From the contents: Algorithmic Challenges in Structural Molecular Biology and Proteomics -- Networked Robots: Ten Years of Experiments -- Algorithmic Foundation of the Clockwork Orange Robot Soccer Team -- Uniform Coverage of Simple Surfaces Embedded in R3 for Auto-Body Painting -- Stealth Tracking of an Unpredictable Target among Obstacles -- Multi-Step Motion Planning for Free-Climbing Robots…
Towards Biomimetic Neural Learning for Intelligent Robots -- Towards Biomimetic Neural Learning for Intelligent Robots -- I: Biomimetic Multimodal Learning in Neuron-Based Robots -- The Intentional Attunement Hypothesis The Mirror Neuron System and Its Role in Interpersonal Relations -- Sequence Detector Networks and Associative Learning of Grammatical Categories -- A Distributed Model of Spati…
Basic Methods and Theory -- Modelling of Uncertain Systems -- Robust Design Specifications -- ??Design -- ??Loop-shaping Design Procedures -- ?-Analysis and Synthesis -- Lower-order Controllers -- Design Examples -- Robust Control of a Mass-Damper-Spring System -- A Triple Inverted Pendulum Control-system Design -- Robust Control of a Hard Disk Drive -- Robust Control of a Distillation Column -…
Motion Planning -- Path Planning -- Medical Robotics -- Human-Robot Interaction -- Multiple Robots -- Robot Navigation -- Vision -- Humanoids -- SLAM -- Robot Perception -- Design -- Bio-Robotics.ISRR, the "International Symposium on Robotics Research," is one of robotics pioneering Symposia, which has established over the past two decades some of the field's most fundamental and lasting contri…
Task Allocation -- The Generation of Bidding Rules for Auction-Based Robot Coordination -- Issues in Multi-Robot Coalition Formation -- Sensor Network-Mediated Multi-Robot Task Allocation -- Coordination in Dynamic Environments -- Multi-Objective Cooperative Control of Dynamical Systems -- Levels of Multi-Robot Coordination for Dynamic Environments -- Parallel Stochastic Hill- Climbing with Sma…
Fuzzy Systems and Stability Analysis -- Bifurcations in Simple Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems:- Intelligent Control of Mobile Robots with Fuzzy Perception -- On the Stability of Mobile Robots with Fuzzy Reactive Navigation -- Intelligent System for Parallel Parking of Cars and Tractor-Trailers -- A. Adaptation of Conventional Electrical Vehicles.Intelligent Mobile Robot Navigation builds upon the …
Introduction -- Kinematics and Dynamics -- Model-based Control -- Learning-Based Control -- Further Topics on Learning-based Control -- Shared Control -- Conclusions.This monograph presents a novel concept of a mobile robot, which is a single-wheel, gyroscopically stabilized robot. The robot is balanced by a spinning wheel attached through a two-link manipulator at the wheel bearing, and actuat…
Research -- Theory, Simulation and Design of CLAWAR -- Control of CLAWAR -- Locomotion Algorithms -- Innovative Actuators -- Sensors and Sensor fusion -- Design Modularity and System Architecture -- Micro-Machines -- Autonomous and Tele-operated CLAWAR -- Human-Machine Interfaces for CLAWAR -- Biological Systems and Solutions Co-operative CLAWAR Machines -- Applications -- General Indoor and Ou…
Lie Groups -- Subgroups -- Lie Algebra -- A Little Kinematics -- Line Geometry -- Representation Theory -- Screw Systems -- Clifford Algebra -- A Little More Kinematics -- The Study Quadric -- Statics -- Dynamics -- Constrained Dynamics -- Differential Geometry.Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics provides an elegant introduction to the geometric concepts that are important to applications in rob…
Introduction -- Literature Survey: Autonomous Compliant Motion -- Literature Survey: Bayesian Probability Theory -- Kalman Filters for Nonlinear Systems -- The Non-Minimal State Kalman Filter -- Contact Modelling -- Geometrical Parameter Estimation and CF Recognition -- Experiment: A Cube-In-Corner Assembly -- Task Planning with Active Sensing -- General Conclusions.This monograph focuses on ho…