Table of Contents

• Session 1: DesignNikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 1 [doi]
• The SDM Hand: A Highly Adaptive Compliant Grasper for Unstructured EnvironmentsAaron M. Dollar, Robert D. Howe. 3-11 [doi]
• Reliable External Actuation for Extending Reachable Robotic Modular Self-ReconfigurationPaul J. White, Mark Yim. 13-23 [doi]
• Design and Development of a Soft Actuator for a Robot Inspired by the Octopus ArmCecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli, Matteo Cianchetti, Paolo Dario. 25-33 [doi]
• Portable Autonomous Vehicle ControllerDavid R. Mikesell, Gary Heydinger, Dennis Guenther, John-David Yoder. 35-41 [doi]
• Design and Control of a Bio-inspired Human-Friendly RobotDongjun Shin, Irene Sardellitti, Yong-Lae Park, Oussama Khatib, Mark R. Cutkosky. 43-52 [doi]
• Session 2: Autonomous DrivingSanjiv Singh. 53-54 [doi]
• Path Planning for Autonomous Driving in Unknown EnvironmentsDmitri Dolgov, Sebastian Thrun, Michael Montemerlo, James Diebel. 55-64 [doi]
• Experimental Results for Over-the-Horizon Planetary Exploration Using a LIDAR SensorIoannis M. Rekleitis, Jean-Luc Bedwani, David Gingras, Erick Dupuis. 65-77 [doi]
• Efficient Techniques for Dynamic Vehicle DetectionAnna Petrovskaya, Sebastian Thrun. 79-91 [doi]
• Comparison of Boosting Based Terrain Classification Using Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive DataAmbroise Krebs, Cédric Pradalier, Roland Siegwart. 93-102 [doi]
• Session 3: CooperationKonstantinos Kyriakopoulos. 103-104 [doi]
• Demonstrating the Benefits of Cooperation for a UAV Team Performing Vision Based Feature LocalisationDavid T. Cole, Paul Thompson, Ali Göktogan, Salah Sukkarieh. 105-115 [doi]
• Maintaining Connectivity in Mobile Robot NetworksNathan Michael, Michael M. Zavlanos, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas. 117-126 [doi]
• From Theory to Practice: Distributed Coverage Control Experiments with Groups of RobotsMac Schwager, James McLurkin, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, Daniela Rus. 127-136 [doi]
• Co-ordinated Tracking and Planning Using Air and Ground VehiclesAbraham Bachrach, Alborz Geramifard, Daniel Gurdan, Ruijie He, Sam Prentice, Jan Stumpf, Nicholas Roy. 137-146 [doi]
• Distributed Robotic Radiation MappingR. Andres Cortez, Herbert G. Tanner, Ron Lumia. 147-156 [doi]
• Session 4: Mini and Micro RobotsRoland Siegwart. 157-158 [doi]
• Visual Tracking for Teams of Miniature RobotsHyeun Jeong Min, Andrew Drenner, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 159-168 [doi]
• Small, Fast, and under Control: Wireless Resonant Magnetic Micro-agentsDominic R. Frutiger, Karl Vollmers, Bradley Kratochvil, Bradley J. Nelson. 169-178 [doi]
• Visually Servoed Orientation Control of Biological Cells in Microrobotic Cell ManipulationXinyu Liu, Yu Sun. 179-187 [doi]
• Session 5: Human Robot InteractionBradley J. Nelson. 189-190 [doi]
• A First Investigation into the Teleoperation of a Miniature RotorcraftBernard Mettler, Jon Andersh, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 191-199 [doi]
• Toward Socially Assistive Robotics for Augmenting Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersDavid Feil-Seifer, Maja J. Mataric. 201-210 [doi]
• Teaching Robots via Natural Nonverbal CuesCynthia Breazeal, Matt Berlin, Jesse Gray, Crystal Chao. 211-220 [doi]
• The Psychological Effects of Attendance of an Android on CommunicationEri Takano, Yoshio Matsumoto, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Kazuomi Sugamoto. 221-228 [doi]
• SHARY: A Supervision System Adapted to Human-Robot InteractionAurélie Clodic, Hung Cao, Samir Alili, Vincent Montreuil, Rachid Alami, Raja Chatila. 229-238 [doi]
• Session 6: Medical RoboticsÈve Coste-Maniere. 239-240 [doi]
• EMG-Based Position and Force Estimates in Coupled Human-Robot Systems: Towards EMG-Controlled ExoskeletonsPanagiotis K. Artemiadis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. 241-250 [doi]
• An Image-Based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Navigation in the Left AtriumAditya B. Koolwal, Federico Barbagli, Christopher R. Carlson, David H. Liang, Fritz B. Prinz. 251-260 [doi]
• Mechanical Response of Embryonic Stem Cells Using Haptics-Enabled Atomic Force MicroscopyAnand Pillarisetti, Carol Keefer, Jaydev P. Desai. 261-269 [doi]
• Task-Space Control of Continuum Manipulators with Coupled Tendon DriveDavid B. Camarillo, Christopher R. Carlson, J. Kenneth Salisbury. 271-280 [doi]
• Session 7: LocomotionTsuneo Yoshikawa. 281-282 [doi]
• Passing under Obstacles with Humanoid RobotsHiroki Sanada, Eiichi Yoshida, Kazuhito Yokoi. 283-291 [doi]
• Planning Support Contact-Points for Acyclic Motions and Experiments on HRP-2Adrien Escande, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Sylvain Miossec, Sylvain Garsault. 293-302 [doi]
• A Physical Model for Dynamical Arthropod Running on Level GroundHaldun Komsuoglu, Kiwon Sohn, Robert J. Full, Daniel E. Koditschek. 303-317 [doi]
• Reliable Dynamic Motions for a Stiff QuadrupedKatie Byl, Alexander C. Shkolnik, Sam Prentice, Nick Roy, Russ Tedrake. 319-328 [doi]
• Bioinspired Jumping Locomotion in Small Robots: Natural Observation, Design, ExperimentsUmberto Scarfogliero, G. Bonsignori, Cesare Stefanini, E. Sinibaldi, F. Li, D. Chen, Paolo Dario. 329-338 [doi]
• Session 8: Localization and MappingStergios I. Roumeliotis. 339-340 [doi]
• A Robust Method of Localization and Mapping Using Only RangeJoseph Djugash, Sanjiv Singh. 341-351 [doi]
• Visual Appearance Mapping for Optimal Vision Based ServoingDaniele Fontanelli, Paolo Salaris, Felipe A. W. Belo, Antonio Bicchi. 353-362 [doi]
• Place Recognition Using Keypoint Similarities in 2D Lidar MapsRobert Zlot, Michael Bosse. 363-372 [doi]
• A First-Estimates Jacobian EKF for Improving SLAM ConsistencyGuoquan Huang, Anastasios I. Mourikis, Stergios I. Roumeliotis. 373-382 [doi]
• Session 9: UUVs and UAVsDaniela Rus. 383-384 [doi]
• Autonomous Autorotation of an RC HelicopterPieter Abbeel, Adam Coates, Timothy Hunter, Andrew Y. Ng. 385-394 [doi]
• Preliminary Results for Model-Based Adaptive Control of an Autonomous Underwater VehicleConor McGann, Frederic Py, Kanna Rajan, John Ryan, Hans Thomas, Richard Henthorn, Rob McEwen. 395-405 [doi]
• Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping and Dense Stereoscopic Seafloor Reconstruction Using an AUVStefan B. Williams, Oscar Pizarro, Ian Mahon, Matthew Johnson-Roberson. 407-416 [doi]
• A Boosting Approach to Visual Servo-Control of an Underwater RobotJunaed Sattar, Gregory Dudek. 417-428 [doi]
• Saving Energy with Buoyancy and Balance Control for Underwater Robots with Dynamic PayloadsCarrick Detweiler, Stefan Sosnowski, Iuliu Vasilescu, Daniela Rus. 429-438 [doi]
• Session 10: Sensing and PlanningGaurav S. Sukhatme. 439-440 [doi]
• Adaptive Full Scan Model for Range Finders in Dynamic EnvironmentsTinne De Laet, Ruben Smits, Joris De Schutter, Herman Bruyninckx. 441-450 [doi]
• Empirical Sampling of Path Sets for Local Area Motion PlanningRoss A. Knepper, Matthew T. Mason. 451-462 [doi]
• Motion Strategies for People Tracking in Cluttered and Dynamic EnvironmentsTirthankar Bandyopadhyay, David Hsu, Marcelo H. Ang. 463-472 [doi]
• Tracking Odor Plumes in a Laminar Wind Field with Bio-inspired AlgorithmsThomas Lochmatter, Alcherio Martinoli. 473-482 [doi]
• Session 11: VisionGreg Dudek. 483-484 [doi]
• Closed-Form Differential Kinematics for Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots with Application to Visual ServoingRobet J. Webster, John P. Swensen, Joseph M. Romano, Noah J. Cowan. 485-494 [doi]
• Humanoid Vision Resembles Primate ArchetypeAndrew Dankers, Nick Barnes, Walter F. Bischof, Alexander Zelinsky. 495-504 [doi]
• Learning to Associate Image Features with CRF-MatchingFabio T. Ramos, Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Dieter Fox. 505-514 [doi]
• Fast Relative Pose Calibration for Visual and Inertial SensorsJonathan Kelly, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 515-524 [doi]
• Scale Invariant Detection and Tracking of Elongated StructuresAmaury Nègre, James L. Crowley, Christian Laugier. 525-533 [doi]
• Session 12: ManipulationHerman Bruyninckx. 535-536 [doi]
• Shape Recognition and Optimal Grasping of Unknown Objects by Soft-Fingered Robotic Hands with CameraTsuneo Yoshikawa, Masanao Koeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto. 537-546 [doi]
• Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile ManipulationDean M. Anderson, Thomas M. Howard, David Apfelbaum, Herman Herman, Alonzo Kelly. 547-556 [doi]
• Experimental Evaluation of Several Strategies for Human Motion Based Transparency ControlNathanaël Jarrassé, Jamie Paik, Viviane Pasqui, Guillaume Morel. 557-565 [doi]
• Development of a Manipulation Component for a Container Transferring Robot in Living SpaceRui Fukui, Hiroshi Morishita, Masayuki Shodai, Taketoshi Mori, Tomomasa Sato. 567-576 [doi]