Progress in Automation, Robotics and Measuring Techniques

Forming of Operational Characteristics of an Orthotic Robot by Influencing Parameters of its Drive Systems.- Lightweight RGB-D SLAM System for Search and Rescue Robots.- Affordable Multi-Legged Robots for Research and STEM Education: A Case Study of Design and Technological Aspects.- Falcon: A Compact Multirotor Flying Platform with High Load Capability.- TAPAS: A Robotic Platform for Navigation in Outdoor Environments.- NAO-mark vs QR-code Recognition by Nao Robot Vision.- Hive Collective Intelligence for Cloud Robotics. A Hybrid Distributed Robotic Controller Design for Learning and Adaptation.- The Autonomous Return Control System for Mobile Platform, Used in CBRN Hazards.- Navigation Module for Mobile Robot.- An Efficient PSO-based Method for an Identification of a Quadrotor Model Parameters.- User Needs and Requirements for the Mobility Assistance and Activity Monitoring Scenario within the RAPP Project.- Safety Module Based on Gyroscopie in the System for Verticalization and Aiding Motion of the Disabled.- Gait Trajectory Planing for CIE Exoskeleton.- Specification of Abstract Robot Skills in Terms of Control System Behaviours.- Construction and Signal Filtering in Quadrotor.- Adaptive Optical Inspection System with Use of Reconfigurable Manipulator.- Simulation-Based Evaluation of Robot-Assisted Wireless Sensors Positioning.- Small Remotely Operated Screw-propelled Vehicle.- HMI with Vision System to Control Manipulator by Operator Hand Movement.- A Comparison of Control Strategies for 4DoF Model of Unmanned Bicycle Robot Stabilised by Inertial Wheel.- Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Spatial Data within a Semantic Map for Service Robots.- Social Inclusion with Robots: a RAPP case study using NAO for technology illiterate elderly at Ormylia Foundation.- On the Application of QR Codes for Robust Self-Localization of Mobile Robots in Various Application Scenarios.- Reconfigurable Agent Architecture for Robots Utilising Cloud Computing.- Kinematic interactions between orthotic robot and a human.- CIE-Hand Towards Prosthetic Limb.- Merging Robotics and AAL ontologies: The RAPP methodology.- In-Motion Balance Recovery of a Humanoid Robot under Severe External Disturbances.- Exploring Open Street Map Publicly Available Information for Autonomous Robot Navigation.- Two Mode Impedance Control of Velma Service Robot Redundant Arm.- The Social Construction of Creativity in Educational Robotics.