Adaptive mobile robotics proceedings of the 15th international conference on climbing and walking robots and the support technologies for mobile machines, Baltimore, USA, 23-26 July, 2012 (World Scientific, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Section 1. Plenary presentations. Robustness in animals as inspiration for the next generation robot / Robert J. Full. Feedback control of planar bipedal locomotion / Jessy W. Grizzle. Use of compliant actuators in prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics / Dirk Lefeber. Transitions in the locomotion of robots and the robotics of locomotion / Daniel E. Koditschek. AlphaDog, the rough-terrain robot / Marc Raibert --
- Section 2. Assistive robots. Tracking control system for walking assist using intention estimation / K. Matsuo ... [et al.]. Driving assistance control of a passive-type robotic wheelchair based on a user's intension / T. Higuchi ... [et al.]. Experimental analysis of interactive behaviors for a personal mobile robot / C. Granata ... [et al.]. Strategies to reduce energy expenditure in the motion control of lower-limb orthoses / D. Sanz-Merodio ... [et al.]. Study on the control based on virtual spring model for lower extremity exoskeleton / J.-W. Lee ... [et al.]. State space modelling and control of squ-two-wheeled mobility vehicle (SQU-TWMV): an energy analysis approach / A. Al-Harrasi ... [et al.]. Taking advantage of the joint synergy for the actuation in a lower-limb active orthosis / D. Sanz-Merodio ... [et al.] --
- Section 3. Autonomous robots. Real time PID control of a two-wheeled robot / A. R. Short ... [et al.]. A stereo vision model for a small form factor autonomous mobile robot "KCLBOT" / E. Georgiou, J. Dai and M. Luck. Precise self-localization of a walking robot on rough terrain using PTAM / D. Belter and P. Skrzypczynski. Mobile robot navigation via olfaction / S. M. Arman Ullah and G. S. Virk. Turn around behavior generation and execution for unmanned ground vehicles operating in rough terrain / M. M. Dabbeeru ... [et al.]. Impact of payload intertia on the system damping characteristics of a two-wheeled robotic machine / K. M. Goher ... [et al.]. Autonomous navigation of a 5 gram crawling millirobot in a complex environment / A. Mathis ... [et al.]. Holonic motion control design for a class of modular outdoor walking robots / T. Borangiu ... [et al.]. Mathematical modelling and pid control of squ-two-wheeled mobility vehicle (SQU-TWMV) / A. Al-Siyabi ... [et al.].
- Adaptive mobile robot path planning based algorithm for dynamic environments / H. H. Shehata and J. Schlattmann -- Section 4. Biologically-inspired systems and solutions. Effect of inertial tail on yaw rate of 45 gram legged robot / N. J. Kohut ... [et al.]. Application of new braided soft actuator design in biomimetic robot locomotion / M. F. A. Athif ... [et al.]