Field and Service Robotics

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 andSensor 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.