Table of Contents

• An adaptive static-sensor network deployment strategy for detecting mobile targetsZendai Kashino, Julio Vilela, Justin Y. Kim, Goldie Nejat, Beno Benhabib. 1-8 [doi]
• Robust direct visual odometry using mutual informationKumar Shaurya Shankar, Nathan Michael. 9-14 [doi]
• Planar PØP: Feature-less pose estimation with applications in UAV localizationAdrian Amor-Martinez, Angel Santamaria-Navarro, Fernando Herrero, Alberto Ruiz, Alberto Sanfeliu. 15-20 [doi]
• Use of active scope camera in the Kumamoto Earthquake to investigate collapsed housesYuichi Ambe, Tomonari Yamamoto, Shotaro Kojima, Eri Takane, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro. 21-27 [doi]
• Detection and prediction of near-term state estimation degradation via online nonlinear observability analysisZheng Rong, Nathan Michael. 28-33 [doi]
• Towards autonomous 3D exploration using surface frontiersP. G. C. N. Senarathne, Danwei Wang. 34-41 [doi]
• Efficient multi-sensor exploration using dependent observations and conditional mutual informationWennie Tabib, Red Whittaker, Nathan Michael. 42-47 [doi]
• IBEX - A tele-operation and training device for walking excavatorsMarco Hutter, Thomas Braungardt, Fabian Grigis, Gabriel Hottiger, Dominic Jud, Michael Katz, Philipp Leemann, Paul Nemetz, Jonas Peschel, Jan Preisig, Nicolas Sollich, Miro Voellmy, Moritz Zimmermann, Samuel Zimmermann. 48-53 [doi]
• Two case studies and gaps analysis of flood assessment for emergency management with small unmanned aerial systemsRobin R. Murphy, Jan Dufek, Traci A. Sarmiento, Grant A. Wilde, Xuesu Xiao, Jeff Braun, Lachlan Mullen, Richard Smith, Sam Allred, Justin Adams, Adam Wright, Jess Gingrich. 54-61 [doi]
• A hybrid flying and walking robot for steel bridge inspectionPhotchara Ratsamee, Pakpoom Kriengkomol, Tatsuo Arai, Kazuto Kamiyama, Yasushi Mae, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Tomohiro Mashita, Yuki Uranishi, Haruo Takemura. 62-67 [doi]
• Coverage path planning for legged robots in unknown environmentsDan Jia, Martin Wermelinger, Remo Diethelm, Philipp Krüsi, Marco Hutter. 68-73 [doi]
• Approximate continuous belief distributions for precise autonomous inspectionShobhit Srivastava, Nathan Michael. 74-80 [doi]
• Realistic simulation method of hammering test as an inspection task in simulation platformMasaru Shimizu, Tomoichi Takahashi. 81-85 [doi]
• Neonavigation meta-package: 2-D/3-DOF seamless global-local planner for ROS - Development and field test on the representative offshore oil plantAtsushi Watanabe, Daisuke Endo, Genki Yamauchi, Keiji Nagatani. 86-91 [doi]
• Enabling autonomous information-gathering and self-recovery behaviors in partially-known, communication-constrained environmentsJason M. Gregory, Jeffrey N. Twigg, Jonathan R. Fink. 92-99 [doi]
• Stability discriminant of a tracked vehicle to traverse stairsKeiji Nagatani, Daisuke Endo. 100-105 [doi]
• Real-time display of onboard spherical images that synchronizes head pose of operator for robotic searchYoshito Okada, Takumi Fujinami, Shotaro Kojima, Takuma Ishii, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro. 106-111 [doi]
• Stair climbing control of 4-degrees-of-freedom tracked vehicle based on internal sensorsDaisuke Endo, Atsushi Watanabe, Keiji Nagatani. 112-117 [doi]
• Study of improved pilot performance using automatic collision avoidance for tele-operated unmanned aerial vehiclesKam K. Leang, Jake J. Abbott, Jur van den Berg, Daman Bareiss. 118-124 [doi]
• Artificial potential field implementation of flying animal gap-aiming behavior in 3DTraci A. Sarmiento, Robin R. Murphy. 125-130 [doi]
• Orbital stabilization of a VToL UAV for landing on oscillating platformsVincenzo Lippiello, Fabio Ruggiero. 131-138 [doi]
• Online quadrotor trajectory generation and autonomous navigation on point cloudsFei Gao, Shaojie Shen. 139-146 [doi]
• Visual pose estimation of USV from UAV to assist drowning victims recoveryJan Dufek, Robin R. Murphy. 147-153 [doi]
• Mechanism for perching on smooth surfaces using aerial impactsHan W. Wopereis, T. D. van der Molen, T. H. Post, Stefano Stramigioli, Matteo Fumagalli. 154-159 [doi]
• Design of robot hand for bipedal/quadrupedal transformable locomotive robotMinJae Lee, Kyung Soo Kim, Soohyun Kim. 160-165 [doi]
• Towards robotic decommissioning of legacy nuclear plant: Results of human-factors experiments with tele-robotic manipulation, and a discussion of challenges and approaches for decommissioningMohammed Talha, Amir M. Ghalamzan E., C. Takahashi, Jeffrey A. Kuo, W. Ingamells, Rustam Stolkin. 166-173 [doi]
• Locomotion efficiency of underwater snake robots with thrustersEleni Kelasidi, Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen, Pål Liljebäck, Jan Tommy Gravdahl. 174-181 [doi]
• Mechanical stability margin for scouting poses in modular snake robotsDiego Roa, Kamilo Melo. 182-188 [doi]
• Gait design of a snake robot by connecting simple shapesTatsuya Takemori, Motoyasu Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno. 189-194 [doi]
• ICP-based pose-graph SLAMEllon Mendes, Pierrick Koch, Simon Lacroix. 195-200 [doi]
• Target-based calibration of underwater camera housing parametersLeonie Traffelet, Thomas Eppenberger, Alexander Millane, Thomas Schneider, Roland Siegwart. 201-206 [doi]
• Sound-based online localization for an in-pipe snake robotYoshiaki Bando, Hiroki Suhara, Motoyasu Tanaka, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kazuyoshi Yoshii, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Hiroshi G. Okuno. 207-213 [doi]
• Field report: Autonomous lake bed depth mapping by a portable semi-submersible USV at Mt. Zao Okama Crater lakeAtsushi Watanabe, Miwa Kuri, Keiji Nagatani. 214-219 [doi]
• A new gap-based collision avoidance method for mobile robotsMuhannad Mujahed, Bärbel Mertsching. 220-226 [doi]
• Online slip parameter estimation for tracked vehicle odometry on loose slopeGenki Yamauchi, Daiki Suzuki, Keiji Nagatani. 227-232 [doi]
• A control architecture for multiple drones operated via multimodal interaction in search & rescue missionJonathan Cacace, Alberto Finzi, Vincenzo Lippiello, Michele Furci, Nicola Mimmo, Lorenzo Marconi. 233-239 [doi]
• Wearable multi-modal interface for human multi-robot interactionBoris Gromov, Luca Maria Gambardella, Gianni A. Di Caro. 240-245 [doi]
• Team monitoring and reporting for robot-assisted USAR missionsWalter Kasper. 246-251 [doi]
• Using sketch-maps for robot navigation: Interpretation and matchingMalcolm Mielle, Martin Magnusson 0002, Achim J. Lilienthal. 252-257 [doi]
• Learning assistive teleoperation behaviors from demonstrationIoannis Havoutis, Sylvain Calinon. 258-263 [doi]
• Towards a 3D simulation-based operator interface for teleoperated robots in disaster scenariosTorben Cichon, Christian Schiette, Jurgen Rosmann. 264-269 [doi]
• Path generation algorithm for search and rescue robots based on insect behavior - Parameter optimization for a real robotTaishi Takeda, Kazuyuki Ito, Fumitoshi Matsuno. 270-271 [doi]
• 3D localization, mapping and path planning for search and rescue operationsRenaud Dubé, Abel Gawel, Cesar Cadena, Roland Siegwart, Luigi Freda, Mario Gianni. 272-273 [doi]
• Contextual learning and sharing autonomy to assist mobile robot by trajectory predictionMing Gao, Ralf Kohlhaas, Johann Marius Zöllner. 274-275 [doi]
• Field experiment report for tunnel disaster by investigation system with multiple robotsHiroyasu Miura, Ayaka Watanabe, Soichiro Suzuki, Masayuki Okugawa. 276-277 [doi]
• Deployment of ground and aerial robots in earthquake-struck Amatrice in Italy (brief report)Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová, Luigi Freda, Mario Gianni, Valsamis Ntouskos, Václav Hlavác, Vladimir Kubelka, Erik Zimmermann, Hartmut Surmann, Kresimir Dulic, Wolfgang Rottner, Emanuele Gissi. 278-279 [doi]
• Flexible mono-tread mobile track with shelled structure: Performance tests using fields of RoboCupTetsuya Kinugasa, N. Miyamoto, R. Iwado, T. Tateishi, Koji Yoshida, Ryota Hayashi, M. Kurisu, Hisanori Amano, Masayuki Okugawa. 280-281 [doi]
• Novel rule set for the RoboCup rescue robot leagueJohannes Pellenz, Denis Dillenberger, Gerald Steinbauer. 282-283 [doi]
• Collaborative localization of aerial and ground robots through elevation mapsRoman Kaslin, Peter Fankhauser, Elena Stumm, Zachary Taylor, Elias Mueggler, Jeffrey A. Delmerico, Davide Scaramuzza, Roland Siegwart, Marco Hutter. 284-290 [doi]
• Teleoperating a mobile manipulator and a free-flying camera from a single haptic deviceJosep-Arnau Claret, Isiah Zaplana, Luis Basañez. 291-296 [doi]
• New interaction metaphors to control a hydraulic working machine's armMatteo Tanzini, Juan Manuel Jacinto-Villegas, Alessandro Filippeschi, Marta Niccolini, Matteo Ragaglia. 297-303 [doi]
• Bridging the mission-control gap: A flight command layer for mediating flight behaviours and continuous controlPiotr Rudol, Patrick Doherty. 304-311 [doi]
• Free look UGV teleoperation control tested in game environment: Enhanced performance and reduced workloadFredrik Baberg, Sergio Caccamo, Nanja J. J. M. Smets, Mark A. Neerincx, Petter Ögren. 312-319 [doi]
• Air-ground robot team surveillance of complex 3D environmentsChristopher M. Reardon, Jonathan Fink. 320-327 [doi]
• Multi-target search strategiesMalika Meghjani, Sandeep Manjanna, Gregory Dudek. 328-333 [doi]
• Robot rostering: Coalition formation for long-term missions with work shiftsEduardo Feo Flushing, Luca Maria Gambardella, Gianni A. Di Caro. 334-341 [doi]
• Area coverage with heterogeneous UAVs using scan patternsCyrille Berger, Mariusz Wzorek, Jonas Kvarnström, Gianpaolo Conte, Patrick Doherty, Alexander Eriksson. 342-349 [doi]
• A column generation approach for optimized routing and coordination of a UAV fleetJulia Zillies, Stephan Westphal, Dinesh Thakur, Vijay Kumar 0001, George J. Pappas, David Scheidt. 350-357 [doi]
• Performance comparison of physics engines to accelerate house-collapsing simulationsTakuto Hamano, Masahiko Onosato, Fumiki Tanaka. 358-363 [doi]
• Request a rescue robot - Deployment model for assistant robots for responderJohannes Maurer, Gerald Steinbauer, Gerald Lichtenegger. 364-369 [doi]
• On Using Mobile Robotic Relays for Adaptive Communication in Search and Rescue MissionsEduardo Feo Flushing, Luca Maria Gambardella, Gianni A. Di Caro. 370-377 [doi]
• Two axes orthogonal drive transmission for omnidirectional crawler with surface contactEri Takane, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Fujita, Hirone Komatsu, Akito Nomura, Tomoya Ichimura, Tomonari Yamamoto, Yuichi Ambe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro. 378-383 [doi]
• The SHERPA gripper: Grasping of small-scale UAVsEamon Barrett, Mark Reiling, Matteo Fumagalli, Raffaella Carloni. 384-389 [doi]
• Variable inner volume mechanism for soft and robust gripping - Improvement of gripping performance for large-object grippingMasahiro Fujita, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Eri Takane, Tomoya Ichimura, Hirone Komatsu, Akito Nomura, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro. 390-395 [doi]
• A pocket sized foldable quadcopter for situational awareness and reconnaissanceStefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano. 396-401 [doi]
• Mechanical design of robot lower body based on four-bar linkage structure for energy efficient bipedal walkingSang-Hoon Han, Sangwoo Um, Soohyun Kim. 402-407 [doi]