Expert Systems and Robotics

I. Vision and Image Analysis.- Gestalt-based Approach to Robot Vision.- Matching: Check Points within the Framework of a Knowledge-based Visual Inspection System.- Stereoscopic Vision for AGV Guidance.- Hierarchical Methods for Robot Vision.- II. Robotic Sensory Systems.- Geometric Modeling Aspects on Vision and Ultrasonic Range Sensing for Robotic Applications.- Sensor Planning for the Error Diagnosis of Robot Assembly Tasks.- III. Software/Hardware, System Simulation.- Computer Aided Analysis of Robot Aim Dynamics and Adaptive Control Schemes.- A Programming Environment for Sensor-Controlled Robots.- Symbolic Simulation of Sensory Robot Programs.- Expert Systems and Multiple Criteria Decision Support.- Signal Representation Issues in Neural-Network Modeling of Perceptual Properties.- Robot Control with Procedural Expert System.- Rapid Interference Detection.- Prolog Language - CADSD Package Interfacing Procedures: Applications to Heuristic Identification and Control of Dynamic Systems.- Intelligent Cooperation for Robotics.- The Oxford Robot World Model.- The Blackboard Architecture in Knowledge-Based Robotic Systems.- Implementation of Specific Robotic Functions Directly in Hardware.- The 3DP Real-Time Motion-Control Computer.- IV. Robot Control.- A Knowledge-Based Controller for a PWR-Type Nuclear Power Plant.- Telepresence and Intelligent Control for a Legged Locomotion Robot.- Robust Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators.- About Qualitative Robot Control.- Motion Estimation from Target Tracking.- Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators.- Automatic Determination of Quasi-Time Optimal Joint Trajectories and Adaptive Control for a Robotic Arm.- A Robust Approach for the Control of Robotic Manipulators: Predictive Control.- Analysis of Cooperating RobotManipulators on a Mobile Platform.- On the Theory of Intelligent Machines.- Symbolic Computation for Robot Design.- Neural Net System for Adaptive Robot Control.- V. Applications.- On-line Scheduling and Planning

These ASI proceedings present research work on intelligent machines. The papers range from theory to de- scriptions of practical working robots, with sections on vision and image analysis, robotic sensory systems, software/hardware and system simulation, robot control, and applications.