Robotics Research: The Eighth International Symposium

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Elastic Strips: Real-Time Path Modification for Mobile Manipulation....Pages 5-13
Modeling and Control for Mobile Manipulation in Everyday Environments....Pages 14-22
Scale-Dependent Grasps....Pages 23-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
A General Formulation of Under-Actuated Manipulator Systems....Pages 33-44
Towards Precision Robotic Maneuvering, Survey, and Manipulation in Unstructured Undersea Environments....Pages 45-54
Where does the Task Frame go?....Pages 55-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Motion Synthesis, Learning and Abstraction through Parameterized Smooth Map from Sensors to Behaviors....Pages 69-80
Safe Cooperative Robot Patterns via Dynamics on Graphs....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-94
Motion Planning with Visibility Constraints: Building Autonomous Observers....Pages 95-101
Motion planning in humans and robots....Pages 102-111
Local and Global Planning in Sensor Based Navigation of Mobile Robots....Pages 112-123
Interleaving Motion Planning And Execution For Mobile Robots....Pages 124-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-139
Opportunities for Increased Intelligence and Autonomy in Robotic Systems for Manufacturing....Pages 141-151
Rapid Deployment Automation: Technical Challenges....Pages 152-156
Stability of Assemblies as a Criterion for Cost Evaluation in Robot Assembly....Pages 157-168
Towards a new Robot Generation....Pages 169-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Design of a Serial Communication Link for Built-in Servo Driver and Sensors in a Robot....Pages 185-194
Omnidirectional Vision....Pages 195-202
Small Vision Systems: Hardware and Implementation....Pages 203-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-214
Exploration of Unknown Environments with a Mobile Robot using Multisensorfusion....Pages 215-224
Front Matter....Pages 213-214
Integration of Topological Map and Behaviors for Efficient Mobile Robot Navigation....Pages 225-236
A Robotic Travel Aid for the Blind....Pages 237-245
Automated Highways and the Free Agent Demonstration....Pages 246-254
The Design of High Integrity Navigation Systems....Pages 255-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-267
Tactile Displays for Increased Spatial and Temporal Bandwidth in Haptic Feedback....Pages 269-277
Design of an Anthropomorphic Haptic Interface for the Human Arm....Pages 278-289
Testing A Visual Phase Advance Hypothesis for Telerobots....Pages 290-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Robot Assisted Surgery and Training for Future Minimally Invasive Therapy....Pages 299-310
Surgery simulation with visual and haptic feedback....Pages 311-316
Synergistic mechanical devices: a new generation of medical robots....Pages 317-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-326
Vision-based Behavior Learning and Development for Emergence of Robot Intelligence....Pages 327-338
Using Human Development As A Model For Adaptive Robotics....Pages 339-343
Developmental Processes in Remote-Brained Humanoids....Pages 344-355
Animating Human Athletes....Pages 356-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-371
Mechanics and Control of Biomimetic Locomotion....Pages 373-381
Robots: A Premature Solution for the Land Mine Problem....Pages 382-390
Robots Integrated with Environments....Pages 391-400
Bio-robotic Systems Based on Insect Fixed Behavior by Artificial Stimulation....Pages 401-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-412
Physical Understanding of Manual Dexterity....Pages 413-414
Tightly Coupled Sensor and Behavior for Real World Recognition....Pages 415-426
Front Matter....Pages 409-412
Intelligence and Autonomy for Human-machine Cooperative System....Pages 427-432
Biologically Inspired Approach to Autonomous Systems....Pages 433-438
FNR: Toward a Platform Based Humanoid Project....Pages 439-445
Current and Future Perspective of Honda Humanoid Robot....Pages 446-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-458