IROS '02

IROS 2002
2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems

Technical Program

Wed Oct 02 08:30-08:50
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Chair:
Room:3
Wed Oct 02 09:40-10:40
Session: Field robotics 1  
Chair:David ORIN
Room:3
Time:09:40 
Title:Paper # 267, A Navigation System for Unmanned Vehicles in Automated Highway Systems 
Authors:  
Bernabeu, Enrique J. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
Tornero, Josep Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
Tomizuka, Masayoshi University of California, Berkeley
Time:10:00 
Title:Paper # 270, A Comparison Between Different Traction Control Methods for a Field Robot 
Authors:  
Muscato, Giovanni DEES Università degli Studi di Catania, ITALY
Caltabiano, Daniele DEES Università degli Studi di Catania, ITALY
Time:10:20 
Title:Paper # 489, Autonomous Terrain Characterisation and Modelling for Dynamic Control of Unmanned Vehicles 
Authors:  
Talukder, Ashit Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Manduchi, Roberto University of California, Santa Cruz
Castano, Rebecca Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Matthies, Larry Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Castano, Andres Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hogg, Robert Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wed Oct 02 11:00-12:40
Session: Field robotics 2  
Chair:Juha RÖNING
Room:3
Time:11:00 
Title:Paper # 296, Modelling and Simulation of Multibody Mobile Robot for Volcanic Environment Explorations 
Authors:  
Lacagnina, Michele Università di Catania
Muscato, Giovanni DEES Università degli Studi di Catania, ITALY
Guccione, Salvatore DEES Università degli Studi di Catania, ITALY
Sinatra, Rosario Università di Catania
Time:11:20 
Title:Paper # 362, Autonomous Stair-Hopping with Scout Robots 
Authors:  
Stoeter, Sascha University of Minnesota
Rybski, Paul University of Minnesota
Gini, Maria University of Minnesota
Papanikolopoulos, Nikos University of Minnesota
Time:11:40 
Title:Paper # 991, WorkPartner - Centaur like Service Robot 
Authors:  
Ylönen, Sami Helsinki University of Technology
Halme, Aarne Helsinki University of Technology
Time:12:00 
Title:Paper # 996, Multi-Sensor, High Speed Autonomous Stair Climbing 
Authors:  
Helmick, Daniel Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Roumeliotis, Stergios California Institute of Technology
McHenry, Michael Rossum Technologies, Inc.
Matthies, Larry Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Time:12:20 
Title:Paper # 620, Autonomous Coverage Operations In Semi-Structured Outdoor Environments 
Authors:  
Batavia, Parag Carnegie Mellon University
Roth, Stephan Carnegie Mellon University
Singh, Sanjiv Carnegie Mellon University
Wed Oct 02 14:00-15:20
Session: Field robotics 3  
Chair:Liam PEDERSEN
Room:3
Time:14:00 
Title:Paper # 50, JUNIOR: A robot for outdoor container nurseries 
Authors:  
Schempf, Hagen Carnegie Mellon University
Graham, Todd Carnegie Mellon University
Time:14:20 
Title:Paper # 279, Innovative Service Robot Systems for Facade Cleaning of Difficult-to-Access Areas 
Authors:  
Elkmann, Norbert Fraunhofer Institut IFF
Felsch, Torsten Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Department of Rob
Sack, Mario Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Department of Rob
Saenz, José Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Department of Rob
Hortig, Justus Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF, Department of Rob
Time:14:40 
Title:Paper # 333, Development and Control of a Buggy Robot for Operations on Unstructured Terrain 
Authors:  
Debenest, Paulo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Fukushima, Edwardo Tokyo Institute of Technology
HIROSE, Shigeo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Time:15:00 
Title:Paper # 409, Watermelon Harvesting Experiment of A Heavy Material Handling Agricultural Robot with LQ Control 
Authors:  
Sakai, Satoru Kyoto University
Osuka, Koichi Kyoto University
Fukushima, Hiroaki University of California, San Diego
Iida, Michihisa Kyoto University
Wed Oct 02 15:40-17:20
Session: Field robotics 4  
Chair:Martin ADAMS
Room:3
Time:15:40 
Title:Paper # 282, Amphibious 3D Active Cord Mechanism HELIX with Helical Swimming Motion 
Authors:  
TAKAYAMA, Toshio Tokyo Institute of Technology
HIROSE, Shigeo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Time:16:00 
Title:Paper # 369, High resolution terrain mapping with an autonomous blimp 
Authors:  
Lacroix, Simon LAAS-CNRS
Jung, Il-Kyun LAAS-CNRS
Time:16:20 
Title:Paper # 521, Toward Indoor Flying Robots 
Authors:  
Nicoud, Jean-Daniel DIDEL SA
Zufferey, Jean-Christophe Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Time:16:40 
Title:Paper # 803, Avoidance of Underwater Cliffs for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 
Authors:  
Creuze, Vincent Université de Montpellier II - LIRMM
Jouvencel, Bruno Université de Montpellier II - LIRMM
Time:17:00 
Title:Paper # 891, An approach to vision-based station keeping for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle 
Authors:  
Cufi, Xavier Universitat de Girona
Garcia, Rafael Universitat de Girona
Ridao, Pere Universitat de Girona
Thu Oct 03 08:30-08:50
Session:  
Chair:
Room:3
Thu Oct 03 09:20-10:40
Session: Learning 1  
Chair:Minoru ASADA
Room:3
Time:09:20 
Title:Paper # 64, Fast Reinforcement Learning Approach to Cooperative Behavior Acquisition in Multi-agent System 
Authors:  
Piao, Songhao Harbin Institute of Technology
Hong, Bingrong Harbin Institute of Technology
Time:09:40 
Title:Paper # 176, Predictive Robot Programming 
Authors:  
Dixon, Kevin Carnegie Mellon University
Strand, Martin ABB Corporate Research
Khosla, Pradeep Carnegie Mellon University
Time:10:00 
Title:Paper # 931, A Locally Weighted Learning Composite Adaptive Controller with Structure Adaptation 
Authors:  
Nakanishi, Jun ATR Human Information Science Laboratories
Farrell, Jay University of California, Riverside
Schaal, Stefan University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Time:10:20 
Title:Paper # 773, Carl: from Situated Activity to Language Level Interaction and Learning 
Authors:  
Seabra Lopes, Luís Universidade de Aveiro
Thu Oct 03 11:00-12:40
Session: Learning 2  
Chair:Yangsheng XU
Room:3
Time:11:00 
Title:Paper # 393, A Reinforcement Learning with Adaptive State Space Recruitment Strategy for Real Autonomous Mobile Robots 
Authors:  
Kondo, Toshiyuki Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ito, Koji Tokyo Institute of Technology
Time:11:20 
Title:Paper # 423, Fast Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Motion Planning of Non-Holonomic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Disturbance 
Authors:  
Kawano, Hiroshi University of Tokyo
Ura, Tamaki University of Tokyo
Time:11:40 
Title:Paper # 603, Synthesis of Robot's Behaviors from few Examples 
Authors:  
Hugues, Louis Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Drogoul, Alexis Universite Paris 6
Time:12:00 
Title:Paper # 944, Learning Optimal Switching Policies for Path Tracking Tasks on a Mobile Robot 
Authors:  
Wang, Yunqing University of Massachusetts
Thibodeau, Bryan University of Massachusetts
Fagg, Andrew H. University of Massachusetts
Grupen, Roderic University of Massachusetts
Time:12:20 
Title:Paper # 949, Online Robot Learning by Reward and Punishment for a Mobile Robot 
Authors:  
Suwimonteerabuth, Dejvuth Chulalongkorn University
Chongstitvatana, Prabhas Chulalongkorn University
Thu Oct 03 14:00-15:20
Session: Learning 3  
Chair:Gaurav S. SUKHATME
Room:3
Time:14:00 
Title:Paper # 622, Multi-Module Learning System for Behavior Acquisition in Multi-Agent Environment 
Authors:  
Takahashi, Yasutake Osaka University
Edazawa, Kazuhiro Osaka University
Asada, Minoru Osaka University
Time:14:20 
Title:Paper # 520, Developmental Learning Model for Joint Attention 
Authors:  
Nagai, Yukie Osaka University
Asada, Minoru Osaka University
Hosoda, Koh Osaka University
Time:14:40 
Title:Paper # 712, Reinforcement Learning in Partially Observable Mobile Robot Domains Using Unsupervised Event Extraction 
Authors:  
Bakker, Bram IDSIA
Linaker, Fredrik University of Skovde
Time:15:00 
Title:Paper # 658, Visual Guided Grasping and Generalization Using Self-Valuing Learning 
Authors:  
Rössler, Bernd University of Bielefeld
Zhang, Jianwei University of Hamburg
Hoechsmann, Matthias University of Bielefeld
Thu Oct 03 15:40-16:40
Session: Learning 4  
Chair:Dario FLOREANO
Room:3
Time:15:40 
Title:Paper # 346, A New Model of the Visual Feedback Coordinate Transformation in Humans Based on Disturbance Noise and Feedback Error that Accounts for Time Delays 
Authors:  
Oyama, Eimei National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
MacDorman, Karl Wakayama University
Maeda, Taro The University of Tokyo
Tachi, Susumu The University of Tokyo
Agah, Arvin The University of Kansas
Time:16:00 
Title:Paper # 906, Learning rhythmic movements by demonstration using nonlinear oscillators 
Authors:  
Ijspeert, Auke J. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Nakanishi, Jun ATR Human Information Science Laboratories
Schaal, Stefan University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Time:16:20 
Title:Paper # 518, Behavior Acquisition Method based on Embodiment for Vision-based Agent 
Authors:  
Terada, Kazunori Gifu University
Nakamura, Takayuki Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Takeda, Hideaki National Institute of Informatics
Fri Oct 04 08:30-08:50
Session:  
Chair:
Room:3
Fri Oct 04 09:20-10:40
Session: Learning 6  
Chair:Ben KRÖSE
Room:3
Time:09:20 
Title:Paper # 17, Robot Behavioral Selection Using Q-learning 
Authors:  
Martinson, Eric Georgia Institute of Technology
Stoychev, Alexander Georgia Institute of Technology
Arkin, Ronald Georgia Institute of Technology
Time:09:40 
Title:Paper # 79, An Evolutionary Behavior Programming System with Dynamic Networks for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments 
Authors:  
Polvichai, Jumpol Carnegie Mellon University
Khosla, Pradeep Carnegie Mellon University
Time:10:00 
Title:Paper # 651, Lifelong Evolution for Adaptive Robots 
Authors:  
Walker, Joanne University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Wilson, Myra University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Time:10:20 
Title:Paper # 702, Learning cooperative assembly with the graph representation of a state-action space 
Authors:  
Zhang, Jianwei University of Hamburg
Ferch, Markus University of Bielefeld
Hoechsmann, Matthias University of Bielefeld
Fri Oct 04 11:00-12:40
Session: Learning 7  
Chair:John C.T. HALLAM
Room:3
Time:11:00 
Title:Paper # 463, Learning Human Navigational Skill for Smart Wheelchair 
Authors:  
Chow, Hon Nin The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xu, Yangsheng The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tso, S.K. City University of Hong Kong
Time:11:20 
Title:Paper # 610, Learning Mixed Behaviours with Parallel Q-Learning 
Authors:  
Laurent, Guillaume Laboratoire d'Automatique de Besançon - UMR CNRS 6596
Piat, Emmanuel Laboratoire d'Automatique de Besançon - UMR CNRS 6596
Time:11:40 
Title:Paper # 616, Adaptation Through a Stochastic Evolutionary Neuron Migration Process (SENMP) 
Authors:  
Haverinen, Janne Infotech Oulu and Department of Electrical Engineering
Röning, Juha Infotech Oulu and Department of Electrical Engineering
Time:12:00 
Title:Paper # 718, Towards Object Mapping in Non-Stationary Environments With Mobile Robots 
Authors:  
Biswas, Rahul Stanford University
Limketkai, Benson Stanford University
Sanner, Scott Stanford University
Thrun, Sebastian Carnegie Mellon University
Time:12:20 
Title:Paper # 784, Efficient Learning of Reactive Robot Behaviors with a Neural-Q_Learning Approach 
Authors:  
Carreras, Marc Institute of Informatics and Automation, University of Girona
Ridao, Pere Universitat de Girona
Batlle, Joan Institute of Informatics and Applications, UdG
Nicosebici, Tudor Institute of Informatics and Automation, University of Girona
Fri Oct 04 14:00-15:20
Session: Learning 8  
Chair:Aude BILLARD
Room:3
Time:14:00 
Title:Paper # 661, Learning Probabilistic Models for State Tracking of Mobile Robots 
Authors:  
Nikovski, Daniel Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Nourbakhsh, Illah Carnegie Mellon University
Time:14:20 
Title:Paper # 1063, Associative Computational Model of Mirror Neurons that connects Missing Link between Behaviors and Symbols 
Authors:  
Inamura, Tetsunari Japan Science and Technology Corporation / Univ. of Tokyo
Nakamura, Yoshihiko University of Tokyo
Simozaki, Moriaki University of Tokyo
Time:14:40 
Title:Paper # 808, Learning the Hierarchical Structure of Spatial Environments Using Multiresolution Statistical Models 
Authors:  
Theocharous, Georgios Michigan State University
Mahadevan, Sridhar University of Massachusetts
Time:15:00 
Title:Paper # 901, Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Organization in Groups of Robots 
Authors:  
Dahl, Torbjorn S. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Mataric, Maja J. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Sukhatme, Gaurav S. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Fri Oct 04 15:40-17:00
Session: Learning 9  
Chair:Francesco MONDADA
Room:3
Time:15:40 
Title:Paper # 219, Soft Computing System using Fuzzy Clustering and On-line Learning 
Authors:  
Li, Chunshien Chang Gung University, Taiwan, ROC
Cheng, Kuo-Hsiang Chang Gung University, Taiwan, ROC
Time:16:00 
Title:Paper # 259, Evolutionary Design of Fuzzy System for Various Problems Including Vision Based Mobile Robot Control 
Authors:  
Kim, Min-Soeng Aachen University of Technology, IND
Hong, Sun-Gi Hanwool Robotics Corp
Lee, Ju-Jang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Time:16:20 
Title:Paper # 297, Approximating the Value Function for Continuous Space Reinforcement Learning in Robot Control 
Authors:  
Buck, Sebastian Munich University of Technology
Beetz, Michael Munich University of Technology
Schmitt, Thorsten Munich University of Technology
Time:16:40 
Title:Paper # 765, Learning Probabilistic Models for Optimal Visual Servo Control of Dynamic Manipulation 
Authors:  
Nikovski, Daniel Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Nourbakhsh, Illah Carnegie Mellon University
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