Field and Service Robotics

Mapping.- Outdoor Radar Mapping Using Measurement Likelihood Estimation.- Recovering the Shape of Objects in 3D Point Clouds with Partial Occlusions.- Update Policy of Dense Maps: Efficient Algorithms and Sparse Representation.- Assessing Map Quality Using Conditional Random Fields.- Vision for Navigation.- Robust Vision-Based Underwater Target Identification and Homing Using Self-Similar Landmarks.- Vision-Based Handling Tasks for an Autonomous Outdoor Forklift.- Robust Feature Extraction and Matching for Omnidirectional Images.- Dynamic Obstacle Detection Based on Probabilistic Moving Feature Recognition.- Mobile Robot Geometry Initialization from Single Camera.- Underwater Robots and Systems.- A Feature Based Navigation System for an Autonomous Underwater Robot.- Experiments in Navigation and Mapping with a Hovering AUV.- Mobile Robot Sensing for Environmental Applications.- Tracking Environmental Isoclines Using Polygonal Formations of Submersible Autonomous Vehicles.- A Miniature Biomimetic Robotic Fish and Its Realtime Path Planning.- Development of a 5 Degree-of-Freedom Towfish and Its Control Strategy.- Wheeled Robots.- Autonomous Robotic Inspection for Lunar Surface Operations.- Roving Faster Farther Cheaper.- Characterization and Comparison of Rover Locomotion Performance Based on Kinematic Aspects.- Localization and Sensor Fusion.- Robot Position Estimation on a RFID-Tagged Smart Floor.- Monte Carlo Localization in Outdoor Terrains Using Multi-Level Surface Maps.- Estimating Vehicle Position Using Few Range Measurements to a Known Curved Surface.- Sensor Registration for Robotic Applications.- Aerial Navigation and Visual Tracking.- Reactive Collision Avoidance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Doppler Radar.- Combined Visual and Inertial Navigation for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.- Pedestrian Shape Extraction by Means of Active Contours.- Teleoperation.- The Small Outdoor Rover MERLIN and Its Assistance System for Tele-operations.- Visually-Guided Robot Navigation: From Artificial to Natural Landmarks.- An Advanced Teleoperation Testbed.- Teleoperation of a Surgical Robot Via Airborne Wireless Radio and Transatlantic Internet Links.- SLAM.- SIFT Based Graphical SLAM on a Packbot.- Look-Ahead Proposals for Robust Grid-Based SLAM.- Tradeoffs in SLAM with Sparse Information Filters.- Robust Real-Time Local Laser Scanner Registration with Uncertainty Estimation.- A FastSLAM Algorithm Based on the Unscented Filtering with Adaptive Selective Resampling.- Tree Measurement and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping System for Forest Harvesters.- Learning and Scene Estimation.- Modelling Smooth Paths Using Gaussian Processes.- Data-Driven Identification of Group Dynamics for Motion Prediction and Control.- Unsupervised Detection of Artificial Objects in Outdoor Environments.- Online Learning of Multiple Perceptual Models for Navigation in Unknown Terrain.- Multirobot Systems.- Implementation of Formation Transition System Using Synchronization in a Mobile Robot Group.- Coordinated Search in Cluttered Environments Using Range from Multiple Robots.- A Plan Manager for Multi-robot Systems.- Development of a Networked Robotic System for Disaster Mitigation.- Cooperative Localization for Multi-robot Incorporating Proprioceptive/Exteroceptive Position Sensors.- Field Robotics - Systems and Applications.- Experiments in Autonomous Reversing of a Tractor-Trailer System.- ATRS - A Technology-Based Solution to Automobility for Wheelchair Users.- Design and Validation of a Mobile Robot for Power Line Inspection and Maintenance.- Kinematics and Sensor and Control Systems of the Fully Automated Facade Cleaning Robot SIRIUSc for Fraunhofer Headquarters in Munich.- Automated Steam Turbine Straddle Root Disc Head Inspection.- Design and Field Testing of an Autonomous Underground Tramming System.- Autonomous Fruit Picking Machine: A Robotic Apple Harvester.- Standing Assistance System for Rehabilitation Walker.- Magnetic Wall Climbing Robot for Thin Surfaces with Specific Obstacles.- Picking up an Unknown Object through Autonomous Modeling and Grasp Planning by a Mobile Manipulator.- Path Planning.- An Architecture for Automated Driving in Urban Environments.- State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Highly Constrained Environments.