Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems : The 13th International Symposium / / edited by Roderich Groß, Andreas Kolling, Spring Berman, Emilio Frazzoli, Alcherio Martinoli, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Melvin Gauci
| Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems : The 13th International Symposium / / edited by Roderich Groß, Andreas Kolling, Spring Berman, Emilio Frazzoli, Alcherio Martinoli, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Melvin Gauci |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 697 p. 296 illus., 138 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 629.892 |
| Collana | Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Robotics
Automation Artificial intelligence Computational intelligence Robotics and Automation Artificial Intelligence Computational Intelligence |
| ISBN |
9783319730080
3319730088 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Distributed Coverage and Exploration -- Multi-Robot Control -- Multi-Robot Estimation -- Multi-Robot Planning -- Modular Robots and Smart Materials -- Swarm Robotics -- Multi-Robot Systems in Applications. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299934003321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Swarm Intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : 8th International Conference, ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2012, Proceedings / / edited by Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Roderich Groß, Marco Dorigo, Thomas Stützle
| Swarm Intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : 8th International Conference, ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2012, Proceedings / / edited by Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Roderich Groß, Marco Dorigo, Thomas Stützle |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2012.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 356 p. 114 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 006.3 |
| Collana | Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Artificial intelligence
Algorithms Computer science Application software Image processing—Digital techniques Computer vision Artificial Intelligence Theory of Computation Computer and Information Systems Applications Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics |
| ISBN | 3-642-32650-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Particle Swarm Embedding Algorithm for Nonlinear Dimensionality -- ABC-Miner: An Ant-Based Bayesian Classification Algorithm -- Analysing Robot Swarm Decision-Making with Bio-PEPA -- Automatic Generation of Multi-objective ACO Algorithms for the Bi-objective Knapsack -- Bare Bones Particle Swarms with Jumps -- Hybrid Algorithms for the Minimum-Weight Rooted Arborescence Problem -- Improving the cAnt-MinerPB Classification Algorithm -- Introducing Novelty Search in Evolutionary Swarm Robotics -- Measuring Diversity in the Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimizer -- Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics -- Scalability Study of Particle Swarm Optimizers in Dynamic Environments -- Self-reconfigurable Modular e-pucks -- Task Partitioning via Ant Colony Optimization for Distributed Assembly -- The Self-adaptive Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimizer -- Towards Swarm Calculus: Universal Properties of Swarm Performance and Collective Decisions -- A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem -- A Self-adaptive Heterogeneous PSO Inspired by Ants -- A“Thermodynamic”Approach to Multi-robot Cooperative Localization with Noisy Sensors -- AcoSeeD: An Ant Colony Optimization for Finding Optimal Spaced Seeds in Biological Sequence Search -- Analysis of Ant-Based Routing with Wireless Medium Access Control -- Ant-Based Approaches for Solving Autocorrelation Problems -- Collision-Induced “Priority Rule” Governs Efficiency of Pheromone-Communicating Swarm Robots -- Dynamic Load Balancing Inspired by Cemetery Formation in Ant Colonies -- Feasibility of an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-leaf Collimator (MLC) Aperture Definition and Beam Weighting in Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) Radiotherapy Treatment Planning -- Ant Swarm Foraging from Physical to Virtual and Back Again -- Improving Peer Review with ACORN: ACO Algorithm for Reviewer’s Network -- Learning Finite-State Machines with Ant Colony Optimization -- Mobbing Behavior and Deceit and Its Role in Bio-inspired Autonomous Robotic Agents -- Performance of Bacterial Foraging Optimization in Dynamic Environments -- Piecewise Linear Approximation of n-Dimensional Parametric Curves Using Particle Swarms -- Probabilistic Stochastic Diffusion Search -- Self-organized Clustering of Square Objects by Multiple Robots -- Self-reproduction versus Transition Rules in Ant Colonies for Medical Volume Segmentation -- Swarm Interpolation Using an Approximate Chebyshev Distribution -- Using MOPSO to Solve Multiobjective Bilevel Linear Problems -- Clustering Moodle Data via Ant Colony Optimization -- Continuous Trait-Based Particle Swarm Optimisation (CTB-PSO) -- Exploring Different Functions for Heuristics, Discretization, and Rule Quality Evaluation in Ant-Miner -- Fuzzy-Based Aggregation with a Mobile Robot Swarm -- Maturity of the Particle Swarm as a Metric for Measuring the Particle Swarm Intelligence -- Multi-objective Firefly Algorithm for Energy Optimization in Grid Environments -- Particle Swarm Optimization with Random Sampling in Variable Neighbourhoods for Solving Global Minimization Problems. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996465513403316 |
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Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems [[electronic resource] ] : 12th Annual Conference, TAROS 2011, Sheffield, UK, August 31 -- September 2, 2011, Proceedings / / edited by Roderich Groß, Lyuba Alboul, Chris Melhuish, Mark Witkowski, Tony T. Prescott, Jacques Penders
| Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems [[electronic resource] ] : 12th Annual Conference, TAROS 2011, Sheffield, UK, August 31 -- September 2, 2011, Proceedings / / edited by Roderich Groß, Lyuba Alboul, Chris Melhuish, Mark Witkowski, Tony T. Prescott, Jacques Penders |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 435 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.892 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence |
| Soggetto topico |
Artificial intelligence
Optical data processing User interfaces (Computer systems) Artificial Intelligence Image Processing and Computer Vision User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction |
| ISBN | 3-642-23232-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title -- Preface -- Organization -- Table of Contents -- A Cricket-Controlled Robot Orienting towards a Sound Source -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Hardware -- Wetware -- Software -- Experimental Methods -- Experiments -- Discussion -- References -- A General Classifier of Whisker Data Using Stationary Naive Bayes: Application to BIOTACT Robots -- Introduction -- Classification with Stationary Naive Bayes -- Experiment 1: Surface Texture Classification -- Experiment 2: Speed and Radial Distance Classification -- Experiment 3: Shape and Position Classification -- Discussion -- References -- A Navigation System for a High-Speed Professional Cleaning Robot -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Problem Description and System Overview -- Motion Planning -- Steer Angle Selection -- Speed Calculation -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Recursive Least Squares Solution for Recovering Robust Planar Homographies -- Introduction -- Overview -- Feature Detection and Matching: A Derived Approach -- A Recursive Solution for Estimating Homography -- Summary -- References -- Airborne Ultrasonic Position and Velocity Measurement Using Two Cycles of Linear-Period-Modulated Signal -- Introduction -- Cross Correlation by Single-Bit Processing -- The Method of Position and Velocity Measurement -- Two-Dimensional Position Measurement -- Two-Dimensional Velocity Vector Measurement -- Experiment -- Experimental Setup -- Experimental Result -- Conclusion -- References -- An Eye Detection and Localization System for Natural Human and Robot Interaction without Face Detection -- Introduction: Biologicaly Inspired Robot Navigation -- Head Direction Cells -- Models of Head Direction Cells -- Methods: The Model -- Experimental Procedure and Results -- Training the Model -- Testing the Model -- Discussion.
Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Contextual Recognition of Robot Emotions -- Introduction -- Hypotheses -- Method -- Interaction Design -- Design and Results of the First Experiment -- Design and Results of the Second Experiment -- Discussion -- References -- Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Specialization -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Model of Specialization -- Learning -- Forgetting -- Task Allocation Strategy -- Experimental Setup -- Task Abstraction -- Simulation Tools -- Specialization Measures -- Experiments -- Basic Properties -- Adaptivity -- Costs and Benefits -- Conclusions -- References -- CrunchBot: A Mobile Whiskered Robot Platform -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Deformation-Based Tactile Feedback Using a Biologically-Inspired Sensor and a Modified Display -- Introduction -- System Design -- Sensor -- Tactile Display -- System Integration -- Performance -- Sensor -- Display -- System -- Conclusion -- References -- Design and Control of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robot RehabRoby -- Introduction -- Control Architecture -- RehabRoby -- Low-Level and High-Level Controllers -- Experimental Setup -- Task Design -- Experiment Protocol -- Subjects -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Distributed Motion Planning for Ground Objects Using a Network of Robotic Ceiling Cameras -- Introduction -- Scenario Characteristics and Camera Network Model -- Related Work -- Distributed Path Planning -- Adaption to Changes in the Environment -- Heuristics to Reduce Local Minima Attraction -- Heuristics to Optimize the Use of Resources (Efficiency Heuristics) -- Experimental Results -- Robustness to Alignment Errors -- Communication Efficiency -- Scalability: Increasing Robot Density in a Fixed Size Environment -- Scalability: Increasing Environment Size, Fixed Density of Robots. Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Evaluating the Effect of Robot Group Size on Relative Localisation Precision -- Introduction -- The Relative Localisation Approach -- Description of the Experiments -- Design Decisions and Necessary Preconditions -- Collecting Data -- Evaluation of the Results -- Summary -- References -- Instance-Based Reinforcement Learning Technique with a Meta-learning Mechanism for Robust Multi-Robot Systems -- Introduction -- Learning Task -- Extended BRL -- BRL: RL in Continuous Learning Space -- BRL with a Meta-learning Mechanism -- Real Robot Experiments -- Experimental Settings -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Locomotion Selection and Mechanical Design for a Mobile Intra-abdominal Adhesion-Reliant Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Introduction -- Current Developments in Surgical Robotics -- Bio-inspiration for Adhesive Materials -- Intra-corporeal Devices -- Mechanical Requirements -- System Definition -- Locomotion -- Miniature Actuators -- Mechanical Design -- Motor Integration -- Conclusion -- Future Work -- References -- Mapping with Sparse Local Sensors and Strong Hierarchical Priors -- Introduction -- Methods -- Static Structures: Generative Models -- Inference -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Multi-rate Visual Servoing Based on Dual-Rate High Order Holds -- Introduction -- Dual-Rate High Order Holds -- Multi-rate Visual Servoing -- Control System -- Vision System -- Analysis -- Simulation Results -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Optimal Path Planning for Nonholonomic Robotic Systems via Parametric Optimisation -- Introduction -- Nonholonomic Systems on the Euclidean Groups SE(n) -- Problem Statement -- Methodology -- General Hamiltonian Lift on SE(n) -- A Note on Integrability -- Examples -- Example 1-The Wheeled Robot. Example 2-A Conventional Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) -- Conclusion -- References -- Probabilistic Logic Reasoning about Traffic Scenes -- Introduction -- A Markov Logic Framework for a Lane Assistance System -- Vision System -- Probabilistic Logics -- Markov Logic and Alchemy -- Contextual Information -- Results -- Evaluation -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Real-World Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Humanoid Robot Charging in a Home Environment -- Introduction -- Problem Overview -- Network Architecture and Learning -- Supervised Reinforcement Learning and Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Robot Routing Approaches for Convoy Merging Maneuvers -- Introduction -- Simplified Approach -- Extended Approach -- Conclusions -- References -- Sensing with Artificial Tactile Sensors: An Investigation of Spatio-temporal Inference -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background: Hierarchical Temporal Memory and Cortical Computation -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Short-Range Radar Perception in Outdoor Environments -- Introduction -- Ground Echo Modeling -- The Radar Ground Segmentation System -- Background Extraction -- Ground Segmentation -- Experimental Results -- Ground Segmentation and Range Accuracy -- Conclusions -- References -- Smooth Kinematic Controller vs. Pure-Pursuit for Non-holonomic Vehicles -- Introduction -- Double Continuous-Curvature Generation -- Multi-rate Kinematic Control Based on DCC-Paths -- Benchmark -- Conclusions -- References -- Supervised Traversability Learning for Robot Navigation -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Algorithm Description -- Stereo Vision and V-Disparity Image Computation -- Feature Extraction and SVM-Based Learning -- Experimental Validation -- Conclusion -- References. Task Space Integral Sliding Mode Controller Implementation for 4DOF of a Humanoid BERT II Arm with Posture Control -- Introduction -- Integral Sliding Mode Controller -- Posture Torque Controller -- Experimental Setup and Results Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Towards Autonomous Energy-Wise RObjects -- Introduction -- Energy Scavenging Technologies -- Heat -- Light -- Ambient Radio Frequencies -- Pressure and Temperature Variations -- Gas and Liquid Flows -- Mechanical -- RObjects Power Requirements -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Towards Safe Human-Robot Interaction -- Introduction -- Related Work -- System and Human-Robot Interface -- Software Architecture -- How the System Works -- Trustworthiness -- Safety Properties -- Liveness Properties -- Experiments -- Experimental Setting -- Description of Experiments -- Expected Outcomes -- Results -- Conclusion and Follow-On Research Directions -- References -- Towards Temporal Verification of Emergent Behaviours in Swarm Robotic Systems -- Introduction -- Temporal Logic and Model Checking -- Analysing Swarm Algorithms -- The `Alpha' Algorithm -- Abstraction -- Verification Using Model Checking -- Results: Concurrency -- Results: Changing the Alpha Parameter and Wireless Ranges -- Discussion and Related Work -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Walking Rover Trafficability - Presenting a Comprehensive Analysis and Prediction Tool -- State of the Art -- The LPTPT Tool -- Introduction -- LPTPT Model - Phase 1 -- LPTPT Model - Phase 2 -- LPTPT Model Predictions -- Wheeled Rover Comparison -- Slip Dependency -- Trafficability Prediction on Unknown Soils -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- What Can a Personal Robot Do for You? -- Introduction -- Survey Design -- Results Analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Attitude towards Robots -- Task Types -- Methodology. Market Considerations. |
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