Table of Contents

• Swarm-bot: A Novel Type of Self-Assembling RobotMarco Dorigo. 3-4
• Self-reconfigurable Robot with ATRON ModulesHenrik Hautop Lund, Richard Beck, Lars Dalgaard. 5-18
• Universal FPGA-Microcontroller Module for Autonomous MinirobotsTeerapat Chinapirom, Ulf Witkowski, Ulrich Rückert. 21-26
• Seeing Empty Space in an Unknown Environment without SilhouettesAdam Eppendahl, Andres Ojamaa. 27-32
• SubSim: An autonomous underwater vehicle simulation packageAdrian Boeing, Thomas Bräunl. 33-38
• Toward Micro Wall-Climbing Robots Using Biomimetic Fibrillar AdhesivesMatthias Greuter, Gaurav Shah, Gilles Caprari, Fabien Tâche, Roland Siegwart, Metin Sitti. 39-46
• Teleworkbench: A Teleoperated Platform for Multi-Robot ExperimentsAndry Tanoto, Ulf Witkowski, Ulrich Rückert. 49-54
• Teleoperation of a Mobile Autonomous Robot using Web ServicesJia Lei Du, Ulf Witkowski, Ulrich Rückert. 55-60
• Bluetooth for Autonomus Mini-Robots and Scatternet FormationOrhan Orhan, Matthias Grünewald, Ulf Witkowski. 61-66
• Teleoperation of A Mobile Robot under Office Automation Floors with Visual AssistanceNaoyuki Kubota, Shinichi Kamijima, Kazuhiko Taniguchi. 67-72
• Developing a Goal Keeper for Simulated RoboCup Soccer and its Performance EvaluationSatoshi Yokoyama, Naoki Namikawa, Tomoharu Nakashima, Masayo Udo, Hisao Ishibuchi. 75-80
• An Action Rule Discovery Technique from Simulated RoboCup Soccer LogsManabu Nii, Makoto Kajihara, Yutaka Takahashi, Tomoharu Nakashima. 81-86
• Adapting Recognition of Shootable Situations by Learning from Experience and Observation in a RoboCup Simulated Soccer GameTomomi Kawarabayashi, Takenori Kubo, Isamu Takahashi, Jousuke Kuroiwa, Tomohiro Odaka, Hisakazu Ogura. 87-92
• Getting closer: How Simulation and Humanoid League can benefit from each otherJoschka Boedecker, Norbert Michael Mayer, Masaki Ogino, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Masaaki Kikuchi, Minoru Asada. 93-98
• Evaluation for Selecting Method Using Reinforcement Learning with Hand-Coded Rules in RoboCup Soccer AgentsHisayuki Sasaoka, Kenji Araki. 99-104
• Yumekobo: An Effective Educational System for RoboCupKosei Demura, Yasuki Asano. 107-112
• A Method of Sensing own States for Tele-operating Aibos at Ruined HomesKeisuke Kawamura, Tomoichi Takahashi. 113-118
• Trajectory Generation for a Mobile Robot by Reinforcement LearningMasaki Shimizu, Makoto Fujita, Hiroyuki Miyamoto. 119-124
• Multi-Layered Fuzzy Behavior Control Method for Autonomous Soccer Robot with MOVISYoichiro Maeda, Satoshi Hanaka, Wataru Shimizuhira. 125-132
• FPGA-based Object Detection in Robot Soccer ApplicationTim Kaulmann, Marc Strünkmann, Ulf Witkowski. 135-140
• Robot Soccer KheperaSot League: Challenges and Future DirectionsNarongdech Keeratipranon, Frédéric Maire, Joaquin Sitte. 141-146
• What Robot Soccer can Contribute to Education and Research - Some Lessons LearnedNorbert Jesse. 147-153
• Coevolutionary Algorithm for Behavior Acquisition of Soccer RobotsNaoyuki Kubota, Tomoaki Umeda. 154-159
• Relation between Contour Integration and Figure-Ground SeparationMasayuki Kikuchi, Shin-ichi Oguni. 161-166
• How the early visual system extract angles and junctions embedded within contour stimuli?Minami Ito. 167-174
• Neural Correlate of Depth Cue Integration Studied with MEGTakashi Owaki, Tsunehiro Takeda. 175-180
• Coding of 3D curvature in the parietal cortex (area CIP) of macaque monkeyNarumi Katsuyama, Tomoka Naganuma, Hideo Sakata, Masato Taira. 181-186
• A Study of Orientation Selectivity of TAM Network Incorporated Receptive Field StructureIsao Hayashi, James R. Williamson. 187-192
• Evolutionary Recognition of Corridor and Branch using Adaptive Model with Layered StructureHui Liu, J. C. Yuan, Feng Gao, Yasushi Mae, Mamoru Minami. 195-200
• A Direct Localization Method Using only the Bearings Extracted from Two Panoramic Views Along a Linear TrajectoryHenry Huang, Frédéric Maire, Narongdech Keeratipranon. 201-206
• Early Results in Vision-based Map BuildingTrevor Taylor, Shlomo Geva, Wageeh W. Boles. 207-216
• Prediction of Fish Motion by Neural NetworkYunsheng Li, Yoshiteru Takezawa, Hidekazu Suzuki, Mamoru Minami, Yasushi Mae. 217-222
• Visual Homing with Learned Goal Distance InformationMatthew Szenher. 223-229
• A Low Cost Controller Board for Teaching RoboticsRajendra Singh, Frédéric Maire, Joaquin Sitte, Alan B. Tickle. 231-236
• Robotics and Robotics Education with SmalltalkJoaquin Sitte. 237-242
• Education for Creativity by Making Small Line Trace Robot in Department of HAIS, University of FukuiTomohide Naniwa. 243-247
• Education Using Small Humanoid RobotFuminori Yamasaki, Yukiko Nakagawa. 248-253
• Self-Organization of Spiking Neural Network Generating Autonomous Behavior in a Miniature Mobile RobotFady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase. 255-260
• Behavioral Selection Using the Utility Function Method: A Case Study Involving a Simple Guard RobotMattias Wahde, Jimmy Pettersson, Hans Sandholt, Krister Wolff. 261-266
• Spiking Neural Network for Behavior Learning of A Mobile RobotNaoyuki Kubota, Hironobu Sasaki. 267-272
• Safety of Autonomous Evolutionary Robots: Elimination of Certain Behavioral patterns by Complex Systems AnalysisKunihito Ashihara, Kazuyuki Murase. 273-278
• Two Steps towards a Mechanically Autonomous Self-replicating SystemAdam Eppendahl, Suresh Sajnani. 281-286
• Using mini robots for prototyping intersection management of vehiclesMatthias Grünewald, Carsten Rust, Ulf Witkowski. 287-292
• Embodied Cognition in Directed Multi-Agent Systems - Empirical Study on Subjective DistanceKosuke Sekiyama, Takumi Yamamoto. 293-298
• Crack Detection by Mobile Robot with ECT SensorFutoshi Kobayashi, Fumio Kojima, Hisashi Nakatsuka. 299-304
• Self-organized Path Formation by Ant Robots - An Approach to Understanding Ant s Acts by Autonomous Distributed SystemsNaokatsu Shuto, Takayuki Hirata. 307-313
• Autonomous Self-assembly in a Swarm-botRoderich Groß, Michael Bonani, Francesco Mondada, Marco Dorigo. 314-322
• Long-term Interaction between Seal Robots and Elderly People - Robot Assisted Activity at a Health Service Facility for the AgedKazuyoshi Wada, Takanori Shibata, Kayoko Sakamoto, Kazuo Tanie. 325-330
• State Space Self Organization based on Human-Robot InteractionMasashi Sekino, Daisuke Katagami, Katsumi Nitta. 331-336
• Strategies using Facial Expressions and Gaze Behaviors for Animated AgentsMasahide Yuasa. 337-343
• Emotion Behavior Learning System Based on Meta-Parameter Control of Q-Learning with plural Q-valuesShunsuke Akiguchi, Yoichiro Maeda. 344-349
• Development of a Companion Robot SELF Yoshikazu Mori, Mitsuo Ueno, Naoyuki Kubota. 351-359
• An Evaluation of the Methods to Convert Non-segmented kana Strings to kanji-kana Strings Using Markov Chain ModelsTetsuo Araki, Masaki Kurano, Yasuo Furukawa, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Yasuhiro Ogoshi. 360-367
• An Evaluation of the Method to Detect Erroneous Sentences of kana-to-kanji conversionTetsuo Araki, Takamasa Nozawa, Miyako Minobe, Yasuhiro Ogoshi. 368-375
• Cyclic Gestures Recognition for Interactive Learning of A Partner RobotNaoyuki Kubota, Minoru Abe. 376-381
• Traffic-like Movement on a Trail of Interacting Robots with Virtual PheromoneToshiya Kazama, Ken Sugawara, Toshinori Watanabe. 383-388
• Extending the Temporal Horizon of Autonomous RobotsChrystopher L. Nehaniv, Naeem Assif Mirza, Kerstin Dautenhahn, I. René J. A. te Boekhorst. 389-395