Robotics research : the eighth international symposium
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Robotics research : the eighth international symposium
Springer, c1998
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"The Eighth International Symposium of Robotics Research was held in Shonan near Kamakura, Japan from October 4 to 7, 1997, organized by the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR)."--Pref
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This volume contains the proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium of Robotics Research. The papers, written by international specialists in the field, cover many topics surrounding advanced robotics, ranging from practical system design to theoretical reasoning and planning. They assess the state of the field and discuss current and emerging trends dealing with, amongst other topics, mobile robotics, manufacturing, learning from humans, autonomous land vehicles, humanoid robots, future robots and new components.
Table of Contents
1. Advanced Manipulation Session Summary.- Elastic Strips: Real-Time Path Modification for Mobile Manipulation.- Modeling and Control for Mobile Manipulation in Everyday Environments.- Scale-Dependent Grasps.- 2. Dynamics and Control Session Summary.- A General Formulation of Under-Actuated Manipulator Systems.- Towards Precision Robotic Maneuvering, Survey, and Manipulation in Unstructured Undersea Environments.- Where does the Task Frame Go?.- 3. Emergent Motions Session Summary.- Motion Synthesis, Learning and Abstraction through Parameterized Smooth Map from Sensors to Behaviors.- Safe Cooperative Robot Patterns via Dynamics on Graphs.- 4. Motion Planning Session Summary.- Motion Planning with Visibility Constraints: Building Autonomous Observers.- Motion Planning in Humans and Robots.- Local and Global Planning in Sensor Based Navigation of Mobile Robots.- Interleaving Motion Planning and Execution for Mobile Robots.- 5. Manufacturing Session Summary.- Opportunities for Increased Intelligence and Autonomy in Robotic Systems for Manufacturing.- Rapid Deployment Automation: Technical Challenges.- Stability of Assemblies as a Criterion for Cost Evaluation in Robot Assembly.- Towards a New Robot Generation.- 6. New Components Session Summary.- The Design of a Serial Communication Link for Built-in Servo Driver and Sensors in a Robot.- Omnidirectional Vision.- Small Vision Systems: Hardware and Implementation.- 7. Mobile Robots Session Summary.- Exploration of Unknown Environments with a Mobile Robot using Multisensorfusion.- Integration of Topological Map and Behaviors for Efficient Mobile Robot Navigation.- A Robotic Travel Aid for the Blind: Attention and Custom for Safe Behavior.- Automated Highways and the Free Agent Demonstration.- The Design of High Integrity Navigation Systems.- 8. Haptics Session Summary.- Tactile Displays for Increased Spatial and Temporal Bandwidth in Haptic Feedback.- Design of an Anthropomorphic Haptic Interface for the Human Arm.- Testing A Visual Phase Advance Hypothesis for Telerobots.- 9. Medical Session Summary.- Robot Assisted Surgery and Training for Future Minimally Invasive Therapy.- Surgery Simulation with Visual and Haptic Feedback.- Synergistic Mechanical Devices: A New Generation of Medical Robots.- 10. Learning from Human Session Summary.- Vision-based Behavior Learning and Development for Emergence of Robot Intelligence.- Using Human Development as a Model for Adaptive Robotics.- Developmental Processes in Remote-Brained Humanoids.- Animating Human Athletes.- 11. Future Robots Session Summary.- Mechanics and Control of Biomimetic Locomotion.- Robots: A Premature Solution for the Land Mine Problem.- Robots Integrated with Environments: A Perceptual Information Infrastructure for Robot Navigation.- Bio-robotic Systems Based on Insect Fixed Behavior by Artificial Stimulation.- 12. Projects in Japan Session Summary.- Physical Understanding of Manual Dexterity.- Tightly Coupled Sensor and Behavior for Real World Recognition.- Intelligence and Autonomy for Human-machine Cooperative System.- Biologically Inspired Approach to Autonomous Systems.- FNR: Toward a Platform Based Humanoid Project.- Current and Future Perspective of Honda Humanoid Robot.- List of Participants.
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