Experimental Robotics

Human-Robot Systems: Towards EMG-Controlled Exoskeletons.- An Image-Based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Navigation in the Left Atrium.- Mechanical Response of Embryonic Stem Cells Using Haptics-Enabled Atomic Force Microscopy.- Task-Space Control of Continuum Manipulators with Coupled Tendon Drive.- Session 7: Locomotion.- Session 7: Locomotion.- Passing under Obstacles with Humanoid Robots.- Planning Support Contact-Points for Acyclic Motions and Experiments on HRP-2.- A Physical Model for Dynamical Arthropod Running on Level Ground.- Reliable Dynamic Motions for a Stiff Quadruped.- Bioinspired Jumping Locomotion in Small Robots: Natural Observation, Design, Experiments.- Session 8: Localization and Mapping.- Session 8: Localization and Mapping.- A Robust Method of Localization and Mapping Using Only Range.- Visual Appearance Mapping for Optimal Vision Based Servoing.- Place Recognition Using Keypoint Similarities in 2D Lidar Maps.- A First-Estimates Jacobian EKF for Improving SLAM Consistency.- Session 9: UUVs and UAVs.- Session 9: UUVs and UAVs.- Autonomous Autorotation of an RC Helicopter.- Preliminary Results for Model-Based Adaptive Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.- Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping and Dense Stereoscopic Seafloor Reconstruction Using an AUV.- A Boosting Approach to Visual Servo-Control of an Underwater Robot.- Saving Energy with Buoyancy and Balance Control for Underwater Robots with Dynamic Payloads.- Session 10: Sensing and Planning.- Session 10: Sensing and Planning.- Adaptive Full Scan Model for Range Finders in Dynamic Environments.- Empirical Sampling of Path Sets for Local Area Motion Planning.- Motion Strategies for People Tracking in Cluttered and Dynamic Environments.- Tracking Odor Plumes in a Laminar Wind Field with Bio-inspired Algorithms.- Session 11: Vision.- Session 11: Vision.- Closed-Form Differential Kinematics for Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots with Application to Visual Servoing.- Humanoid Vision Resembles Primate Archetype.- Learning to Associate Image Features with CRF-Matching.- Fast Relative Pose Calibration for Visual and Inertial Sensors.- Scale Invariant Detection and Tracking of Elongated Structures.- Session 12: Manipulation.- Session 12: Manipulation.- Shape Recognition and Optimal Grasping of Unknown Objects by Soft-Fingered Robotic Hands with Camera.- Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile Manipulation.- Experimental Evaluation of Several Strategies for Human Motion Based Transparency Control.- Development of a Manipulation Component for a Container Transferring Robot in Living Space.