Assistive Robotics - Proceedings Of The 18th International Conference On Clawar 2015

Plenary Presentations:Infrastructure Robotics: Opportunities and Challenges (Gamini Dissanayake); Understanding Animal Locomotion Using Bio-Inspired Robotics and Soft Robotics (Tianmiao Wang); Assistive Robots:A Behavior Adaptation Method Based on Hierarchical POMDPs (Y Tao, Y Chen, D Xu and J Zheng); Design and Control of Exoskeleton for Elderly Mobility (G Al Rezage, M O Tokhi and S K Ali); Assessing Human Robot Interaction: The Role of Long-Run Experiments (I Ferreira and J S Sequeira); Autonomous Robots:Wall Climbing Robot Motion Simulation in Non-Deterministic Area with Existing Moving Objects (V G Gradetsky, M M Knyazkov, A M Nunuparov, E A Semyonov and A N Sukhanov); Design and Implementation of a Scansorial Robot (M A H Hassan and M O Tokhi); Biologically-Inspired Systems and Solutions:A Bio-Inspired Behavior Based Bipedal Locomotion Control - B4LC Method for Bipedal Upslope Walking (J Zhao, Q Liu, S Schuetz and K Berns); Design and Implementation of a Smart Robotic Shark with Multi-Sensors (S Chen, J Yu, X Li and J Yuan); Control Algorithm for Walking Robot with Mosaic Body (A V Panchenko, I A Orlov and V E Pavlovsky); Innovative Design of Clawar:A Novel Inspection Robot Moving on High-Voltage Power Transmission Line (T Guanghong and F Lijin); Rise-Rover: A Wall-Climbing Robot with High Reliability and Load-Carrying Capacity (J Xiao, B Li, K Ushiroda and Q Song); Inspection and Innovative Sensing:An Innovative Torque Sensor Design for the Lightest Hydraulic Quadruped Robot (H Khan, F Cannella, D Caldwell and C Semini); Mapping Repetitive Structural Tunnel Environments for a Biologically Inspired Climbing Robot (G Paul, S Mao, L Liu and R Xiong); Locomotion:Application of Local Slopes in the Study of Metastable Walking (A T Safa, M Naraghi and A Alasty); A Mechanism of Particle Swarm Optimization on Motor Patterns in the B4LC System (Q Liu, J Zhao, S Schuetz and K Berns); Dynamical Analysis of Large Deflection Compliant Leg During Terrestrial Locomotion (T Fang, X Wang, Z Chen, M Xu and S Zhang); Manipulation, Intelligence and Learning for CLAWAR:Radiation Dosing Software Control of a Robot System for the Atlas Scanning Facility (H Marin-Reyes and R French); Acquisition Slope Surface Walking for Humanoids via Transfer Learning (Y Wang, X Han, Z Liu, D Luo and X Wu); Medical and Rehabilitation Robotics:A Real-Time Gait Phase Detection Method for Prosthesis Control (J Li, X Zhou, C Li, W Li, H Zhang and H Gu); Powered Knee Orthosis for Performance of Assistance and Rehabilitation Purposes (M Shysh, A Safonov, A Telesh and U Schmucker); Modelling and Simulation of CLAWAR:Wall Climbing Robot Motion with Adaptive Vacuum Contact Devices (V G Gradetsky, M M Knyazkov, A A Kryukova, E A Semyonov and A N Sukhanov); Combination of Affine Deformation and Dynamic Movement Primitive in Learning Human Motion for Redundant Manipulator (J Hu and R Xiong); Perception, Localization and Rescue Operations:Multi-Session Slam Over Low Dynamic Workspace Using RGBD Sensor (Y Wang, R Xiong, S Huang and J Wu); Mechanism and Anti-Explosion Design of an Omnitread Serpentine Robot for Searching in Coal Mines (G Liu, J Yan, C Li, Z Han, L Zhu, J Zhao and L Li); Planning and Control:Lidar-Based Navigation-Level Path Planning for Field-Capable Legged Robots (I Havoutis, D G Caldwell and C Semini); A Simple Modeling Method and Trajectory Planning for a Car-Like Climbing Robot Used to Strip Coating from the Outer Surface of Pipes Underwater (H Wang, C Yang, X Deng and J Fan); Underwater and Sea Robotics:Towards Deep-Sea Monitoring with SMIS - Experimental Trials of Deep-Sea Acoustic Localization (S Neumann, D Oertel, H Worn, M Kurowski, D Dewitz, J J Waniek, D Kaiser and R Mars); Mechanical Design of a Two-Joint Robotic Fish (C Zhang, J Yu and M Tan); A Novel Hydraulic Mechanism for Bio-Inspired Undulating Robot: Modeling and Morphological Analysis (H Xu, T Hu, X Zhang and L Zhang); and other papers;