Field and Service Robotics : Results of the 6th International Conference - Laugier, Christian; Siegwart, Roland; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Mapping -- Outdoor Radar Mapping Using Measurement Likelihood Estimation -- Recovering the Shape of Objects in 3D Point Clouds with Partial Occlusions -- Update Policy of Dense Maps: Efficient Algorithms and Sparse Representation -- Assessing Map Quality Using Conditional Random Fields -- Vision for Navigation -- Robust Vision-Based Underwater Target Identification and Homing Using Self-Similar Landmarks -- Vision-Based Handling Tasks for an Autonomous Outdoor Forklift -- Robust Feature Extraction and Matching for Omnidirectional Images -- Dynamic Obstacle Detection Based on Probabilistic Moving Feature Recognition -- Mobile Robot Geometry Initialization from Single Camera -- Underwater Robots and Systems -- A Feature Based Navigation System for an Autonomous Underwater Robot -- Experiments in Navigation and Mapping with a Hovering AUV -- Mobile Robot Sensing for Environmental Applications -- Tracking Environmental Isoclines Using Polygonal Formations of Submersible Autonomous Vehicles -- A Miniature Biomimetic Robotic Fish and Its Realtime Path Planning -- Development of a 5 Degree-of-Freedom Towfish and Its Control Strategy -- Wheeled Robots -- Autonomous Robotic Inspection for Lunar Surface Operations -- Roving Faster Farther Cheaper -- Characterization and Comparison of Rover Locomotion Performance Based on Kinematic Aspects -- Localization and Sensor Fusion -- Robot Position Estimation on a RFID-Tagged Smart Floor -- Monte Carlo Localization in Outdoor Terrains Using Multi-Level Surface Maps -- Estimating Vehicle Position Using Few Range Measurements to a Known Curved Surface -- Sensor Registration for Robotic Applications -- Aerial Navigation and Visual Tracking -- Reactive Collision Avoidance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Doppler Radar -- Combined Visual and Inertial Navigation for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle -- Pedestrian Shape Extraction by Means of Active Contours -- Teleoperation -- The Small Outdoor Rover MERLIN and Its Assistance System for Tele-operations -- Visually-Guided Robot Navigation: From Artificial to Natural Landmarks -- An Advanced Teleoperation Testbed -- Teleoperation of a Surgical Robot Via Airborne Wireless Radio and Transatlantic Internet Links -- SLAM -- SIFT Based Graphical SLAM on a Packbot -- Look-Ahead Proposals for Robust Grid-Based SLAM -- Tradeoffs in SLAM with Sparse Information Filters -- Robust Real-Time Local Laser Scanner Registration with Uncertainty Estimation -- A FastSLAM Algorithm Based on the Unscented Filtering with Adaptive Selective Resampling -- Tree Measurement and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping System for Forest Harvesters -- Learning and Scene Estimation -- Modelling Smooth Paths Using Gaussian Processes -- Data-Driven Identification of Group Dynamics for Motion Prediction and Control -- Unsupervised Detection of Artificial Objects in Outdoor Environments -- Online Learning of Multiple Perceptual Models for Navigation in Unknown Terrain -- Multirobot Systems -- Implementation of Formation Transition System Using Synchronization in a Mobile Robot Group -- Coordinated Search in Cluttered Environments Using Range from Multiple Robots -- A Plan Manager for Multi-robot Systems -- Development of a Networked Robotic System for Disaster Mitigation -- Cooperative Localization for Multi-robot Incorporating Proprioceptive/Exteroceptive Position Sensors -- Field Robotics - Systems and Applications -- Experiments in Autonomous Reversing of a Tractor-Trailer System -- ATRS - A Technology-Based Solution to Automobility for Wheelchair Users -- Design and Validation of a Mobile Robot for Power Line Inspection and Maintenance -- Kinematics and Sensor and Control Systems of the Fully Automated Facade Cleaning Robot SIRIUSc for Fraunhofer Headquarters in Munich -- Automated Steam Turbine Straddle Root Disc Head Inspection -- Design and Field Testing of an Autonomous Underground Tramming System -- Autonomous Fruit Picking Machine: A Robotic Apple Harvester -- Standing Assistance System for Rehabilitation Walker -- Magnetic Wall Climbing Robot for Thin Surfaces with Specific Obstacles -- Picking up an Unknown Object through Autonomous Modeling and Grasp Planning by a Mobile Manipulator -- Path Planning -- An Architecture for Automated Driving in Urban Environments -- State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Highly Constrained Environments.
Keywords: Robotics; Automation; Control engineering; Mechatronics; Artificial intelligence; Machinery; System theory; Robotics and Automation; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Artificial Intelligence; Machinery and Machine Elements; Systems Theory, Control