Table of Contents

• Erratum: Human-Machine Collaborative Systems for Microsurgical ApplicationsDanica Kragic, Panadda Marayong, Ming Li, Allison M. Okamura, Gregory D. Hager. [doi]
• Session SummaryGerd Hirzinger. 3-5 [doi]
• Toward Autonomous Free-Climbing RobotsTimothy Bretl, Jean-Claude Latombe, Stephen M. Rock. 6-15 [doi]
• Whole Quadruped/Hexapod ManipulationToru Omata. 16-25 [doi]
• Dexterous Motion Design for a DD Parallel RobotMasaru Uchiyama, Daisuke Sato. 26-35 [doi]
• Current Issues in Sampling-Based Motion PlanningStephen R. Lindemann, Steven M. LaValle. 36-54 [doi]
• Session SummaryHenrik I. Christensen. 57-59 [doi]
• A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to the Revisiting Problem in Mobile Robot Map BuildingDieter Fox, Jonathan Ko, Kurt Konolige, Benjamin Stewart. 60-69 [doi]
• Efficient Construction of Globally Consistent Ladar Maps Using Pose Network Topology and Nonlinear ProgrammingAlonzo Kelly, Ranjith Unnikrishnan. 70-79 [doi]
• Probabilistic Roadmaps of Trees for Parallel Computation of Multiple Query RoadmapsMert Akinc, Kostas E. Bekris, Brian Y. Chen, Andrew M. Ladd, Erion Plaku, Lydia E. Kavraki. 80-89 [doi]
• Topology in Motion PlanningHowie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi. 90-99 [doi]
• aSyMov: A Planner That Deals with Intricate Symbolic and Geometric ProblemsFabien Gravot, Stephane Cambon, Rachid Alami. 100-110 [doi]
• Session SummaryTomomasa Sato. 113-114 [doi]
• Microrobotics for Molecular Biology: Manipulating Deformable Objects at the MicroscaleBradley J. Nelson, Yu Sun, Michael A. Greminger. 115-124 [doi]
• Modeling of Brain Mechanical Properties for Computer-Integrated MedicineKarol Miller, Wieslaw Lucjan Nowinski. 125-134 [doi]
• Assisted Teleoperation Through the Merging of Real and Virtual ImagesAlicia Casals. 135-144 [doi]
• Surgical Robots at TIMC: Where We Are and Where We GoJocelyne Troccaz, Philippe Cinquin, Peter J. Berkelman, Adriana Vilchis Gonzales, Eric Boidard. 145-156 [doi]
• Session SummaryYoshiaki Shirai. 159-161 [doi]
• Human-Machine Collaborative Systems for Microsurgical ApplicationsDanica Kragic, Panadda Marayong, Ming Li, Allison M. Okamura, Gregory D. Hager. 162-171 [doi]
• Intuitive Human-Robot Interaction Through Active 3D Gaze TrackingRowel Atienza, Alexander Zelinsky. 172-181 [doi]
• Designing an Encountered-Type Haptic Display for Multiple Fingertip Contacts based on the Observation of Human Grasping BehaviorYasuyoshi Yokokohji, Nobuhiko Muramori, Yuji Sato, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. 182-191 [doi]
• Face Recognition Using Multi-viewpoint Patterns for Robot VisionKazuhiro Fukui, Osamu Yamaguchi. 192-201 [doi]
• Robot-Robot and Human-Robot Cooperation in Commercial Robotics ApplicationsRalf Koeppe, D. Engelhardt, A. Hagenauer, P. Heiligensetzer, B. Kneifel, A. Knipfer, K. Stoddard. 202-216 [doi]
• Session SummaryJohn M. Hollerbach. 219-223 [doi]
• Abstraction and Control for Swarms of RobotsCalin Belta, Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Vijay Kumar. 224-233 [doi]
• Networked Robots: Flying Robot Navigation using a Sensor NetPeter I. Corke, Ronald A. Peterson, Daniela Rus. 234-243 [doi]
• A Multi Agent Distributed Sensing Architecture with Application to Planetary Cliff ExplorationVivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky, Terry Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian, Yang Cheng, Paul S. Schenker. 244-253 [doi]
• Multi-robot SLAM with Sparse Extended Information FilersSebastian Thrun, Yufeng Liu. 254-266 [doi]
• Session SummaryRay Jarvis. 269-270 [doi]
• Safe Robot Driving in Cluttered EnvironmentsChuck Thorpe, Justin Carlson, Dave Duggins, Jay Gowdy, Rob MacLachlan, Christoph Mertz, Arne Suppe, Bob Wang. 271-280 [doi]
• Feedback Control of Underactuated Systems via Sequential Composition: Visually Guided Control of a UnicycleGeorge Kantor, Alfred A. Rizzi. 281-290 [doi]
• Obstacle Detection in Foliage with Ladar and RadarLarry Matthies, Chuck Bergh, Andres Castano, Jose Macedo, Roberto Manduchi. 291-300 [doi]
• Session SummaryTakeo Kanade. 303-304 [doi]
• Visual Tracking of Multiple Objects Using Binary Space Partitioning TreesFabrizio Caccavale, Vincenzo Lippiello, Bruno Siciliano, Luigi Villani. 305-314 [doi]
• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with StereovisionIl-Kyun Jung, Simon Lacroix. 315-324 [doi]
• Applying Active Vision and SLAM to WearablesWalterio W. Mayol-Cuevas, Andrew J. Davison, Ben Tordoff, David W. Murray. 325-334 [doi]
• Seeing Through Bad WeatherShree K. Nayar, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan. 335-350 [doi]
• Session SummaryHirochika Inoue. 353-354 [doi]
• SDR-4X II: A Small Humanoid as an Entertainer in Home EnvironmentMasahiro Fujita, Kohtaro Sabe, Yoshihiro Kuroki, Tatsuzo Ishida, Toshi T. Doi. 355-364 [doi]
• Motion Planning for Humanoid RobotsJames J. Kuffner, Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 365-374 [doi]
• The Human-Size Humanoid Robot That Can Walk, Lie Down and Get UpHirohisa Hirukawa, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Takakatsu Isozumi. 375-384 [doi]
• Exploiting the Global Dynamics Structure of Whole-Body Humanoid Motion - Getting the Knack of Roll-and-Rise MotionYasuo Kuniyoshi, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Koji Terada, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Akihiko Nagakubo. 385-394 [doi]
• Session SummaryRobert C. Bolles. 397-398 [doi]
• Recasting SLAM - Towards Improving Efficiency and Platform IndependencyJong-Hyuk Kim, Salah Sukkarieh. 399-408 [doi]
• Towards Constant-Time SLAM on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using Synthetic Aperture SonarPaul M. Newman, John J. Leonard, Richard J. Rikoski. 409-420 [doi]
• Towards Lazy Data Association in SLAMDirk Hähnel, Sebastian Thrun, Ben Wegbreit, Wolfram Burgard. 421-431 [doi]
• Building Blocks for SLAM in Autonomous Compliant MotionHerman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter, Tine Lefebvre, Klaas Gadeyne, Peter Soetens, Johan Rutgeerts, Peter Slaets, Wim Meeussen. 432-441 [doi]
• Multi-resolution SLAM for Real World NavigationAgostino Martinelli, Adriana Tapus, Kai Oliver Arras, Roland Siegwart. 442-452 [doi]
• Session SummaryRuzena Bajcsy. 455 [doi]
• Perception of Curvature and Object Motion Via Contact Location FeedbackWilliam R. Provancher, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Günter Niemeyer, Mark R. Cutkosky. 456-465 [doi]
• Multi-contact Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects: A Multi-rate ApproachFederico Barbagli, Domenico Prattichizzo, Kenneth Salisbury. 466-478 [doi]
• A Model for Machine Perception in Natural EnvironmentsHugh F. Durrant-Whyte, Suresh Kumar, José E. Guivant, Steve Scheding. 479-488 [doi]
• Multisensory Interaction: Real and VirtualDinesh K. Pai. 489-498 [doi]
• Session SummaryBernard Roth. 501 [doi]
• UntetheredMicro-Actuators for Autonomous Micro-robot Locomotion: Design, Fabrication, Control, and PerformanceBruce Randall Donald, Christopher G. Levey, Craig D. McGray, Daniela Rus, Mike Sinclair. 502-516 [doi]
• The 100G Capturing Robot - Too Fast to SeeMakoto Kaneko, Mitsuru Higashimori, Akio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa. 517-526 [doi]
• Variable Stiffness Actuators for Fast and Safe Motion ControlAntonio Bicchi, Giovanni Tonietti, Michele Bavaro, Marco Piccigallo. 527-536 [doi]
• Session SummaryShigeo Hirose. 539-540 [doi]
• A Biologically Inspired Passive Antenna for Steering Control of a Running RobotNoah J. Cowan, Emily J. Ma, Mark R. Cutkosky, Robert J. Full. 541-550 [doi]
• Learning from Observation and from Practice Using Behavioral PrimitivesDarrin C. Bentivegna, Gordon Cheng, Christopher G. Atkeson. 551-560 [doi]
• Learning Movement PrimitivesStefan Schaal, Jan Peters, Jun Nakanishi, Auke Jan Ijspeert. 561-572 [doi]
• A Statistic Model of Embodied Symbol EmergenceYoshihiko Nakamura, Tetsunari Inamura, Hiroaki Tanie. 573-584 [doi]
• Lessons from the Past 50 Years of RoboticsBernard Roth. 587-592 [doi]
• Open ForumRaja Chatila. 595 [doi]