Program for 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments
Monday, October 21
Monday, October 21, 08:00 - 08:45
Registration
Monday, October 21, 09:00 - 11:05
1A - Special Session: Human Robot Interaction Sensing & Understanding
- Considerations on Deploying a Model-based Safety System into Human-Robot Co-operation
- Resume Navigation and Re-Localization of an Autonomous Mobile Robot After Being Kidnapped
- Tendon Transmission Efficiency of A Two-finger Haptic Glove
- Robot Ontologies for Sensor- and Image-Guided Surgery
- Real Time Human Motion Imitation of Anthropomorphic Dual Arm Robot Based on Cartesian Impedance Control
Monday, October 21, 11:05 - 11:20
Coffee Break
Monday, October 21, 11:20 - 12:35
1B - Robot Design & Manipulation
- Towards Mobile Manipulator Safety Standards
- Multi-Segment Continuum Robot Shape Estimation Using Passive Cable Displacement
- An introduction of the Biomimetic hand testbed: Skeletal structure and actuation
Monday, October 21, 12:35 - 13:15
Lunch
Monday, October 21, 13:15 - 15:45
1C - Robot Vision & Imaging
- NIR-CAM -- Development of a near Infrared camera
- Validating a Simulation of a Single Ray Based Laser Scanner Used in Mobile Robot Applications
- High-Speed and Accurate Laser Scan Matching Using Classified Features
- Catadioptric Omnidirectional Image Inpainting via a Multi-Scale Approach and Image Unwrapping
- A Supervised Training and Learning Method for Building Identification in Remotely Sensed Imaging
- Automatic human brain MRI volumetric analysis technique using EM-algorithm
Monday, October 21, 15:45 - 16:00
Coffee Break
Monday, October 21, 16:00 - 18:05
1D - Intelligent Sensing & New Sensor Techonologies
- Adaptive control for lift-off effect of EMAT based on IF-THEN rules and ultrasound RMS value
- Bayesian Filtering to Improve the Dynamic Accuracy of Electromagnetic Tracking
- A Literature Review of Sensor Ontologies for Manufacturing Applications
- A New Type of Highly Sensitive Strain Gage Based on Microstructured Magnetic Materials
- Simulator Based Study of Robot Alignment and Localization
Monday, October 21, 19:00 - 21:00
Conference Dinner
Tuesday, October 22
Tuesday, October 22, 08:30 - 09:00
Registration
Tuesday, October 22, 09:00 - 11:05
2A - Collaborative Robotics & Distributed Sensing
- A Practical Approach to Coverage Control For Multiple Mobile Robots With a Circular Sensing Range
- Instrumentation System for Ship Air wake Measurement
- An Efficient Framework for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Extended Sensor Networks for Pipeline Monitoring
- Phase optimization for control/fusion applications in dynamically composed sensor networks
- Auction-Based Node Selection of Optimal and Concurrent Responses for a Risk-Aware Robotic Sensor Network
Tuesday, October 22, 11:05 - 11:20
Coffee Break
Tuesday, October 22, 11:20 - 12:20
Invited Speaker
Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta, Dept of Mechanical Engineering & Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, USA
Tuesday, October 22, 12:20 - 13:15
Lunch
Tuesday, October 22, 13:15 - 15:45
2B - Path Planning & Robot Navigation
- A New Trajectory-Based Path Planning Approach for Differential Drive Vehicles
- MetaBot: Automated and Dynamically Schedulable Robotic Behaviors in Retail Environments
- Improving Visual SLAM Accuracy Through Deliberate Camera Oscillations
- Proprioceptive Sensing for Autonomous Self-Righting on Unknown Sloped Planar Surfaces
- Development of A Sensor-Based Approach for Local Minima Recovery in Unknown Environment
- Toward Multi-Stage Decoupled Visual SLAM System
Tuesday, October 22, 15:45 - 16:00
Coffee Break
Tuesday, October 22, 16:00 - 17:30
GWU Robotic Labs Tour
Tompkins Hall of Engineering, 725 23rd Street N.W., 4th floor, Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 23
Wednesday, October 23, 08:30 - 09:00
Registration
Wednesday, October 23, 09:00 - 10:40
3A - Pose Estimation & Localization
- 6-DOF Pose Estimation of a Portable Navigation Aid for the Visually Impaired
- Reliable and Efficient RFID-based Localization for Mobile Robot
- A novel approach for automated car body panel fitting
- Measurement science for 6DOF object pose ground truth
Wednesday, October 23, 10:40 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Wednesday, October 23, 11:00 - 12:40
3B - Robot Control Systems
- Development and Control of Self-Reconfigurable Open Kinematic Chain Robot Arms
- Force Controlled Contour Following on Unknown Objects with an Industrial Robot
- Application-oriented Joint Rate Minimization by Cell and Tool Optimization for an R6-Manipulator
- Adaptive Sliding Mode Position Control of Electro-Hydraulic Servo System with Single-Rod Actuators