Robotics : Science and Systems II / Gaurav S. Sukhatme [and others].

This contains the papers presented at the second Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) Conference, held in Philadelphia, PA, from August 16 to August 19, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Haptic playback : modeling, controller design, and stability analysis / Matteo Corno and Milos Zefran -- Optimal rules for programmed stochastic self-assembly / Eric Klavins, Samuel Burden and Nils Napp -- Sliding autonomy for complex coordinated multi-robot tasks : analysis & experiments / Frederik W. Heger and Sanjiv Singh -- Improving robot navigation through self-supervised online learning / Boris Sofman, Ellie Lin, J. Andrew Bagnell, Nicolas Vandapel and Anthony Stentz -- Self-supervised monocular road detection in desert terrain / Hendrik Dahlkemp, Adrian Kaehler, David Stavens, Sebastian Thrun and Gary Bradski -- Enhancing supervised terrain classification with predictive unsupervised learning / Michael Happold, Mark Ollis and Nik Johnson -- Distributed coverage control with sensory feedback for networked robots / Mac Schwager, James McLurkin and Daniela Rus -- Integrated planning and control for convex-bodied nonholonomic systems using local feedback control policies / David C. Conner, Howie Choset and Alfred A. Rizzi -- On comparing the power of mobile robots / Jason M. O'Kane and Steven M. LaValle -- Exploiting locality in SLAM by nested dissection / Peter Krauthausen, Alexander Kipp and Frank Dellaert -- Unified inverse depth parameterization for monocular SLAM / J. M. M. Montiel, Javier Civera and Andrew J. Davison -- Qualitative hybrid control of dynamic bipedal walking / Subramanian Ramamoorthy and Benjamin J. Kuipers -- Gait regulation and feedback on a robotic climbing hexapod / G. Clark Haynes and Alfred A. Rizzi -- Slip prediction using visual information / Anelia Angelova, Larry Matthies, Daniel Helmick and Pietro Perona -- Pursuit and evasion in non-convex domains of arbitrary dimension / Stephanie Alexander, Richard Bishop and Robert Ghrist -- Development of methodology for design and analysis of physically cooperating robot and applications to other robotic systems / Ashish Deshpande and Jonathan Luntz -- An equilibrium point based model unifying movement control in humanoids / Xue Gu and Dana H. Ballard -- A new inlier identification scheme for robust estimation problems / Wei Zhang and Jana Kosecka -- A probabilistic exemplar approach to combine laser and vision for person tracking / Dirk Schulz -- Outdoor path labeling using polynomial Mahalanobis distance / Greg Grudic and Jane Mulligan -- Probabilistic terrain analysis for high-speed desert driving / Sebastian Thrun, Mike Montemerlo and Andrei Aron -- Multi-loop position analysis via iterated linear programming / Josep M. Porta, Lluis Ros and Federico Thomas -- Inverse kinematics for a serial chain with joints under distance constraints / Li Han and Lee Rudolph -- A gravity balancing passive exoskeleton for the human leg / Sunil K. Agrawal, Sai K. Banala and Abbas Fattah -- Design methodologies for central pattern generators : an application to crawling humanoids / Ludovic Righetti and Auke Jan Ijspeert -- Dynamic imitation in a humanoid robot through nonparametric probabilistic inference / David B. Grimes, Rawichote Chalodhorn and Rajesh P. N. Rao -- Computing smooth feedback plans over cylindrical algebraic decompositions / Stephen R. Lindemann and Steven M. LaValle -- Analytical characterization of the accuracy of SLAM without absolute orientation measurements / Anastasios I. Mourikis and Stergios I. Roumeliotis -- The identity management Kalman filter (IMKF) / Brad Schumitsch, Sebastian Thrun, Leonidas Guibas and Kunle Olukotun -- Adaptive dynamics with efficient contact handling for articulated robots / Russell Gayle, Ming C. Lin and Dinesh Manocha -- Generation of point-contact state space between strictly curved objects / Peng Tang and Jing Xiao -- A Bayesian approach to nonlinear parameter identification for rigid body dynamics / Jo-Anne Ting, Michael Mistry, Jan Peters, Stefan Schaal and Jun Nakanishi -- Learning operational space control / Jan Peters and Stefan Schaal -- The iterated sigma point Kalman filter with applications to long range stereo / Gabe Sibley, Gaurav Sukhatme and Larry Matthies -- Environment identification for a running robot using inertial and actuator cues / Philippe Giguere, Gregory Dudek, Chris Prahacs and Shane Saunderson -- Elastic roadmaps : globally task-consistent motion for autonomous mobile manipulation in dynamic environments / Yuandong Yang and Oliver Brock -- Responsive robot gaze to interaction partner / Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Kazuhiko Shinozawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita and Takanori Miyamoto -- On the Dubins traveling salesperson problems : novel approximation algorithms / Ketan Savla, Emilio Frazzoli and Francesco Bullo -- Gaussian processes for signal strength-based location estimation / Brian Ferris, Dirk Hahnel and Dieter Fox.

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