Table of Contents

• Utilization of Robot Systems in Disaster Sites of the Great Eastern Japan EarthquakeFumitoshi Matsuno, Noritaka Sato, Kazuyuki Kon, Hiroki Igarashi, Tetsuya Kimura, Robin R. Murphy. 1-17 [doi]
• Improvements to the Rescue Robot Quince Toward Future Indoor Surveillance Missions in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power PlantTomoaki Yoshida, Keiji Nagatani, Satoshi Tadokoro, Takeshi Nishimura, Eiji Koyanagi. 19-32 [doi]
• Collaborative Mapping of an Earthquake Damaged Building via Ground and Aerial RobotsNathan Michael, Shaojie Shen, Kartik Mohta, Vijay Kumar, Keiji Nagatani, Yoshito Okada, Seiga Kiribayashi, Kazuki Otake, Kazuya Yoshida, Kazunori Ohno, Eijiro Takeuchi, Satoshi Tadokoro. 33-47 [doi]
• Three-Dimensional Thermography Mapping for Mobile Rescue RobotsKeiji Nagatani, Kazuki Otake, Kazuya Yoshida. 49-63 [doi]
• Creating Multi-Viewpoint Panoramas of Streets with Sparsely Located BuildingsTakayuki Okatani, Jun Yanagisawa, Daiki Tetsuka, Ken Sakurada, Koichiro Deguchi. 65-79 [doi]
• Disaster Back-up Support using GIS Contents Composed of Images from Satellite and UAVSota Shimizu, Taro Suzuki, Masaya Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Fukazawa, Yuzo Shibayama, Takumi Hashizume. 81-96 [doi]
• Mine Detecting Robot SystemSeungBeum Suh, Junho Choi, Changhyun Cho, Yeonsub Jin, Seung-Yeup Hyun, Sungchul Kang. 97-109 [doi]
• Experience in System Design for Human-Robot Teaming in Urban Search and RescueGeert-Jan M. Kruijff, Miroslav Janícek, Shanker Keshavdas, Benoit Larochelle, Hendrik Zender, Nanja J. J. M. Smets, Tina Mioch, Mark A. Neerincx, Jurriaan V. Diggelen, Francis Colas, Ming Liu, François Pomerleau, Roland Siegwart, Václav Hlavác, Tomás Svoboda, T. Petrícek, Michal Reinstein, Karel Zimmermann, Fiora Pirri, Mario Gianni, Panagiotis Papadakis, A. Sinha, Patrick Balmer, Nicola Tomatis, Rainer Worst, Thorsten Linder, Hartmut Surmann, Viatcheslav Tretyakov, S. Corrao, S. Pratzler-Wanczura, M. Sulk. 111-125 [doi]
• Advancing the State of Urban Search and Rescue Robotics Through the RoboCupRescue Robot League CompetitionRaymond Sheh, Adam Jacoff, Ann-Marie Virts, Tetsuya Kimura, Johannes Pellenz, Sören Schwertfeger, Jackrit Suthakorn. 127-142 [doi]
• Estimating the 3D Position of Humans Wearing a Reflective Vest Using a Single Camera SystemRafael Mosberger, Henrik Andreasson. 143-157 [doi]
• Impression of Android for Communication Support in Hospitals and Elderly FacilitiesYoshio Matsumoto, Masahiro Yoshikawa, Yujin Wakita, Masahiko Sumitani, Masutomo Miyao, Hiroshi Ishiguro. 159-173 [doi]
• Multi-Robot Formation Control via a Real-Time Drawing InterfaceSandro Hauri, Javier Alonso-Mora, Andreas Breitenmoser, Roland Siegwart, Paul A. Beardsley. 175-189 [doi]
• Evaluation and Training System of Muscle Strength for Leg Rehabilitation Utilizing an MR Fluid Active Loading MachineHiroshi Nakano, Masami Nakano. 191-203 [doi]
• Automated and Frequent Calibration of a Robot Manipulator-mounted IR Range Camera for Steel Bridge MaintenanceAndrew Wing-Keung To, Gavin Paul, David Rushton-Smith, Dikai Liu, Gamini Dissanayake. 205-218 [doi]
• Vertical Infrastructure Inspection Using a Quadcopter and Shared Autonomy ControlInkyu Sa, Peter Corke. 219-232 [doi]
• Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems for Remote Gas Leak Detection and Localization in Industrial EnvironmentsSamuel Soldan, Jochen Welle, Thomas Barz, Andreas Kroll, Dirk Schulz. 233-247 [doi]
• To the Bookstore! Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation in an Urban EnvironmentCorey Montella, Timothy Perkins, John R. Spletzer, Michael Sands. 249-263 [doi]
• A Trail-Following Robot Which Uses Appearance and Structural CuesChristopher Rasmussen, Yan Lu, Mehmet Kemal Kocamaz. 265-279 [doi]
• Construction of Semantic Maps for Personal Mobility Robots in Dynamic Outdoor EnvironmentsNaotaka Hatao, Satoshi Kagami, Ryo Hanai, Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Masayuki Inaba. 281-296 [doi]
• Terrain Mapping and Control Optimization for a 6-Wheel Rover with Passive SuspensionPascal Strupler, Cédric Pradalier, Roland Siegwart. 297-310 [doi]
• Robust Monocular Visual Odometry for a Ground Vehicle in Undulating TerrainJi Zhang, Sanjiv Singh, George Kantor. 311-326 [doi]
• Lighting-Invariant Visual Odometry using Lidar Intensity Imagery and Pose InterpolationHang Dong, Timothy D. Barfoot. 327-342 [doi]
• Modeling and Calibrating Visual Yield Estimates in VineyardsStephen Nuske, Kamal Gupta, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan, Sanjiv Singh. 343-356 [doi]
• Forest 3D Mapping and Tree Sizes Measurement for Forest Management Based on Sensing Technology for Mobile RobotsTakashi Tsubouchi, Asuka Asano, Toshihiko Mochizuki, Shuhei Kondou, Keiko Shiozawa, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Shuhei Tomimura, Shuichi Nakanishi, Akiko Mochizuki, Yukihiro Chiba, Kouji Sasaki, Toru Hayami. 357-368 [doi]
• Iterative Autonomous ExcavationGuilherme J. Maeda, David C. Rye, Surya P. N. Singh. 369-382 [doi]
• Rock Recognition Using Stereo Vision for Large Rock Breaking OperationAnusorn Iamrurksiri, Takashi Tsubouchi, Shigeru Sarata. 383-397 [doi]
• Plowing for Rover Control on Extreme SlopesDavid Kohanbash, Scott Moreland, David Wettergreen. 399-413 [doi]
• Complementary Flyover and Rover Sensing for Superior Modeling of Planetary FeaturesHeather L. Jones, Uland Wong, Kevin M. Peterson, Jason Koenig, Aashish Sheshadri, William Whittaker. 415-429 [doi]
• Path Planning and Navigation Framework for a Planetary Exploration Rover Using a Laser Range FinderGenya Ishigami, Masatsugu Otsuki, Takashi Kubota. 431-447 [doi]
• Motion Analysis System for Robot Traction Device Evaluation and DesignScott Moreland, Krzysztof Skonieczny, David Wettergreen. 449-463 [doi]
• Image-Directed Sampling for Geometric Modeling of Lunar TerrainUland Wong, Ben Garney, Warren Whittaker, Red Whittaker. 465-478 [doi]
• Efficient Large-Scale 3D Mobile Mapping and Surface Reconstruction of an Underground MineRobert Zlot, Michael Bosse. 479-493 [doi]
• Large Scale Monocular Vision-Only Mapping from a Fixed-Wing sUASMichael Warren, David McKinnon, Hu He, Arren J. Glover, Michael Shiel, Ben Upcroft. 495-509 [doi]
• Super-Voxel Based Segmentation and Classification of 3D Urban Landscapes with Evaluation and ComparisonAhmad Kamal Aijazi, Paul Checchin, Laurent Trassoudaine. 511-526 [doi]
• Classification of 3-D Point Cloud Data that Includes Line and Frame Objects on the Basis of Geometrical Features and the Pass Rate of Laser RaysKazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazuyuki Higashi, Masanobu Tsubota, Eijiro Takeuchi, Satoshi Tadokoro. 527-540 [doi]
• Solid Model Reconstruction of Large-Scale Outdoor Scenes from 3D Lidar DataCiril Baselgia, Michael Bosse, Robert Zlot, Claude Holenstein. 541-554 [doi]
• Lightweight Laser Scan Registration in Underground Mines with Band-based Downsampling MethodJames Lee, David Wettergreen, George Kantor. 555-567 [doi]
• Featureless Visual Processing for SLAM in Changing Outdoor EnvironmentsMichael Milford, Ashley George. 569-583 [doi]
• Gold-Fish SLAM: An Application of SLAM to Localize AGVsHenrik Andreasson, Abdelbaki Bouguerra, Björn Åstrand, Thorsteinn S. Rögnvaldsson. 585-598 [doi]
• Design, Development, and Mobility Test of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot for Rough TerrainGenya Ishigami, Elvine Pineda, James L. Overholt, Gregory R. Hudas, Karl Iagnemma. 599-611 [doi]
• A Vector Algebra Formulation of Mobile Robot Velocity KinematicsAlonzo Kelly, Neal Seegmiller. 613-627 [doi]
• A Self-Learning Ground Classifier Using Radar FeaturesGiulio Reina, Annalisa Milella, James Patrick Underwood. 629-642 [doi]
• Development of a Low Cost Multi-Robot Autonomous Marine Surface PlatformAbhinav Valada, Prasanna Velagapudi, Balajee Kannan, Christopher Tomaszewski, George Kantor, Paul Scerri. 643-658 [doi]