P. Ferreira, Manuel Crisóstomo and António Coimbra.

10:20-10:40
Centroid-based Analysis of Quadruped-Robot Walking Balance
Byoung-Ho Kim.

10:40-11:00
A Parametric Study on the Passive Dynamics of Straight-Ahead Level-Ground Quadrupedal Running
Panagiotis Chatzakos and Evangelos Papadopoulos

11:00-11:20
Design of a shape-changing anthropomorphic mannequin for tailoring applications
Artur Abels and Maarja Kruusmaa.

Session FA2
Advanced Behaviors of mobile robots in public areas (COMMROB 2/2)
 
11:40-12:00
Integrated subsystem for Obstacle detection from a belt of micro-cameras.
Michel Devy, Mario Ibarra Manzano, Jean-Louis Boizard, Pierre Lacroix, Wassim Filali and Jean-Yves Fourniols.

12:00-12:20
RFID-based topological and metrical self-localization in a structured environment
Younes Raoui, Michael Göller, Michel Devy, Thilo Kerscher, Johann Marius Zöllner, Rüdiger Dillmann and Anthony Coustou.

12:20-12:40
A Step towards a Sociable Robot Guide which Monitors and Adapts to the Person’s Activities
Amit Kumar Pandey and Rachid Alami

12:40-13:00
A Framework for Adapting Social Conventions in a Mobile Robot Motion in Human-Centered Environment
Amit Kumar Pandey and Rachid Alami

Session FB2
Field Robots I
 
11:40-12:00
Lateral Movement of Flexible Mono-Tread Mobile Track (FMT)
Tetsuya Kinugasa, Takafumi Haji, Koji Yoshida, Hisanori Amano and Koichi Osuka

12:00-12:20
Robotic Screw Explorer for Lunar Subsurface Investigation: Dynamics Modelling and Experimental Validation
Kenji Nagaoka, Takashi Kubota, Masatsugu Otsuki and Satoshi Tanaka

12:20-12:40
Trajectory Planning and Time-Independent Motion Control for a Kinematically Redundant Hydraulic Manipulator
Uwe Mettin, Pedro X. La Hera, Daniel Ortíz Morales, Anton S. Shiriaev, Leonid B. Freidovich and Simon Westerberg

12:40-13:00
Modelling and Control of the GreenWeeder for Crop Row Tracking
Kim Son Dang, Jayantha Katupitiya, Ray Eaton and Ngai M. Kwok

Session FC2
Fuzzy Logic in Robotics
 
11:40-12:00
Mobile Robot Navigation in Unknown Environments Based on Supervisory Control of Partially-Observed Fuzzy Discrete Event Systems
Awantha Jayasiri, George Mann and Raymond Gosine.

12:00-12:20
Type-2 Fuzzy Reactive Navigation of Autonomous Robot Manipulators
Jean Bosco Mbede, Pierre Ele and Edouard Ondoua.

12:20-12:40
Rejection of an external force in the Sagittal Plane applied on a Biped Robot using a Neuro-Fuzzy Controller
J. P. Ferreira, Manuel Crisóstomo and António Coimbra.

12:40-13:00
Fuzzy Approaches to Driven Kalman Filtering for Small Robot Localization
Jeffrey Kramer and Abraham Kandel.

Session FD2
Telerobotics and Robotic Surgery
 
11:40-12:00
Preliminary Protocol for Interoperable Telesurgery
H. Hawkeye King, Kotaro Tadano, Regina Donlin, Diana Friedman, Mitchel J. H. Lum, Victoria Asch, Cong Wang, Kenji Kawashima and Blake Hannaford.

12:00-12:20

Design of a haptic master interface for Robotically Assisted Vitreo-Retinal Eye Surgery
Ron Hendrix, Nick Rosielle and Henk Nijmeijer.

12:20-12:40
LQ Control Design of Cooperative Teleoperation Systems
Rita Bacocco and Claudio Melchiorri

12:40-13:00
Stability Analysis of Scaled Force-Position Control Architecture with Sensor Noise
Maya Wulandari and Dong Soo Kwon

13:00-13:20
Cooperative Control of A Multi-arm System Using Semi-autonomous Telemanipulation and Adaptive Impedance
Yushing Cheung and Justin Chung

Session FA3
Navigation
 
15:00-15:20
Improved Laser-based Navigation for Mobile Robots
Muhammad Awais.

15:20-15:40
Bi-Steerable Robot Navigation Using a Modified Dynamic Window Approach
Karima Rebai, Ouahiba Azouaoui and Ouadah Noureddine.

15:40-16:00
Moving Obstacles Detection and Tracking with Laser Range Finder
Karima Rebai, Akrame Benabderrahmane, Ouahiba Azouaoui and Ouadah Noureddine

16:00-16:20
A 3D Laser Scanner System for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
Francesco Maurelli, David Droeschel, Thomas Wisspeintner, Stefan May and Hartmut Surmann

16:20-16:40
Robot Navigation using Tube Skeletons and Fast Marching
Santiago Garrido, Luis Moreno, Mohamed Abderrahim and Dolores Blanco.

Session FB3
Field Robots II
 
15:00-15:20
Lean Robotics For Humanitarian Mine Sweeping
Vittorio Belotti, Manjula Hemapala, Rinaldo Michelini and Roberto Razzoli.

15:20-15:40
Accurate Perception of Environmental Ferrous Features' Positioning Using a Simple Mobile Robot Platform
Hamed Bastani and Hamid Mirmohammad Sadeghi

15:40-16:00
Estimating Ground and Other Planes from a Single Tilted Laser Range Finder for On-Road Driving
Yasovardhan Reddy E, Hemanth Korrapati and Madhava Krishna K

16:00-16:20
Realization of a highly accurate mobile robot system for multi purpose precision forestry applications
Juergen Rossmann, Michael Schluse, Christian Schlette, Arno Buecken, Petra Krahwinkler and Markus Emde

16:20-16:40
FRC: A low-cost service robot for subsea flexible risers
Dimitrios Psarros, Vasileios Papadimitriou, Panagiotis Chatzakos, Vasileios Spais and Kostas Hrissagis.

16:40-17:00
Real-Time Audio-Visual Calls Detection System for a Chicken Robot
Alexey Gribovskiy and Francesco Mondada

Session FC3
Learning and Reasoning
 
15:00-15:20
Prediction learning in robotic pushing manipulation
Marek Kopicki, Jeremy Wyatt and Rustam Stolkin.

15:20-15:40
Vision-Based Reinforcement Learning using Approximate Policy Iteration
Marwan Shaker, Tom Duckett and Shigang Yue

15:40-16:00
The Coordination of Deliberative Reasoning in a Mobile Robot
Patrick Ulam.

16:00-16:20
Reducing complexity in Robotic Learning by Experimentation
Federico Di Palma, Andrea Monastero and Paolo Fiorini